Peace prize winner detained in Brazil for speaking out
Argentine Nobel winner Adolfo Perez Esquivel was detained for two hours in Sao Paulo over remarks during an 18 day Brazil tour. Police warned that non Brazilians cannot make political statements and could be deported. Cardinal Arns condemned the detention as absurd while Labor leaders prepared to meet.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
UPI
Adolfo Perez Esquivel
Perez Esquivel
Argentina
Esquivel
Sao Paolo
Paulo Evaristo Arns
Sion College
Luis Ignacio
Peace Corps to endure budget cuts under Reagan plan
UPI reports that the Peace Corps will trim its budget from 105 million to about 95 million, slowing but not halting its work. VOA gains may proceed with expansions, while IDCA faces extinction and possible absorption into AID. Overall U S foreign aid stays near seven billion, with some redistribution and UN agencies receiving less. Israel’s $22 billion component remains intact.
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Washington
UPI
Peace Corps
Voice of America
Reagan
Milllion
Tns
United States
United Nations
Israel
Reagan Plan Tests Congress As Tax Cut Plan Debated
President Reagan's bold economic proposals spark mixed national reaction with conservatives backing four groups vowing 4 million dollars to push the plan while unions minority and consumer groups mobilize against cuts in programs from food stamps to solar energy. A verdict totaling thirty thousand dollars was awarded in a Lorain traffic crash case and Mine Workers picketed the White House over black lung benefits as supporters applaud early public response to the address.
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Mashington
UPI
William de Lanecey
Republic Steel Corp
Amercan Iron and Steel Institute
Rebates Spark Surge in Area New Car Sales
Car dealers report a surge in showroom traffic as rebates from Ford and Chrysler draw buyers. Spitzer Motors Elyria notes 15 percent rebates on some models while Ford Mercury trims offer about 10 percent of base price. Edition Chevrolet Fairview Park reports strong sale nights and says tax refunds and seasonal demand boost purchases.
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Bul Cooper
Spitzer Motors
Elyria
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Dodge
Cooper
Ron Eaton
Edition
Chevrolet Fairview Park
Eaton
Hostages released as Cubans exit Ecuador Embassy in Havana
Cuban occupiers of the Ecuadorian Embassy in Havana freed the hostages and surrendered weapons to Ambassador Jorge Perez Concha. The Havana Radio broadcast said 31 Cubans remained inside the building, while the ambassador and other hostages left. The Cubans cited the authorities stance against negotiations as the reason for releasing the captives.
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Miami
UPI
Havana
Jorge Perez Concha
Perez Concha
Ministry of External Relations
Fina
Ex judge injured in fall at Elyria Elks Club
Retired Probate Judge Harold Ewing remained in satisfactory condition at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a Thursday afternoon fall on Elyria Elks Club steps. The Amherst Board of Education moved its April meeting from the second Tuesday to a later date with a work session scheduled for March 31.
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Elks Club
Harold & Ewing
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Elyria Elks Club
Amherst Board of Education
Olympic boxing champ Barth recalls road to Olympics
The boxer crediting his path from Cleveland amateur welterweight crown in 1929 to the 1932 Golden Gloves middleweight title for Olympic qualification. From Five Points beginnings, Barth built a 12 year pro career facing Ene Steg Tony Zale Freddie Steele and more, fighting worldwide and appearing in films with Mae West Clark Gable and others before a 1935 screen role.
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Barth
Colneood seaLon
Five Points
Ene Steg
Tony Zale
Freddie Steele
Teddy Yarosz
Solly Kreiger
Gus Lesnevich
Ken Overlin
Australia
Ron Richards
West Coast
Hollywood Legion Stadium
Mae West
Clark Gable
Spencer Tracy
George Ratt
Frankie Darrow
Max Baer
Ronald Colman
Landry and Perot Hostage Rescue Talks Revealed
The report details Perot meeting Washington think tanks including Gen Davis Jones and Zbigniew Brzezinski to discuss freeing hostages. Perot declined to discuss rescue plans with KXAS, while experts like Ed Luttwak criticized the complexity of proposed missions and noted a prior abortive Rice Bowl plan. A Utah helicopter crash during a July drill killed Jay Stewart Schatte, signaling the aborting of make believe rescue efforts.
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Pero
Washington
Davis Jones
Jemis Chiefs of Staff
Carter
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Harold Brown
Perot
KXAS
State Department
Defense Department
Ed Luttwak
Washington Defense
Navy
Luttwak
Utah
Fort Worth
Texas
Jay Stewart Schatte
Monticello
Army
Pentagon
Lorain Woman Placed On Probation For Theft
Denease Marie Miller of Lorain was placed on probation for three years by Common Pleas Judge Joseph Eringham after pleading guilty to stealing two T shirts and two pairs of shorts from Hills Department Store on May 25.
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Denease Marie Miller
Sunset Blvd
Lorain
Common Pleas
Joseph Eringham
Hills Department Store
Treblinka survivor links guard to Ivan the Terrible
Treblinka survivor Rajgrodzki testified in German and said the guard called Ivan Demjanjuk beat him with a whip for being late to roll call and later wept at an inmate orchestra. He identified a visa photo as the same man, while Sonia Lewkowicz and another survivor added corroboration.
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Cleveland
UPI
George Rajerodzi
Iwan
Treblinka
Rajerodzki
Rajgrodzki
Gtarlig
John Demjanjuk
Sonia Lewkowicz
Demjanjuk
Seven Hills
Ivan Demjanjuk
Ukraine
Ivan the Terrible
Ford
West Germany
Teraeli
Ivan
U.S. District Court
Frank J. Battisti
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San Francisco
Franklin
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Lewkowicz
Elijahu Rosenberg
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