Defector can earn $100,000
Robert K. Brown, editor of Soldier of Fortune, offers a $100,000 bounty in gold or currency for any communist pilot willing to defect with a cargo of biological weapons from Afghanistan, Laos, or Cambodia. The controversial editor defends the issue as a means to prompt UN admission of weapons use.
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Bill would allow Prop 2 Override in Massachusetts
Boston AP A compromise bill clearing both houses allows limited overrides of Proposition 214 tax limits. The bill, with Prop 24 amendments, faced House debates before passage. It moves to Gov. Hieston for signature consideration amid wide legislative activity. Citizens for Limited Taxation supported limited overrides but opposed auto excise increases.
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Pope warns crises threaten world peace
Pope John Paul says crises in Poland and elsewhere threaten world peace and calls for peaceful solutions. He recalls meeting Solidarity leader Lech Walesa and urges solidarity, restraint, and protection of Poland’s civil and religious identity amid martial law.
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Poll Favoring Nuclear Disarmament Over a Freeze
AP-NBC poll of 1,602 Americans from mid December shows most favor disarmament only if the Soviet Union disarms too, with 12 percent backing unilateral U.S. disarmament and 27 percent opposing. A 76 percent foresee U.S. involvement in war, while most are not worried about President Reagan leading into conflict.
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Soviet leader warns in Geneva over nuclear risk
President Leonid Brezhnev cautioned that tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States in Geneva could raise or lower the danger of nuclear war. He said the two nations are sliding toward confrontation and urged curbing the race to arms.
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Protesters Rally Over U S Tour Ban Near Glenarm
Local residents protested a U S tour ban described as extremist and paramilitary. About 206 residents gathered on a hillside near Glenarm and Cathlough in a vigilante style demonstration led by figures tied to Protestant groups and Rev Tan amid tensions over religious sectarian dynamics.
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Christmas That Wasn’t Dumb Brings Brother Clarity and Hope
A narrator watches Bobby challenge Christmas as dumb until a visit to Old Phineas Clarke reveals the lonely elderly neighbor. Bobby confides about Clarke and his late wife, sparking an empathetic family moment as they decorate Clarke’s house with a soft, shared Christmas.
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