Thousands March Against U S Involvement in El Salvador
Tens of thousands gathered from near the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon in a peaceful June protest against Reagan policies in El Salvador and at home. Organizers claimed 25,000 to 100,000 attendees, with speakers including Bella Abzug. A single arrest for defacing government property was reported.
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Exodus date moved earlier by Johns Hopkins Egyptologist
Johns Hopkins Egyptologist Hans Goedicke proposes Exodus around 1477 B.C., about two centuries before current consensus. He links the parting of the seas to a volcanic eruption triggered tidal wave affecting the Minoans, noting long study yields new historical support and challenge to traditional dates. Harvard’s Frank Cross calls the claim highly controversial while noting lack of earlier Israelite settlement evidence.
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18 month old boy killed as storms pound Colorado
An 18 month old boy in Houston Colorado died after being swept into a drainage ditch as storms dumped up to eight inches of rain. Police said the child left home and was not missed until his body was found.
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Haig cites talks with USSR on missiles to curb Europe
US Secretary of State Alexander Haig told NATO foreign ministers in Rome that Washington plans to open talks with the Soviet Union before year’s end to limit medium range nuclear missiles in Europe. He tied progress to Soviet global conduct and outlined the Reagan administration’s arms control push at the North Atlantic Council meeting.
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Sam Church under fire shapes a turbulent UMW race
The United Mine Workers faced a leadership crisis as President Sam M Church Jr. confronts a rising challenge within the union amid post 1973 democratic reforms. Elections loom in districts 4 17 30 and 31 as rivals like Walter Suba Rich Trumka Jack Perry Cecil Roberts and Don Redman vie for influence while Church campaigns amid contract fallout and a possible reorganization.
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