Talks on Poland crisis move toward deal amid looming strike
Government and Solidarity leaders made progress in crisis talks but adjourned with no pact as a key Communist Central Committee meeting looms. A threatened general strike remains set for Tuesday, with Walesa citing an 80 percent chance it will be postponed.
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Poland
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Solidarity Union
Communist Party
Communist Central Committee
Moscow
Solidarity
Pope John Paul II
Walesa
Mieczyslaw Rakowski
Bydgoszcz
Tass
Tournament Winners Highlight Midwest Teams
Today winners include Indiana North Carolina Kalida Napoleon and Dayton Roth in the sports section. Weather ahead calls for partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies with possible showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and again tonight into Monday morning with highs in the low 70s to mid 60s and overnight lows around 50.
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N. Carolina
Kalida
Napoleon
Dayton Roth
Red Cross marks centennial with planned modernization
The Lorain County Red Cross chapter celebrates its upcoming centennial in May and outlines plans to shift toward prevention oriented, community health and safety education. It notes 72 health and safety programs and 19 community services while preparing for changes to meet future needs. Local volunteers recall 1924 tornado relief and 1978 blizzard shelters as examples of the chapter’s long history of aid.
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Red Cross
Lorain County
Lorain
Wellington
Oberlin Area
American Red Cross
Sue Stein
Five hijackers free 49 hostages in Panama flight
In Panama City, five leftist hijackers released 49 hostages, including seven Americans, after the SAHAS Boeing 737 landed in Panama following a Managua hold, with Balazar Aizpurua escorting the group. The four hijackers who arrived wore towels to avoid photos. terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Meanwhile in Bangkok, six hijackers seized a jet and threaten to blow up the plane if Indonesia frees 80 prisoners.
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UPI
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Panama Radio
SAHAS
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Nicaragua
Balazar Aizpurua
Bangkok
Indonesia
Suharto
Red Cross marks century of service and growth
The American Red Cross nears 100 years with a multi million dollar annual operation and millions of volunteers. Last year it processed 5.4 million blood units and aided 688000 disaster victims through fires floods and storms under president George M Elsey.
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American Red Cross
United States
Mount St. Helens
U.S
Red Cross
George M. Elsey
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