Noted Figures and Prices from News and Entertainment
Carl Sandburg declined a vice presidential bid amid literary work in Chicago in 1948. Norman Mailer sues the New York Post for libel over murder trial coverage. Imelda Marcos attends Paul Anka concerts in Hong Kong and Manila with high ticket prices. Princesse Grace of Monaco funds a Calumet celebrity auction with gifts. Bert Lance ponders Georgia governor bid after a banking indictment. FBI Abscam case centers on Sen Larry Pressler’s refusal and related Senate trial details.
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Carl Sandburg
United States
Cal Coolidge
Sandburg
Robert Giroux
Dial
Henry Wallace
Endure
Wallace
Harry Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Strom Thurmond
Far East
Paul Anka
Lee Theater
Hong Kong
Manila
Anka
Imelda Marcos
Norman Mailer
New York Post
Jack Henry Abbott
State Supreme Court
Manhattan
The
Post
Steve Dunleavy
FBI
William Webster
Larry Pressler
Senate
Washington
South Dakota
Howard Baker
David Pryor
D-Ark
Arlen Specter
R-Pa
Pressler
Harrison Wilams Jr
Abscam
Pryor
Webster
Weather brings spring mood despite Northern chill
Winter weather eased nationwide with 80 degree peaks in the south while the Northern Plains saw lingering cold. Thunderstorms swept the mid-Mississippi Valley with hail in Kirksville Missouri. rain and snow showers dotted the Midwest and the Northeast. Eastern North Dakota faced freezing rain and travelers advisories were issued. Forecast calls for milder days ahead with a chance of thunderstorms tonight and continued warmth into Monday.
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mid-Mississippi Valley
Missouri
Illinois
Kirksville
New York
California
Pacific Northwest
Minnesota
North Dakota
United Press International
Belushi not a junkie says widow amid drug death
AP reports John Belushi died from injected heroin and cocaine in a Sunset Strip bungalow. Three associates claim years of heroin use, but Judith Jacklin insists he was not a junkie and disliked needles. Coroner Nozuchi confirms presence of both drugs at the scene.
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Los Angeles
John Belushi
Sunset Strip
Belushi
Thomas Noguchi
Los Angeles Times
Times
Judith Jacklin
Chicago Sun-Times
Mass casualty hits four Guatemalan villages in Quiche
Guatemalan officials report about 200 Mayan Indians including elderly, women, and children severely harmed in Zacualpa county. Four villages Potrero Viejo Xicojo Hacienda San Jose and San Antonio Simanche abandoned with mass graves found nearby. No eyewitnesses to identify attackers amid guerrilla activity in Quiche.
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Guatemala City
UPI
Prensa Libre
Zacualpa
Quiche
Guatemala
Potrero Viejo
Xicojo
Hacienda San Jose
San Antonio Simanche
Lieve
Ustantan
Union
Renan Quinones
Government Election Commission
Anibal Guevara
Death squad strangles Mexican priest near border
In Tuxtla Gutierrez Mexico a right wing Guatemalan death squad crossed into Chiapas to beat and strangle Hipolito Cervantes 35 who sheltered Guatemalan refugees. Bishop Samuel Ruiz warned the killing could trigger a blood bath amid efforts to aid displaced Guatemalans. Cervantes was found Monday in Mapastepec with bound hands and feet and signs of severe beating. Police cited asphyxiation and a bashed head from a statue.
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Tuxtla Gutierrez
Mexico
UPI
San Cristobal de Las Casas
Samuel Ruiz
Hipolito Cervantes
Cervantes
Mapastepec
Chiapas
Guatemala
Polish priest beaten to death near Ledziszow
In Poland a 71 year old Roman Catholic priest Rev Stanislaw Maciay was found beaten to death in his Ledziszow apartment. PAP quoted investigators saying burglary appears to be the motive as the dwelling showed signs of ransacking. The town lies near Rzeszow about 240 miles southeast of Warsaw.
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Warsaw
Poland
PAP
Stanislaw Maciay
Ledziszow
Rzeszow
Surinamese coup ousts Desi Bouterse regime in 1980
In Paramaribo a right wing officer group led by a sergeant major overthrew the military regime, Armed forces battalion commander Henk Fernandez was reportedly killed, Desi Bouterse arrested as five radio stations went off air, and the Liberation Council led by Wilfred Hawker took control amid gun battles and street curfews in Surinam.
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Paramaribo
Surinam
UPI
South America
Liberation Council
Wilfred Hawker
Desi Bouterse
Cuba
Battallion
Henk Fernandez
Bouterse
Portedly
Netherlands
French Guiana
Guyana
Vos Bouterse
Administration cool to N arms freeze plan
Washington AP reports a broad foreign policy group backs a nuclear arms freeze plan, citing former ambassadors and negotiators while the Reagan administration and Defense Department resist. Prominent backers include 19 senators and 120 House members, with calls to negotiate a Soviet freeze using existing monitoring tech. Haig warns the move harms defense, security, and arms control, while critics say it undermines incentives to reduce arsenals.
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Washington
State Department
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Jonathan Bingham
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
William Colby
Central Intelligence Agency
Billy Graham
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Senate
Reagan
Hatfield
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Haig
Senate Appropriations
Von Bulow trial heats up as prosecutors press insulin claim
Accusers told jurors the heiress wife of 15 years was injected with insulin to die, while defense argued von Bulow would never harm Cosima’s mother. The judge warned jurors they must deliberate alone after hearing 71 state and 46 defense exhibits from 50 state and 12 defense witnesses.
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von Bulow
Needham
Cosima
Claus
Sunny von Bulow
Park Avenue
Sunny
Stephen R. Famiglietti
Herald Price Fahringer
Data impresses ex officials on covert aid plan in Central America
The New York Times reports senior officials say the Reagan administration rejected direct financial aid to a paramilitary force in Central America. Instead, Reagan approved a covert plan to use the CLA to secretly fund individuals and private groups in Nicaragua to bolster moderates. Haig claims U.S. agencies have overwhelming evidence that Salvadoran guerrilla operations are controlled from Nicaragua and Cuba. Pell warns Sandinistas risk driving to Cuba and the Soviets for massive aid.
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New York Times
Reagan
Central America
The
Times
CLA
Nicaragua
Haig
U.S
Cuba
Senate
Sen
Claiborne Pell
D-R.l
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Marcelaine Rovano
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Bert Lance
Carter
Georgia
Lance
Samford University
Cumberland School of Law
Birmingham
Ala
Office of Management and Budget
Calhoun
First National Bank
Midwest
Iowa
Kansas
Rockies
Mississippi Valley
Seattle
National Weather Service
Iso
Dallas
New Orleans
Miami
Is Howers
York
Werald Journal
the Herald Ca
Boz
Syracuse
Pirteburgh
Boothe
Wichis
Vaz
Death Squad
Priest
Edward Markey
D-Mass
Soviet Union
Soviets
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