Reagan calm on AWACS talks with Begin
President Reagan said Israeli Prime Minister Begin was not upset as he left the White House after discussions on the proposed AWACS sale to Saudi Arabia. Reagan defended the deal, urged Senate support, and criticized Congress for attempting to veto foreign arms deals and extending the Voting Rights Act.
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Terence Hunt
Associated Press
Washington
Reagan
Menachem Begin
White House
AWACS
Saudi Arabia
Begin
Israel
Congress
House
Senate
Thomas P. O’neill
Weather outlook for today and Monday
The National Weather Service predicts partly cloudy and breezy conditions with a cooler day, highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. Tonight will be fair and cold with lows around the low to mid 30s. Monday will be mostly sunny but cool, with highs in the 50s.
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National Weather Service
Bomb injures British Lt. Gen. Sir Steuart Pringle in London
British Lt. Gen. Sir Steuart Pringle, aged 53, was critically wounded Saturday when a bomb exploded beside his car in London. The blast ripped the roof off the vehicle and hurled the hood onto a nearby house as authorities probed the attack.
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Sir Steuart Pringle
London
ROTC cadets train at West Frankfort armory field
Forty eight ROTC cadets from Southern Illinois University Carbondale participate in the annual Weapons Field Training Exercise at the West Frankfort National Guard Armory. They undergo M 16 rifle qualification, first aid, NBC warfare, anti tank weapon drills and radio basics while preparing for Fort Riley camp and eventual commissioning.
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Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinoisan
National Guard
West Frankfort
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Army National Guard Company B
30Th Infantry
Fort Leonard Wood
Robert Wall
Johnston City
Wall
Army
Birchfield
Fort Riley
Kansas
Greek vote today could shift Greek government in turmoil
More than 6 million Greeks vote to decide between continued rule by the conservative New Democracy and the Socialist opposition of PASOK. Polls show a split, undecided voters, and the possibility of no majority in Parliament.
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New York Times
Athens
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
New Democracy
Communist Party
Progovernment
New Democracy Party
Socialists
Moshe Dayan Dies At 66 In Israel
Tributes poured in as Israel prepared a state funeral for Moshe Dayan the famed soldier statesman. A former general chief of staff defense minister and foreign minister he died Friday night of a heart attack at 66 and will be buried in Nahalal today in his boyhood home.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Moshe Dayan
Dayan
Nahalal
Jackson board split over revenue sharing handling
The Jackson County board debates appropriating revenue-sharing funds with Assistant State's Attorney Paul Baertschi opposing early spending. Eriksen Crim back budget timing. Mae Nelson supports Baertschi and calls for legal guidance. Baertschi advises designating use and possibly ratifying August actions, while keeping funds unspent and separately budgeted.
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Ann Schottman Knol
Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County Board
Paul Baertschi
Finance Committee
Douglas Eriksen
Robert Crim
Baertschi
Mae Nelson
Eriksen
Crim
County General Fund
Nelson
Jackson County
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Constitution Square
Socialist Movement
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