Polish envoy seeks asylum as miners end strike report
Poland's ambassador Zdzieslaw Rurarz defected today aboard a Northwest Orient flight to the United States, as Warsaw Radio and other sources cited ongoing strike turmoil. The report notes 900 miners underground at Piast mine and 150 in Ziemowit shafts, with unrest, martial law, and potential Solidarity leadership changes.
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Japan
Zdzieslaw Rurarz
Northwest Orient Airlines
United States
Warsaw Radio
Katowice
Tass
Warsaw
Piast
Ziemowit
Strikeanets Agatars
Poliste
Solidarity Labor Union
Commununist Party
Christmas Lights Across Borders and Local Helpers
Poland supports liberty with candlelit windows amid crackdown while the United States stages an American Christmas Blackout. Chicago Polish activists plan a hunger strike for Lech Walesa. San Antonio hosts a Polish mass. Arkansas City students donate to a teacher. Omaha aids a robbery victim with gifts and a churchless Christmas. An Eddy County inmate fashions a blanket tree in Carlsbad, saying creativity helps endure the season.
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Independent Americans
Women For Constitutional Government
Congress
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Chicago
San Antonio
Texas
Arkansas City
Kan
Adamma Young
Omaha
Neb
Nadine Gamble
Eddy County
Carlsbad
N.M
Gorizalo Hernandez
Hernandez
Allen cleared in probe on watches and disclosures
The three month Justice inquiry found no criminal intent in Allen accepting two watches worth 340 from Japanese associates or in errors on his financial disclosure form tied to selling his consulting business. President Reagan praised the outcome while White House reviews of other issues continue.
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Reagan
White House
Arlington, Va
Nancy Reagan
Tamotsu Takase
Justice Department
Peter Hannaford
Hannaford
Atten
Poles Ride Chopin Express Home Amid Martial Law
AP reports Poles crowded Vienna station for the Chopin Express to return to Poland under martial law. They bring supplies as some seek work abroad, others aim to reach Krakow, while fears for families rise and patriotism flares in farewell songs and tears.
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Warsaw
Alison Smale
Associated Press
Chopin Express
Malgorzata Urlata
Poland
Krakow
Jurek Jaglarz
Tank truck overturns on Thruway near Mohawk River
A tank truck carrying thousands of gallons of Toluene Di-Isocyanate overturned eastbound at milepost 200 causing a chemical leak. The roadway was closed between Exits 28 and 30, with detours across the Mohawk River. Driver Joseph Salvan of Seekonk Mass was treated for minor injuries.
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Andover
Mass
Mohawk River
Department of Environmental Conservation
DEC
Joseph Salvan
Seekonk
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