Soviet Press Attacks U.S. Space Arms Talks
Soviet commentators on television and Pravda accused the United States of breaking confidentiality and trying to sever the linked talks on space weapons, missiles, and defense. They cited Viktor Karpov's Geneva remarks and warned Washington aims to revise agreed terms. American officials offered no comment on the interview.
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Moscow
Washington
United States
Viktor P. Karpov
Karpov
Joseph Lehman
Max M. Kampelman
Communist Party
Pravda
Spartak Beglev
International Panorama
Geneva
George P. Shultz
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Iraq halts flights through Iran amid war escalations
The Associated Press reports Iraq will shoot down any aircraft entering Iranian airspace starting Tuesday while Iran claims it launched a missile at Baghdad in retaliation for Iraqi strikes. Both sides claim victory in attempting to sever the Baghdad Basra highway as civilian deaths rise in the two week conflict.
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Iran
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Basra
Persian Gulf
Kharg Island
London
Norman Lorrie
British Airways
Tehran
Alitalia
Islamic Republic
Dezful
Andimeshk
Aspin says Congress may cut 1986 military budget
Rep. Les Aspin warned on Meet the Press that Congress might vote to reduce the 1986 military budget, arguing Weinberger’s hardball tactics eroded support. He noted a mood shift in Congress toward defense cuts, with Senate plans allowing inflation-only increases and potential later declines.
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New York Times
Washington
Les Aspin
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Reagan
Senate Budget Committee
House
Senate
House Budget Committee
Aspin
Wisconsin
NBC News
Meet the Press
Defense
Caspar W. Weinberger
Defense Department
Weinberger
Pentagon
No quick fix for schools in graduation pressure report
A task force for the North Central Association warns that raising graduation requirements may push more students out. It urges shifting focus from processes to learning, emphasizing communication and math, technological literacy, protected instructional time, and a defined profile of the successful student, with a push for quality and equity.
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North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
John S
Kemp
University of Illinois
North Central Association
Gandhi shifts to renew Sikh ties with limited concessions
In New Delhi Rajiv Gandhi frees eight Sikh leaders jailed on sedition charges and loosens government negotiating constraints. He names a trusted ally as Punjab governor to lead talks with Sikh leaders, urging Congress to show flexibility for normalcy. In Greece Papandreou's party trails in president vote. in Ethiopia a official denies famine relocation claims amid aid concerns.
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India
NYT
Rajiv Gandhi
Gandhi
Punjab
Congress Party
Congress
President Forbes Burnham’s health flagged as failing
The Sunday Observer cites unidentified diplomatic sources to report Guyana President Forbes Burnham, 62, in failing health from diabetes and gangrene. The piece notes concerns in Georgetown that his condition is “failing fast.” A separate resettlement plan proposes moving up to 1.5 million people from drought afflicted northern areas to southern regions, drawing criticism that rebels in the north might lose support.
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Forbes Burnham
Guyana
London
Sunday Observer
Georgetown
Jumblatt calls for rearming in Lebanon civil conflict
In Beir ut the Druse war lord Walid Jumblatt, aligned with President Amin Gemayel, urged followers to rearm for a new round of civil war against the Christian militia opposing Gemayel. At the same time Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres said Israel would accelerate its withdrawal from southern Lebanon, aiming to complete it within weeks.
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Athens
Greece
NYT
Andreas Papandreou
Socialist Party
Supreme Court
Christos Sartzetakis
Beirut
Lebanon
Walid Jumblatt
Amin Gemayel
Gemayel
Shimon Peres
CBS News
South Korea Delinquent on Military Operations Pay
A Defense Department audit shows South Korea has refused to pay its full share for combined military operations in South Korea. The small sums reveal long running irritations to be addressed in talks with Korean leaders in Seoul during the spring, as senior officials stated ahead of Secretary Weinberger’s visit.
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Washington
Nyt
Defense Department
South Korea
Defense
Caspar W. Weinberger
Seoul
Mississippi teachers strike call stands amid pay raises
The Mississippi Association of Educators maintained a call for a statewide strike affecting 80,500 students in 21 districts despite a new 4,400 dollar pay raise package approved by the Legislature. A judge held strikes could violate contracts, with 15 districts under injunction, including Jackson, and no new action taken by the union board yet.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Mississippi Association of Educators
Association
George Brown
Hinds County
Paul G. Alexander
Alexander
Herman Coleman
Wildcat
Majority of Americans live near chemical plants
Sen. Robert Stafford cites a Congressional Research Service study indicating about 75 percent of the U.S. population lived in proximity to a chemical plant in metropolitan areas in 1980. The report notes 11,368 chemical plants in 1982 and warns many plants could pose disaster risk, with the public and government lacking full knowledge of which facilities are vulnerable.
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Senate Environment Committee
Robert Stafford
R-Vt
Congressional Research Service
United States
U.S
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Los Angeles
Chicago
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Library of
Congress
Stafford
Bhopal
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