South Africa Votes in April Election Under Botha
In Our Opinion South Africa's National Party has governed for over 30 years and faces no danger of loss in the general election set for April 9. Prime Minister Pieter W. Botha called the vote 18 months early to blunt the ultraconservative Herstigte National Party challenge, reports Richard L. Worsnop.
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Syracuse Herald-Journal
Arthur Jenkins
Herald
Herald Company
Post Cuise Box Apts
Clinton Square
Syracuse
N.Y
Stephen Rogers
Stephen A. Rogers
South Africa
National Party
Pieter W. Botha
Herstigte
Richard L. Worsnop
Parks Clean Up Marks Start of City Spring Season
Recreation staff began park prep for summer trimming ball diamonds cleaning pools and raking debris. Police intensified park enforcement arresting over 50 for public drinking with 25 fines or work assignments from City Court Judge Mathilde Bersani. fresh arrestees face similar penalties.
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Mathilde Bersani
Reagan era U S ties push South Africa policy beyond apartheid
The article notes a shift toward closer U S relations with South Africa under Reagan, including Crocker’s stance on shared experiences rather than imposing American systems. It discusses Pretoria’s optimism, disputes in Congress over repealing the Angola aid ban, and Nigeria’s oil leverage amid tensions with apartheid.
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Pretoria
Reagan
Chester A. Crocker
Crocker
Georgetown University
Center For Strategic and International Studies
U.S
South Africa
Foreign Affairs
Angola
Namibia
White House
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Congress
House
Nigeria
United States
Washington
Shehu Shagari
Africa
Ne Wins Burma Balances China and Rebels
Ne Win's socialist regime in Burma faces strains with Beijing over support for Communist rebels near the China border. Insurgents are said to number about 20,000, with better arms and some refugees fleeing into China. Opium cultivation under rebel zones and shifting regional alignments prompt Burma to cool toward China backed groups while tilting toward Vietnam and the Soviets.
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Associated Press
Kina
Southeast Asia
Burma
Ne Win
Peking
China
Thailand
Vicechairman
Deng Xiaoping
Goups
Malaysia
Singapore
Indonesia
Zhao Ziyang
Right wing fights loom over abortion busing and school prayer
Conservatives in Congress have delayed action on abortion busing and school prayer as Reagan's economic agenda takes priority. Democrats fear a later fight, with efforts to strip federal courts of jurisdiction in related cases and possible moves toward constitutional amendments. Leaders like Helms Hatch and Biden anticipate battles shaping court power and school policy in coming years.
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Washington
Congress
Ronald Reagan
Helms
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Senate Agriculture Committee
Jeremiah Denton
R-Ala
Mobile
Capitol Hill
Senate
Richard Nixon
Spiro Agnew
House
Judiciary
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Judiciary Committee
Biden
John Fast
Denton
Iowa
Charles
Grassley
East
Max Baucus
D-Mont
Bast
Don Edwards
D-Calif
Heims
Hatch
Robert Kastenmeier
R-Wis
Delaware
El Salvador aid policy boycotted by churches nationwide
Catholic and Protestant leaders mobilize to oppose U.S. El Salvador policy. Bishops and executives testify at Congress and press White House for an end to military aid, citing a gulf between justice and arms. Public figures include Archbishop James Hickey and Cardinal Romero's legacy fuels the drive.
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David E. Anderson
Washington
UPI
U.S
el Salvador
Capitol Hill
White House
State Department
Congress
Washington, D.C
James Hickey
John Roach
St. Paul-Minneapolis
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Romero
United States
Arturo Rivera Y Damas
United Presbyterian General Assembly Mission Council
National Council of Churches
Methodist
Albermarls
N.C
First Presbyterian Church
Reagan
American Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church In America
Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches
Cuba
Nicaragua
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Joromer. Cooley
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C. Crozier
Mario Rossi
Arnold Burdick
David B. Kaczorowski
National
S. Africa
Botha
Carter
NASA Training Center
Pol Pot
Cambodia
Vietnam
Soviet Union
Ang
Hina J
Sen
Joseph Biden
D-Dei
Senate Judiciary Committee
Thurmond
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
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