Nancy Reagan Narrates Carnival of the Animals at Kennedy Center
First Lady Nancy Reagan filled in for the late Princess Grace of Monaco to narrate Ogden Nash verses in Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals at the Kennedy Center. The event, a Musicians' Pension Fund benefit, featured Rostropovich conducting and drew a standing ovation before Tchaikovsky and Barber pieces, with seating prices up to 500 dollars.
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Nancy Reagan
Ogden Nash
National Symphony Orchestra
Saint-Saens
Roper
Mstislav Rostropovich
Grace
Grace Kelly
Reagan
MGM Studios
Kennedy Center
Musicians’ Pension Fund
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Barber
Princess Grace
Son Charged in Mother's Rape Murder Case
In Torrance California Michael David Miller 20 son of President Reagan's attorney was charged with rape and first degree murder in his mother Marguerite Miller 52 beaten to death in the family home. The case includes a special circumstance murder during a rape with potential death penalty. Arraignment continued to April 11, suspect held without bail.
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Torrance, Calif
UPI
Reagan
Michael David Miller
Marguerite Miller
Benjamin Aranda
Reagan offers Soviets compromise arms plan
President Reagan sent a compromise proposal to Soviet negotiators to revive talks on medium range missiles in Europe. The plan seeks an interim agreement with equal numbers of missiles and a path toward zero zero, with no specific per-side totals.
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Washington
Reagan
Moscow
Europe
Geneva
Switzerland
U.S
Paul Nitze
Yuri Kyitsinsky
Nitre
White House
Larry Speakes
Speakes
California
Los Angeles
United States
Soviet Union
NATO
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Pepper booed in Chicago urging votes for Harold Washington
U S Rep Claude Pepper faced boos and catcalls as he urged white senior citizens to back Harold Washington for Chicago mayor. Pepper defended the candidate and said race should not decide elections. Washington did not appear and voices suggested fear of repeat outrages after a Sunday church protest with obscenities and racial slurs.
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Keith
Associated Press
Chicago
U.S
Claude Pepper
Harold Washington
Florida
Washington
Pepper
Joyce Reever
St. Pascal's Catholic Church
Baby Returned After Four Day Dallas Kidnapping
A one week old baby was kidnapped for four days and then found in Lawton Oklahoma. The infant Harold DeShon Patterson was flown back to Dallas where his mother Gretchel Patterson expressed relief. Two women were jailed on federal kidnapping charges as the FBI named Norma Ja Smith of Lawton and Yvonne Nelson of Dallas for orchestrating the abduction.
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Gretchel Patterson
Dallas-Fort Worth
Harold DeShon Patterson
Texas
Lawton
Okla
FBI
Norma Ja Smith
Yvonne Nelson
Jack Clower
Oklahoma
Comanche County Hospital
Prince Charles Goes Surfing at Bondi Beach in Australia
Prince Charles swam and surfed at Bondi Beach on the tenth day of the royal tour in Australia. He was accompanied by ten security men and joined locals for about twenty minutes of activity, while Princess Diana remained at Government House.
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Australia
UPI
Britain
Prince Charles
Bondi Beach
Prince of Wales
Diana
Government House
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