NATO’S possible renunciation of the use of force could be discussed with Moscow if the Kremlin agreed to a specific set of measures to limit the risk of military confrontation in Europe, according to a proposal by President Reagan. In a speech to Ireland’s Parliament, Mr. Reagan also said Washington wanted to “reach out” to Moscow to reduce world tensions.
Little Irish excitement was stirred by President Reagan’s three-day visit despite all the preparation and the considerable publicity that preceded it. Almost everywhere, the public response was lukewarm. From Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald on down, people here warmly welcomed the President’s praise, repeated at almost every stop, for Dublin’s most recent efforts to find a way out of the stalemate in Northern Ireland, and his insistence that the cooperation of the British Government would be needed to end sectarian violence there. Nevertheless, the public response was lukewarm almost everywhere. In Galway, where tens of thousands turned out five years ago to greet Pope John Paul II, some of them having walked from rural villages, Mr. Reagan drew fewer than 5,000 people. Perhaps the most striking protest came from the Roman Catholic hierarchy, not a single member of which, in a country where the church wields temporal as well as spiritual power, turned out to meet the President.
President Reagan addresses the Dail, or Ireland’s Parliament, about U.S.’s policies on Central America.
The President and First Lady leave Dublin, Ireland for London, England.
President Reagan meets Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at Kensington Palace.
Survivors of the first Allied operation in Hitler’s European fortress on June 6, 1944, visited Madame Therese Gondree, whose cafe in Benouville was the first French house to be liberated. She dispensed autographs and memories to the survivors, whom she calls “my English.”
The Soviet Union executed a 70-year-old Soviet-born citizen of Belgium who spent 15 years in detention before he was tried and convicted of war crimes, the Belgian Foreign Ministry said. Yermak Lukianoff was sentenced to death by a Soviet court last year and executed in mid-May, the ministry said. Lukianoff, a Soviet emigre, became a Belgian citizen in 1967. He was arrested and accused of being a Nazi collaborator in World War II when he returned to the Soviet Union as a tourist in 1968.
President Francois Mitterrand of France will visit the Soviet Union later this month, the official Soviet press agency Tass said today. Tass did not give an exact date for the visit, saying only that it would be in the second half of June. The Soviet Union has expressed the need for talks with Western Europeans, especially the French, since the deployment of new United States missiles in Europe began. Recent talks with Foreign Minister Giulio Andreotti of Italy and the West German Foreign Minister, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, produced no change in the Kremlin position on resuming talks on limiting nuclear missiles.
Czechoslovakia has ordered two British diplomats to leave the country within two weeks for “activities incompatible with their mission,” a euphemism for spying, a move apparently intended as retaliation for Britain’s ouster of two of Prague’s diplomats three weeks ago. Desmond Lauder and Edward Brown were given two weeks to leave, the state news agency CTK said. Britain expelled Czechoslovak vice consul Bohumir Seda and clerk Jan Malasek early last month.
A Polish ambulance attendant, who previously admitted involvement in the beating death of a Solidarity union activist’s son, recanted his confession. Michal Wysocki, 45, said four months ago that he kicked 19-year-old Grzegorz Przemyk while driving him to a first-aid station and that the injuries may have contributed to the youth’s death. But at his trial, Wysocki asserted that his confession had been intended only “to calm public opinion.”
Soviet President Konstantin U. Chernenko told Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu that there is room for improvement in relations between their Communist countries. Speaking at a Kremlin dinner, Chernenko made it clear that political differences arose in talks earlier in the day. Ceausescu, a Soviet Bloc maverick, recently refused to join the Soviet-led boycott of the Los Angeles Olympics.
The United States said today that Turkish Cypriots had been allowed to settle in an uninhabited area of Famagusta and called the action “unhelpful” to finding a solution of the Cyprus dispute. The Famagusta suburb of Varosha was formerly inhabited by Greek Cypriots, but it has been deserted since Turkey invaded the island in 1974. The State Department spokesman, Alan Romberg, said the United States had evidence that the Turkish Cypriots were allowing some of their people into the suburb of the resort town. “The settlement by Turkish Cypriots in the area establishes a precedent which we believe will prove unhelpful to the search for a fair and final settlement to the Cyprus question,” Mr. Romberg said. Mr. Romberg said all sides had been urged to avoid action that could complicate the situation as the Security Council prepares to consider renewal of the United Nations peacekeeping mandate for Cyprus, which expires on June 15.
Muslims in Beirut staged a general strike to protest Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon, and warring militiamen again blocked plans to reunify the divided capital, refusing to remove barricades along the Green Line that separates Christian East Beirut from the Muslim western sector. Muslim communities throughout Lebanon joined in observing a “day of rage” strike to protest the second anniversary of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in June, 1982.
A plan for coping with an oil crisis generated by a major disruption in supplies from the Persian Gulf is being taken by President Reagan to the economic conference of the leading developed democracies, according to a State Department official. The official said the plan calls on Western Europe and Japan to draw on their stocks of crude oil quickly to avoid a sudden shortage in wholesale and retail markets.
An end to the Persian Gulf war will be sought by Japan, according to Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone. He declined to specify what action he might take. The Japanese leader mentioned the subject in an interview with a group of foreign reporters in advance of the economic meeting of seven industrial democracies.
Indian Army troops and Sikh terrorists reportedly clashed in several areas of Punjab, resulting in casualties to both sides. Heavy firing was reported between Sikh terrorists in the holiest shrine of the Sikh religion and Government security forces outside. The state, where Sikhs are demanding increased political autonomy, was virtually sealed off from the outside world. Indian troops and Sikh militants fought a five-hour battle at the sacred Golden Temple of Amritsar in Punjab state. Sources said that 36 Sikhs were killed. The Indian troops closed in on the fortress-like temple complex early in the morning and ordered the Sikh agitators to surrender, the sources said. The militants reportedly responded with gunfire and grenades from fortified positions in the sprawling temple grounds. Reports from the scene were difficult to verify because the government has imposed a ban on press coverage.
Bangladeshi tribesmen, opposed to a government resettlement program, killed at least 120 people and injured about 900 in several villages in southeastern Bangladesh, official sources said. Government reinforcements now seem to be in control of the 200 settlements hit by the attacks last week, the sources said. The area has been the scene of bloodshed since 1972, when the government began bringing in settlers from Bangladesh’s densely populated plains. The tribesmen charge that the settlers are stealing their land and destroying their heritage.
A tall, hairy creature with human features and no tail has been sighted dozens of times in remote parts of central and southern China. Witnesses say the creature is at least seven feet tall and has an ability to laugh, weave bamboo and enjoy fire. The Chinese call the creature “Ye Ren,” or wild man.
The head of the American military advisers in El Salvador said today that if the Salvadoran Army remains on the attack there “is a good chance” the leftist insurgents will be unable to launch the major offensive Washington officials have predicted for the fall. Colonel Joseph Stringham, who finished his one-year assignment in El Salvador today, made the comments at his final briefing for reporters. The commander’s remarks were considerably more positive than recent statements made by officials in Washington. Colonel Stringham estimated that the rebel forces numbered closer to 9,000 men, rather than 12,000 as Washington officials have said, and described them as “on the move” and “in need of a rest.” He also contended that rebels were turning themselves in or being captured in greater numbers.
Bolivian authorities identified an American slain at an archeological site as David Francis Cusack, 40, an agronomist at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Cusack, at the site with a group of tourists, was shot to death Sunday by an unknown gunman firing a .22-caliber rifle. Police said they have no suspects.
The Zimbabwean Government said today that it will use its emergency powers to prosecute correspondents who write “distorted or twisted” reports about the country. The government announcement followed press reports that Zimbabwe Army troops had committed atrocities during a campaign against rebels in southwestern Matabeleland province in the last few months. Prime Minister Robert Mugabe has denied such reports and said they were fabricated by the Western press. “In order to cope with undesirable journalists of this kind, we are going to prefer charges on them in court in terms of the Law and Order Act, and require them to substantiate their false allegations,” the Information Minister, Nathan Shamuyarira, said.
Democratic Presidential aspirants appealed to the New Jersey and California voters who can determine whether the nomination is effectively decided today or at the party’s convention in July. On the eve of the year’s last five primaries, Walter F. Mondale, Gary Hart and Jesse Jackson continued the sharp feuding that has marked their grinding, four- month contest.
Walter F. Mondale, in 24 numbing hours, campaigned in four states, flying from Los Angeles to northern and southern New Jersey, Charleston, West Virginia; Albuquerque, New Mexico, and San Francisco. With jet engines to carry him and cameras waiting at each airport, a candidate’s day is now limited only by his money, will and endurance.
About 350 protesters today tried to block bridges to Arsenal Island, Illinois, home of the Federal Government’s largest conventional weapons plant, but employees got to work unhampered and more than 100 demonstrators were arrested. Just before dawn, day-shift workers at the Rock Island Arsenal began driving between police officers who lined routes to the three bridges that connect the island in the Mississippi River with Rock Island, Moline and Davenport, Iowa. No violence or injuries were reported.
In another arms protest today at Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, New York, dozens of antinuclear demonstrators tried to block the gates and more than 70 were arrested or detained. About 150 peace demonstrators, loosely affiliated with a group called Project Disarm, held a rally in Davenport to protest Government military policies.
Use of eminent domain to save jobs is a possibility in New Bedford, Massachusetts, according to Mayor Brian J. Lawler. He said the city was ready to act to buy the Morse Cutting Tools factory from Gulf & Western Industries if that was necessary to keep the plant operating. Morse has about 450 employees in New Bedford.
A detonated pipe bomb was found in a Chicago park near the lakefront, and police said it was similar to 18 homemade bombs discovered in several Midwestern states since the Memorial Day weekend. A police spokesman said that any explosion “was minor.” The Chicago bomb had the same kind of note that was found with bombs in Wisconsin and Minnesota, claiming the devices were the work of a “Gay Strike Force.” Several homosexual groups have disavowed any ties to the bombs.
The largest nurses’ strike in the nation’s history spread to a 16th hospital in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. About 300 nurses at Mercy Medical Center in suburban Coon Rapids walked off the job, joining about 6,000 other members of the Minnesota Nurses Association who went on strike Friday. Nurses say job security, seniority and layoff procedures are the main issues in the contract dispute.
A father recorded on television news film stabbing a man he charged had sexually assaulted his 10-year-old daughter was placed on a year’s probation in Buffalo, New York, by a judge who said she was not condoning “street justice.” Willie Williams, 35, was sentenced by Judge Rose D. LaMendola. He could have been jailed for up to a year. Charles Dean, 32, the man Williams attacked on July 5, 1983, is awaiting trial on a variety of charges, including sexual abuse, burglary, sodomy and kidnaping. He has recovered from the stab wounds.
The widow of Rep. Larry P. McDonald (D-Georgia) filed suit in U.S. District Court seeking $105 million in the death of her husband aboard a Korean Air Lines jet shot down by the Soviet Union over the Sea of Japan last September 1. Kathryn J. McDonald’s suit, one of five filed, asked $17 million from the airline, $7 million from the U.S. government, $27 million from the Boeing Co., which built the plane, $27 million from Litton Industries, which manufactured the navigation equipment, and $27 million from Jeppesen Sanderson Inc., which designed navigation charts used by the plane.
The city of New Orleans and World’s Fair negotiators reached a preliminary agreement today in their dispute over millions of dollars in unpaid fair taxes, officials said. City liens on fair bank accounts are to be lifted Tuesday, with the understanding that the $350 million exposition will pay the taxes on Wednesday, said Bob Dabney, spokesman for the Mayor’s office. The fair will pay the $1.6 million it claims is the total owed, said Jeanne Nathan, fair spokesman. If the city claims more, the issue will go into further audits and discussions. By city estimates, the fair owes $3.8 million in amusement, sales and special taxes that the city says were due May 20.
Federal agents have arrested six people and are seeking eight others in a nationwide money- laundering organization based here that officials said passed millions of dollars through Miami banks. Stanley Marcus, the United States Attorney, announced that complaints had been filed, with arrest warrants charging the 14 people with conspiracy to defraud the United States. According to affidavits, the organization received cash in large amounts, which was delivered to people across the country. The cash was used to purchase cashier’s checks and money orders in amounts less than $10,000, thus avoiding currency transaction reports. According to an affidavit by an Internal Revenue Service agent, the checks and money orders were then deposited in accounts in bank offices here of Irving Trust, Bank Leumi and Security Pacific. The accounts were registered to foreign banks with branches in Panama.
Gene fragments from an extinct animal have been found and reproduced in the laboratory for the first time, according to scientists of the University of California at Berkeley. The genetic material, DNA, was extracted from a scrap of dried muscle tissue found inside the skin of the animal, a vanished relative of the zebra and the horse.
The leading sexually transmitted disease in the United States is now chlamydia, a little-known, often misdiagnosed and mistreated infection. Chlamydia is afflicting at least 3 million and perhaps as many as 10 million people a year, or five times more people than gonorrhea, its incidence is rising with frightening rapidity and it is leaving hundreds of thousands of women infertile.
Jeff Keith of Fairfield, Connecticut, a 21-year-old Connecticut man who lost his leg to cancer began a cross-country run today to show the abilities of the disabled and to raise money for the American Cancer Society. He expects to take six months to reach Los Angeles.
The Environmental Protection Agency recommended that water supplies not contain any of seven chemicals found in dry-cleaning fluids and industrial solvents because they may cause cancer. The agency said those seven chemicals, part of a class called volatile organic compounds, are not often found in high concentrations in water supplies but sometimes are found in high concentrations in groundwater. Aeration and filtering by granular activated carbon can get the chemicals out of water, the EPA said. However, the agency said that, in practice, it would be impossible to eliminate the chemicals entirely.
The District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics ruled that homeless persons who live on the street may register to vote — an unprecedented decision that officials say may have widespread repercussions throughout the country. The unanimous ruling by the three-member board overturned a decision in April by the district’s voter registrar to allow persons who stay overnight at a city shelter to register to vote, but not homeless persons who live on the street. Five homeless persons challenged that decision on the grounds that its interpretation of the city’s residency requirement was too narrow.
The Nieman Foundation’s new curator will be Howard A. Simons, managing editor of The Washington Post, according to officials of Harvard, which oversees the mid-career program for journalists.
A veteran country music quartet, The Statler Brothers, won four awards, beating rival Alabama for top honors at the 18th annual Music City News country awards in Nashville. The Statlers were honored for comedy act, top vocal group, single of the year for “Elizabeth” and a television special. Alabama won two awards: band of the year and album of the year for “The Closer You Get.” Janie Fricke was voted top female vocalist and Lee Greenwood was male vocalist of the year.
Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen’s 7th studio album “Born in the USA”, his biggest commercial success topped the charts in 11 countries and sold over 30 million copies, worldwide.
1960 champion Arnold Palmer fails to qualify for the U.S. Open Golf Championship for the first time in 32 years.
The New York Mets select 17-year-old Shawn Abner with the first pick in the annual June free-agent draft, while the Mariners take Maine pitcher Billy Swift with the second pick. Picking third, the Cubs take Morehead State pitcher Drew Hall, then use their second round pick on Greg Maddux; their 6th round pick is Jamie Moyer. The Indians take Cory Snyder with the 4th pick. Thirteen members of the U.S. Olympic team are drafted in the first round, including Mark McGwire by the A’s with the 10th pick.
Oddibe McDowell, drafted 5 times previously, is taken 12th by Texas and will be the first draftee to make it to the majors. The Braves take prep prospect Drew Denson with the 19th pick, but then snag Tom Glavine with their 2nd round pick. Glavine, twice Massachusetts high school hockey player of the year, spurns an offer from the Los Angeles Kings. At the 22nd pick, the Yankees wash out with UCLA’s Jeff Pries, who never gets out of double-A.
The worst pick of the first round is by the White Sox, who pick highly touted prep prospect Tom Hartley. The Washington outfielder will hit just .218 in 3 minor league seasons.
The Tigers break a 3–3 tie in the 10th when Dave Bergman golfs a three-run walk-off homer into the upper deck at Tiger Stadium. Bergman had fouled 7 pitches off Roy Lee Howell before connecting. Howard Johnson had a three-run homer in the 7th to account for the other half of Detroit’s scoring.
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Ian White, Canadian NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames, Carolina Hurricanes, San Jose Sharks, Detroit Red Wings), in Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada.
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