Sister Drives Bid to Free AP Beirut Hostage
Peggy Say, sister of AP Middle East chief Terry Anderson, has led a tireless campaign since his 4 a.m. Beirut kidnapping on March 16 1985. She traveled Washington Syria Joliet and Athens, met Mother Teresa and Rev Jenco, and pressed embassies and media to secure his release alongside David Jacobsen and Thomas Sutherland.
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N.Y
Peggy Say
David
Peggy
Terry Anderson
Beirut
Lebanon
Anderson
Washington
Syria
Embassy Row
Lawrence Jenco
Joliet
Mother Teresa
Athens
Middle East
Associated Press
Say
Nate Polowetzky
Vietnam Service
Summit blackout clouds Reykjavik meeting as leaders work on arms
Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev began their second superpower summit in Reykjavik with a four hour talk and orders to continue into weekend. A Soviet official said things look good while U.S. officials withheld progress on a nuclear arms accord. They agreed to form two senior adviser groups, one on arms control and one on humanitarian regional issues, and moved the final session to start earlier.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Ronald Reagan
Mikhail Gorbachev
U.S
United States
White House
Larry Speakes
Reagan
Soviet Union
Paul Nitze
Arts
Speakes
Gorbachev
Bush denies directing secret Contra aid flights
Vice President George Bush said he had no role in directing secret flights dropping arms to the Contras in Nicaragua. He cited meetings with a Cuban-American aid contact, Feliz Gomez, whom he called a patriot, while officials deny coordinating operations.
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Charleston
S.C
George Bush
Nicaragua
Eugene Hasenfus
Managua
CIA
Maz Gomez
Bush
Donald Gregg
Gomez
el Salvador
Hasenfus
Tommy Hartnett
S.C. Gregg
Central America
Gregg
United States
Feliz Gomez
Felix Rodiguez
Cuba
Nestor D. Sanchez
inter-American Affairs
Nestor Sanchez
Don Gregg
Sanchez
America
Reykjavik
Iceland
White House
Larry Speakes
Elliott Abrams
Congress
Reagan
Weekend Forecast With Showers And Mild Temperatures
The outlook calls for scattered showers today with a high around 68. A 50 percent chance of rain continues tonight and Monday with occasional showers. Lows near 52 and a Monday high in the mid 60s. Page A-3 details.
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Say Says
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David Jacobsen
Thomas Sutherland
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Geneva
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Amalienborg Palace
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JoAnne O'Toole
Los Angeles Times
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