French leaders weigh warning after municipal vote
President Francois Mitterrand and Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy studied the government’s warning from the municipal elections. The Socialist-Communist bloc won 118 of 220 towns over 30,000 population, with the left and right nearly tied in the national vote. Mauroy said the electorate’s warning will be noted and future government direction considered.
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Paris
UPL
Francois Mitterrand
Pierre Mauroy
Mitterrand
France
Mauroy
Polish police crack down on Solidarity protests in 1982
Polish riot squads dispersed about 1,000 demonstrators outside the Gdansk shipyard where Solidarity formed. Lech Walesa said officers moved to keep him from attending the rally. Protests marked the trial of Anna Walentynowicz, with authorities outlawing Solidarity under martial law and lifting it only later. Police also broke up marches in Warsaw and Wroclaw, detaining several demonstrators and an Associated Press reporter.
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Warsaw
Poland
Gdansk
Solidarity Union
Lech Walesa
Solidarity
Anna Waletynowicz
Union
Ters
Walesa
Wroclaw
31 nation parley seeks freedom for Soviet Jews
Gerald Nadler reports from Jerusalem on the World Conference of Soviet Jewry with up to 500 US delegates and 31 nations seeking renewed emigration rights for Jews from the Soviet Union. Anatoly Shcharansky reportedly ill and could be freed. US and Israeli leaders urge free migration and support for aliyah while noting emigration trends and numbers.
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Jerusalem
World Conference of
Anatoly Shcharansky
Avital
Israel
New York
KGB
United Nations
Jeane Kirkpatrick
U.S
Reagan
Soviet Union
Simone Weil
United States
Russia
Richard Cohen
Cohen
Greece seeks control of U S bases and removal timetable
Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou demanded Greek control over U S military bases on Greek soil and a set timetable for their shutdown. He said bases serve American, not Greek or NATO interests, urged sovereign rights respect, and pressed for removal dates while talks with the United States on lease terms continue in Larissa.
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Greece
UPI
U.S
Andreas Papandreou
NATO
Athens
Ary
Reginald Bartholomew
Yannis Kapsis
Papandreou
Aegean
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