Guerrilla clashes deepen turmoil across Central America
In Nicaragua leftist rebels and government troops clash near the Honduran border leaving no government casualties reported as 30 rebels are said killed by Sandinista sources while El Salvador reports rebel attacks in at least three locations and power lines toppled in two provinces. Guatemala bills regional talks as Guatemala’s new conservative regime aims for peace. A Mexican freighter Stebans was boarded by armed Nicaragua searchers but no damage or injuries occurred. The U S loan for El Salvador elections faces Assembly opposition. The U S Navy prepares a large READEX exercise with 32 warships near Caribbean waters, signaling regional show of force amid insurgencies.
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el Salvador
Guatemala
Victor Tirado Lopez
Sandinista
Lopez
Managua
Costa Rica
Naviera Coatzacoalcos Company
Stebans
Caribbean
Salvadoran Defense Ministry
Constituent Assembly
United States
Assembly
Rafael Moran Castaneda
Associated Press
U.S. Navy
Reagan
Independence
John F. Kennedy
Puerto Rico
UPI
Leftist guerrilla group abducts American sculptress in Colombia
M-19 guerrillas claim responsibility for abducting Corinne Hues, 50, an American sculptress from Los Angeles who later lived in Superior, Wisconsin, then Colombia. Her disappearance was reported when she failed to reach her Colombian destination. a Medellin friend had expected her last Friday.
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Bogota
Colombia
UPI
National Police
M-19
Corinne Hues
Los Angeles
Superior
Wis
Hue
German Suarez
Medellin
Walesa Leads Shipyard Slowdown Ahead of Talks
Lech Walesa and Solidarity workers began a weeklong work slowdown at Lenin Shipyard to pressure the government for talks on restoring free trade unions. Walesa urged participation as production sagged from shortages and morale issues, while communist leaders condemned the move and offered no negotiation.
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Gdansk
Poland
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Lenin
Valesa
Associated Press
Walesa
Informer faces choice over wife threat in Belfast case
Harry Kirkpatrick, 28, an INLA informer serving a life sentence for five murders, must decide whether to uphold his testimony against 18 former accomplices or retract it to save his kidnapped wife Elizabeth. His mother urged reversal during a tense Crumlin Road jail visit as kidnappers extended the deadline.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Harry Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Irish National Liberation Army
Irish Republican Army
Elizabeth
Eileen Hill
Crumlin Road
Reagan weighs withdrawing AWACS from Chad area
Los Angeles AP reports the Reagan administration mulls pulling two AWACS surveillance planes sent to North Africa to monitor Chad fighting. Officials say the jets have achieved their goals as they await duty in Sudan, while French forces move into Chad and Libyan advances are halted.
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North Africa
Chad
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Altier
Red Cross
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RED Cross” Shops
AME
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