Marines Move to Ships Off Lebanon After Beirut Relocation
U S Marine combat units began moving from Beirut airport to Navy ships off the Lebanese coast, ending 17 months on the ground. About 1300 Marines will depart the Green Beach base over the next week or two as support troops clear out and combat forces relocate to six fleet ships. Israeli air raids continued against suspected guerrilla positions in central mountains while clashes erupted in Beirut and at Souk el Gharb, with casualties and injuries reported.
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Maj
Dennis Brooks
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Bronte
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Brooks
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Mansouriyeh
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Bhamdoun
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Editorial on presidential primaries and biography note
The piece argues that a national or regional primary would reduce focus on Iowa and New Hampshire. It also includes a quiet biography sketch of A. W. White and references his writing habits in a lifestyle context.
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Iowa
B. White
Mondale dominates Iowa caucuses in early 1984 race
Mondale scored a commanding victory in the Iowa Democratic caucuses as Glenn trailed in sixth and Hart and McGovern posted strong showings. Cranko and Cranston pursued a third place, while Askew Jackson and Hollings lagged. With 74 percent of precincts reported, the field set the tone for New Hampshire and beyond.
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George McGovern
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Alan Cranston
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Boston
New Hampshire
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Reubin Askew
Florida
Jesse Jackson
Ernest F. Hollings
South Carolina
Askew
Jowans
Jackson
Hollings
NBC interference sparks claim at Iowa caucuses
DES MOINES IOWA UP I report quotes Towa Democratic Chairman Dave Nagle accusing NBC television of bias by projecting Walter Mondale as the winner during Brencaucis polls. He says networks pressured voters and blurred news reporting with a premature call before delegate selection.
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Nagle
NBC
Mondale
Roy Wetzel
Hart says two man race in Democratic nomination
Manchester report notes Gary Hart, fresh from Iowa caucus second place to Walter Mondale, declares the race will quickly narrow to Hart and Mondale. Hart calls others nonviable, blasts John Glenn’s results, and says Iowa momentum should boost him in New Hampshire.
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N.H
UPI
Gary Hart
Iowa
Walter Mondale
Hart
John Glenn
Ohio
Iart
New Hampshire
U S Faces Future Labor Shortage and Job Shifts
Washington report from Newhouse News Service outlines a predicted severe labor shortage around 2000 with later 21st century job reductions, longer-term shifts to shorter work weeks, job sharing, and broader use of robots. The piece notes population shifts southward, corporate restructuring, and debates among authors including Asimov and Choate on the nature of work and employment prospects.
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Washington
United States
South
Consenedis
American Society of Personnel Administration
Isaac Asimov
Daniel Yankelovich
Pat Choate
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Caroline Bird
Caroline Bird, Were Not Smvage
Ple
John Immerwahr
Villanova University
Choate
Sflbrk
Poles Seek Reversal of Priest Transfer at Ursus Church
About 2000 parishioners crowded a Ursus church to protest the transfer of Rev Mieczyslaw Nowak to a remote coal parish. A five member parish committee petitioned Bishop Romaniuk to reverse the decision and plan to seek a meeting with Cardinal Macharski in Krakow after the rejection.
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Poland
Solidarity
St. Jozef’s
Ursus
Kazimierz Romaniuk
Jozef Glemp
Hev
Mieczyslaw Nowak
Nowak
Romaniuk
Krakow
Franciszek Macharski
Poles Free U.N. Worker Held as CIA Spy
Alicia Wesolowska a Polish U.N. staffer who spent eight years at the world body was released from prison after appeals by U N Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar. The decision followed meetings with Poland's Communist leadership as Warsaw weighs her future travel.
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Warsaw
Poland
UPD
United Nations
U.N
Javier Perez de Cuellar
Alicia Wesolowska
Perez de Cuellar
Texan on work-release steals car from dealer
Billy Ray Allen, 23, serving an eight year auto theft term, obtained work release at a Sugarland, Texas dealership and fled with a car. Fort Bend County sheriff's deputies said Allen began his sentence in January 1982 and stole another employer’s car while under supervised employment.
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Billy Ray Allen
Sugarland
Houston
Fort Bend County
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