Tokyo judge says U S knew of wartime prisoner experiments
Tokyo evidence surfaced as Prof Bert Roling, at the wartime trial, said the United States knew of Japanese experiments on World War II prisoners including live dissections and freezing alive. He claimed top officials ordered secrecy to secure all results and the court was not informed.
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Tokyo
UPI
United States
Bert Roling
Netherlands
Roling
Manchuria
Shiro Ishii
U.S
Solidarity members jailed for disturbance in Polish camp
Five Solidarity members were given prison terms up to two years for disturbing the normal functioning of the Kwidzyn internment camp. A sixth member, Ra doslaw Sarnicki, 19, received a suspended one year sentence, a $118 fine, and three years of probation. The group alleged guards beat them on Aug 12, 1982, during martial law. At a March 3 trial in Elblag, Zygmunt Gdawski testified about guards beating about 40 inmates protesting visitation cancellations.
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Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity
PAP
Independent Union
Radoslaw Sarnicki
Kwidzyn
Baltic
Elblag
Zygmunt Gdawski
Mozambique backs rebels despite attack
South Africa demanded explanations for Mozambique's aid to black nationalists as Maputo's Marxist regime renewed support for the guerrillas after a Monday air strike on Maputo. Disputed casualty counts show South Africa pegging deaths at 64 mainly ANC fighters, while Mozambique reports six civilian fatalities and denies targeting guerrillas.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
UPI
Mozambique
Maputo
African National Congress
ANC
Pretoria
Nicaragua claims victory in new battle near Honduras
Barricada quoted Cap. Rodrigo Gonzalez of the Jalapa area saying rebels attacked six towns in Nueva Segovia. He reported raids on El Porvenir agricultural center and on Tomtecacinte El Escambray El Portillo Casa Viejas Nasali and El Carbon, with 90 guerrillas and 21 soldiers killed.
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Managua
Nicaragua
UPI
Barricada
Yestoday
Cap
Rodrigo Gonzalez
Jalapa
Honduras
Nueva Segovia
Gonzalez
el Porvenir
Tomtecacinte
el Escambray
el Portillo
Casa Viejas
Nasali
el Carbon
Fontana High approves shorts for students in dress code
Fontana California UPI reports the Fontana School Board voted to allow shorts for boys and girls with hem lengths not exceeding five inches above the knee amid a heat wave and student protests over skirts. A petition led by Ed Skruggs and persuasion by students helped secure the change.
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Fontana, Calif
UPI
Fontana High School
Fontana
Rudy Macage
Ed Skruggs
Mexican Students Seek Cosmic Guests at Celestial Airport
In Agua Prieta, Mexico, two Mexico City students Jose Maria Echeveria and Emilio Bustamante Ortiz brainstorm a welcome for extraterrestrial tourists. They string 300 lights to mark a mountain airstrip and solicit donations for a hotel for space visitors. They claim aliens have given seeds to needy farmers as proof of goodwill.
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Agua Prieta, Mexico
UPI
Mexico City College
Mexico
Jose Maria Echeveria
Emilio Bustamante Ortiz
Agua Prieta
Arizona
Reagan hails MX vote as bold step for America
President Reagan calls the House approval of the MX missile a wise courageous step forward and says the Senate vote should mirror the victory. He notes the 239 186 House tally as a signal of unity to protect security reduce nuclear weapons and strengthen peace.
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Washington
Reagan
House
America
Senate
Carl Levin
D-Mich
United States
Reagan reshapes civil rights panel with new nominees
President Reagan announced dismissals of three Civil Rights Commission members and named three replacements. John Bunzel of California would replace Blandina Cardenas Ramirez, Morris B. Abram of New York would succeed Mary Frances Berry, and Robert A. Destro of Washington would take over from Rabbi Murray Saltzman. Jill Ruckelshaus was not replaced. Linda Chavez was named staff director.
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Washington
Reagan
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
White House
John H. Bunzel
San Jose State University
San Jose
Calif
Bunzel
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Blandina Car
Denas Ramirez
San Antonio
Carter
Belmont
University of California At Berkeley
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Abram
Fitzgerald, Ga
Mary Frances Berry
Robert A. Destro
Columbus Law School
Catholic University
Destre
Catholic League For Religious and Civil Rights
Milwaukee
Murray
Saltzman
Baltimore
Ford
Jill Ruckelshaus
Environmental Protection Agency
William Ruckelshaus
Linda Chavez
American Federation of Teachers
Commission
Ms. Chavez
Albuquerque
N.M
House Judiciary Committee
Public health officials say AIDS not spreading to general population
Washington AIDS briefing reports 1,450 U S cases since June 1981 with 558 deaths, 71 percent among homosexual or bisexual men, 17 percent intravenous drug users, 5 percent Haitian, 1 percent hemophiliacs. Officials stress no general population panic and vow expanded research funding.
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Washington
Edward N. Brandt Jr
Federal Public Health Service
Brandt
Centers For Disease Control
Weather and Severe Storms Sweep Central U S
Showers and thunderstorms with hail and high winds spread from Texas to Wisconsin. A tornado touched down in Glasser Texas as floods threaten Mississippi River towns and residents evacuate along the San Jacinto. Nationwide showers, frost warnings for North Dakota and Minnesota, and warm to mild temperatures forecast with varied conditions.
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Texas
Wisconsin
Glaser
Oklahoma
Gulf Coast
New England
North Dakota
Minnesota
Jackson
Miss
San Jacinto River
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D-Wis
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