Weicker Heinz Feud Flare Over Steel Mills Bill
Sen. Lowell Weicker called Sen. John Heinz an idiot or devious during a debate on an amendment to a catch-all supplemental bill. Heinz accused Weicker of impugning his integrity, and after a brief standoff Weicker asked that his remarks be stricken from the record. The amendment failed 59-29.
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Pennsylvania
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Heinz
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp
Connecticut
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Robert Byrd
Byrd
Haig says he was target of terrorist group
Gen. Alexander Haig disclosed that he knew for a year he was a target of a specific terrorist organization. A bomb beneath a road near Obourg in Belgium detonated as his Mercedes passed, injuring two in a trailing car while Haig remained unhurt and proceeded to a NATO ceremony to transfer command.
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Belgium
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Europe
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Zimbabwe-Rhodesia
Lusaka
Zimbabwe Peoples Revolutionary Army
Joshua Nkomo
Patriotic Front
Zambia
Hope special in Peking crowds clapped on cue
Bob Hope staged public clowning for television cameras in Peking on Democracy Wall with a trained audience of about 400 including front-row Peking Opera actors. The show will travel to Shanghai as part of The Road to China. Hope wore a blue Mao style cap and prompted audience laughter and applause during the filming. Later in the day he planned a mock poll lesson in Tiananmen Square with Chinese comedians.
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Malaysia to reject UN plea over Vietnamese boat refugees
Malaysia will refuse a United Nations request to halt pushback of Vietnamese refugees. Officials say Prime Minister Hussein Onn will respond diplomatically while navy patrols step up to fend off boat people. Refugee numbers towed out this month reach about twelve thousand in sixty boats. six thousand reportedly landed. Deputy PM Mahathir Mohamad threatened to shoot on sight at landings.
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New Delhi
India
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Desai
Dacca
Bangladesh
Red Cross to aid Sandinista held Nicaraguan towns
The International Red Cross said it will send convoys with food and medicine today to Leon Esteli and Matagalpa as government forces pound Sandinista positions. The battle around Managua spurs diplomatic shifts as Brazil and others cut ties with Somoza.
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Esteli
Matagalpa
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Red Cross
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Diplomats seek joint statement on Palestinian talks progress
In a bid to involve the Palestinians, Egyptian Israeli and American officials pursue a joint declaration outlining principles and objectives for negotiations over the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Egypt views the path as essential to engaging Palestinian participation amid wide gaps with Israel.
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Israel
UPI
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Egypt
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Kurds Protests Hit Saqqez Over Iran Constitution
Sunni Kurds in Saqqez shut down the city over a constitution article declaring Shiite Islam the official state religion. More than 5,000 residents demonstrated at the main mosque, issuing a five point protest as shops and offices halted operations. The Kurds, numbering about 3.5 to 4 million, are a major non Shiite minority in Iran. In Wilmington Delaware a car crashed into a bedroom, pinning a pregnant woman and prompting a Caesarean birth of a 3 lb 5 oz son. the driver, Tyrone Comergus, 17, was arrested on multiple charges.
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Iran
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Saqqez
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Wilmington
Del
Wilmington Medical Center
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