Haig to fly to London as Britain beefs up Falklands armada
Britain declares it will not appease dictatorship and speeds up a 40 ship plus eight more warships armada toward the Falklands. Haig plans to fly to London and Buenos Aires to seek a peaceful resolution while Argentina dig in and reinforce the seized island of Stanley. Thatcher signals mediation only if it meets Britain’s aims as Argentina uses air and ground forces to fortify the colony.
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Associated Press
Britain
Falkland Islands
Alexander M. Haig Jr
London
Buenos Aires
Francis Pym
House of Commons
Pym
Lord Carrington
Argentina
South Atlantic
Washington
White House
Reagan
Haig
United Kingdom
Caribbean
David Gergen
Falklands
U.S
Nicanor Costa Mendez
Costa Mendez
United States
Pentagon
Henry Catto
Margaret Thatcher
Stanley
Alfredo Saint Jean
Missouri voters reject plan to raise truck weights
In a special election Missouri voters defeated a measure to raise maximum truck weights from 73,280 to 80,000 pounds and lengths from 55 to 60 feet. PATH supporters gathered 165,000 signatures to trigger the vote. Final tallies: 450,772 against the law and 392,898 in favor, with heavy opposition in St. Louis and Kansas City.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Victoria Melcher
People Associated For Tomorrow
PATH
Illinois
Arkansas
Midwest
Kansas City
Former U S officials oppose no first use nuclear pledge
Four veteran U S officials urged that the United States and NATO pledge not to be first to use nuclear weapons in any European war. Haig Jr rejected the idea, arguing it would aid Soviet advantage and curb U S defense of Europe. The proposal appeared in Foreign Affairs Quarterly and was tied to a Council on Foreign Relations event.
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Washington
U.S
United States
NATO
Europe
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Haig
Soviet Union
Foreign Affairs Quarterly
Robert McNamara
George Kennan
Gerard Smith
McGeorge Bundy
Council On Foreign Relations
McNamara
Kennedy
Kennan
Smith
Bundy
Center For Strategic and International Studies
Georgetown University
Reagan Jamaica visit strengthens Seaga regime
President Reagan arrives in Kingston for aovernight stay seen as a vote of confidence in Prime Minister Edward Seaga. The trip marks the first by an incumbent U.S. president to Jamaica or Barbados during Reagan's Caribbean visit, with discussions likely to cover the Caribbean Basin initiative offering 350 million dollars. Manley denounces Reagan propaganda and defends Jamaica's political path, while Seaga touts an economic turnaround since 1986.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Reagan
Edward Seaga
Seaga
White House
Barbados
Caribbean
Central America
Farm machinery registration eyed to curb thefts
Secretary of State James Edgar promotes a pilot program in four northern Illinois counties that registers farm equipment with coded numbers to trace stolen gear. More than 17 000 farmers have joined since Feb. 1. The plan could expand to industry and urban property if successful.
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Kathy Best
Springfield
James Edgar
Madison
Secretary of State
Illinois
Nation
Edgar
Illinois Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Southern Illinoisan Publication Office and Rates Notice
Publication offices listed for Carbondale Herrin and Marion with contact numbers. Subscription and mail rates shown for 18 county area and Illinois outside circulation, plus classified advertising numbers and post office box for address changes.
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Southern Illinoisan
N. Illinois
Carbondale
Ill
N. 16Th
Herrin
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Ilinois
Marion
Manslaughter suspect posts bond in Benton case
Joann Galloway, 42, of 521 Smith St, Benton, released on 10 percent of a $10,000 bond after being charged with voluntary manslaughter in her father Edward L. Forbis death. Forbis, 73, died January by suffocation in the family home and body later found March 21 at Rend Lake. Preliminary hearing moved from April 21 to April 19 due to court conflicts.
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Benton
Joann Galloway
Smith St
Franklin County
Ms. Galloway
Edward L. Forbis
Chicago
Forbis
Rend Lake
Wayne N. Fitzgerrell State Park
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Ken McKenzie
Hermes
Times of London
Moscow
Telam
Kremlin
Falkland
el Salvador
Michael Manley
Manley
Neautar
Calvin Klein
Sasson
Sergio Valente
Levi
Gloria Vanderbilt
eChic
Wen
Il Linois
Hun
Dred
Pras
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