Reagan honors Habib as Middle East plan advances
President Reagan awards Philip Habib the Medal of Freedom after Habib’s three month Middle East mission that included a Lebanon cease fire and Palestinian guerrilla departures from west Beirut. Habib says the situation remains extremely tenuous but on track while Israel rebuffs the plan yet the administration vows pressure to advance peace efforts.
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Washington
Reagan
Middle East
Philip C. Habib
Habib
White House
California
Vigdis Finnbogadottir
Scandinavia
Lebanon
West Beirut
Larry Speakes
Israel
West Bank
Gaza Strip
John Hughes
State Department
U.S
Fahd
East Jerusalem
Golan Heights
Gaza
Jordan
Swiss siege negotiations yield five more hostages freed
Swiss police reported the release of five more hostages from the Polish Embassy siege and won a 48 hour extension of the deadline. Negotiations were described as extremely tough as authorities prepared for potential assault to end the standoff without bloodshed.
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Bern
Switzerland
Poland
Achille Casanova
Associated Press
Daniel Eckmann
Warsaw
Foreign Ministry
Tadeusz Kochorewicz
Cleveland Armory and the Empty Suits Exposed in TV Critique
In a sharp look at television news culture, Cleveland Armory and others are described as living under fear of being fired if ratings slip. The piece recounts anecdotes from reporter Dave Gilbert and author Teague, highlighting changing anchors, the emphasis on appearance over reporting, and executives pressuring staff as they debate staying in a demanding industry.
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Dave Gilbert
Dave
Meyer
Teague
Cleveland Amory
Cleveland Armory
Arafat backs Reagan plan at Arab summit dialogue
Arafat urged Arab leaders to back a conciliatory path to Reagan’s Middle East peace plan, citing potential mutual recognition with the PLO and a Saudi backed framework. Assad asked to end Syria’s Lebanon peacekeeping role, enabling troop withdrawal from Bekaa Valley and Lebanon.
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Fez
Morocco
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Reagan
Middle East
Hafez Assad
Syria
Arab League
Lebanon
Arafat
Saudi Arabia
Fahd
Israel
PLO
Tunis
Arab East Jerusalem
Assad
Bekaa Valley
Browns courting Berea for new headquarters and complex
Berea officials say the Cleveland Browns have shown serious interest in locating a new corporate headquarters there, with plans that could include offices, a hotel conference center and a fitness recreation complex. Four sites are under consideration including land in Strongsville and Lakeland Community College. Mayor Kafer sought council approval to hire Woolport Consultants to prepare proposals to attract the team, which has practiced at Baldwin Wallace College since 1972 and plans to move some offices to Eastland and Bagley roads.
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Berea
Cleveland Browns
Browns
Strongsville
Lakeland Community College
Lake County
Jack Kafer
Woolport Consultants
Cleveland
Baldwin- Wallace College
Browns News
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Eastland and
Bagley Roads
Stanley Trupp
Kafer
Harry A. Henshaw
Woolport
Midpark grad recalls CSU slayer Spisak’s school days
Spisak, a 1969 Midpark graduate, was described by former assistant principal Bell as an excellent, motivated student active in glee club choir and chess. Bell questioned society’s ability to judge tragic events as WGAR aired Mrs. Spisak’s claim of her husband’s Nazi interests and a troubling letter he wrote about leaving town after losing his job.
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New York
WNBC
Spisak
Bell
Cleveland
WGAR
Laverne Spisak
Mark DeMarino
DeMarino
Hinckley judge says he wasn’t outraged by verdict
U S District Judge Barrington D Parker says he was surprised but not outraged when jurors found John W Hinckley not guilty by reason of insanity in the Reagan assassination trial. He noted public outrage stemmed from a belief jurors would fixate only on the bloody hotel scene. Parker recalled the verdict moment and defended the jurors’ careful consideration of evidence and insanity standards.
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John W. Hinckley
Reagan
U.S
Barrington D. Parker
Washington Hilton Hotel
Hinckley
Parker
White House
James Brady
Jodie Foster
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