Pact sought to punish future hostage taking by nations
Senate Foreign Relations chair Charles Percy and the Reagan administration pursue an international pact to automatically impose trade and diplomatic embargoes on any country that abducts foreign nationals. Haig supports boosting global cooperation against terrorism as hearings on the Tehran crisis approach. A Rand Corp expert backs limited sanctions, noting Iran’s hostage ordeal could unite nations, while warning any pact likely remains narrow in scope.
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Senate
Reagan
United States
State Department
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Rand Corp
Percy
Tehran
Jenkins
Santa Monica
Calif
Iran
Jordanian
Howard Baker
Solidarity in Poland Faces Warning Strikes After Talks
In Poland the Solidarity movement threatens warning strikes across southwestern towns including Jelenia Gora Glogow Lubin Walbrzych Wroclaw Zielona Gora and Legnica after tentative talks over dismissals and access to party members resorts. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski urged prudence and justice as government officials faced censure.
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Poland
Independent Labor Union
Solidarity
Communist Party
Bielsko- Biala
PAP
Stefan Wyszynski
Bielsko-Biala
Soviet Bloc
Jelenia Gora
Czechoslovakia
Stanislaw Ciosek
Glogow
Lubin
Walbrzych
Wroclaw
Zielona Gora
Legnica
Etna erupts lava flow on Sicilian slopes
Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, spewed 1.2 miles of lava from a northeast crater carving through 41 feet of snow at about 9700 feet. Scientists from multiple universities including the International Institute of Vulcanology studied the activity as no imminent danger was reported. Meanwhile Mt St Helens in the United States bulged with lava but officials saw reduced eruption risk.
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Catania
Sicily
Etna
Europe
International Institute of Vulcanology
Romolo Romano
United States
Mt. St. Helens
Weather Outlook: Sunny Today Then Chilled Temperatures
The National Weather Service says skies will be sunny but highs stay in the mid to upper 20s. Tonight will see temperatures dip into the teens. Monday brings mostly cloudy skies with a high in the upper 20s to low 30s.
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National Weather Service
Baby girl in Atlantic City gets rare corneal transplant
Doctors at St. Christopher's Hospital performed a highly unusual corneal transplant on a 12 day old girl named Jamie Richardson from Atlantic City. The procedure used fine sutures and a powerful microscope to repair a clouded cornea that threatened rupture, following an eye donation from a nine year old girl killed in a car accident.
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Philadelphia
St. Christopher’s Hospital
Jamie Richardson
Atlantic City
N.J
Atlantic City Medical Center
Reagan's First Fortnight Signals Bold Policy Shift
Reagan's top advisers frame his early actions as a sign of eager, long sought leadership. Key moves include a federal hiring freeze, suspension of pending regulations, oil price decontrol, travel cuts, and a push to cut government involvement. Baker calls it vintage Reagan and says a wide economic overhaul is coming.
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Washington
Reagan
Baker
Ronald Reagan
California
Carbondale budget debates pit six agencies for funding
Six Carbondale agencies seek a total 174395 in federal revenue sharing or general fund money as they request amounts from 13800 to 73000. The largest ask comes from Attucks Community Services Board for 72864, including 30000 for the Emma C Hayes Center and 42864 for the Hayes Center youth program. The city will review these requests at a Monday hearing as it builds a 1981 82 budget amid a tight financial outlook and a 12.2 million capital improvements plan.
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Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Carbondale Public Library
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Synergy
Attacks Community Services Board
Parenthood
Women’s Center
Hayes Center
Park District
George Whitehead
Lenus Turley
Council
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