Communist Poles split on crisis in government power struggle
In Warsaw senior communist leaders argue over government control amid labor unrest while Trybuna Ludu hints at no major May Day celebrations. The Reagan administration pressures aid to Poland as worker sentiment grows, with Politburo members warning of a real power struggle and deteriorating conditions.
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Poland
Communist Party
Trybuna Ludu
Reagan
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Central Committee
Stefan Olszwoski
Myslowice
Andrzej Zabinski
Wieczorek
Zabinski
Solidarity Labor Federation
Associated Press
Solidarity
Syrians shell Zahleh as Lebanon battles widen
In Zahleh and Beirut Christian and Muslim districts suffer heavy shelling by Syrian troops stationed in Lebanon. At least 82 dead and 245 wounded, most Christians, as government leaders meet to seek ceasefire. UN peacekeeping proposals circulate amid regional tensions. Israeli forces conduct overnight raids in Lebanon.
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Zahleh
Mideast
Elias Sarkis
Shafik al Waz
Camille Chamoun
United Nations
Tel Aviv
Warstricken
British teen jailed for bomb hoax on international flight
A 17-year-old Salem Virginia student received a three month sentence in a Manchester prison for a bomb hoax aboard a Royal Jordanian Airlines Boeing 747 flying from Amman to New York. The note claimed a bomb was onboard, prompting a seven hour police search with no device found.
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England
Salem
Holy Land
William Neil Gray
New York
Amman
Jordan
Royal Jorda Airlines
O Noe
Williams
Gray
Soviets mark 20 years in space with display of feats
Moscow reports the 20th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s 1961 flight as a showcase of Soviet space progress. Officials tout ongoing piloted orbiting complexes, Salyut-7 replacement plans, long endurance missions, and Intercosmos programs with allied cosmonauts. Brezhnev calls Intercosmos politically significant beyond science.
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U.S
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Sergei D. Grishin
Gagarin
Valentina Tereshkova
Earth
Alexei Leonov
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Leonid I. Brezhnev
Intercosmos
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