Polish Premier Quits to Become President, Retains Old Powers Nov. 6, 1985 Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, who crushed the Solidarity trade union movement when he became premier in 1981, resigned that post today but was promptly elected president and retained his position as Poland’s most powerful leader....
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Some 12 or Younger : Soviet Cotton Harvest: Job for Children
Some 12 or Younger : Soviet Cotton Harvest: Job for Children Oct. 9, 1985 Two thousand miles from Moscow, in the Soviet Union’s deep south, the annual campaign is under way to harvest the “white gold” of Central Asia, as the official press reverently describes the...
Continue reading...Marilyn Monroe Mystery Persists : 23 Years After Her Death, Questions Continue to Generate Controversy
Marilyn Monroe Mystery Persists : 23 Years After Her Death, Questions Continue to Generate Controversy Sept. 29, 1985 Eunice Murray would say later that she was not sure what prompted her to awaken that night, step from her bedroom and notice a telephone cord leading under...
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The World Sept. 12, 1985 The former security chief for the West German border police was convicted of spying for East Germany and sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison. A state court in the Rhineland city of Koblenz found that Franz Arthur Roski, 36, had...
Continue reading...Professor’s Murderer, Still Unrepentant, Is Free Man
Professor's Murderer, Still Unrepentant, Is Free Man Sept. 9, 1985 After serving seven years and 20 days for the 1978 murder of a Stanford University mathematics professor, Theodore Streleski, 49, walked out of prison at 8 a.m. Sunday a free man, and immediately met with a...
Continue reading...Gandhi Friend Slain; Sikhs Are Suspected : Victim a New Delhi Councilman; Three Gunmen Make Attack
Gandhi Friend Slain; Sikhs Are Suspected : Victim a New Delhi Councilman; Three Gunmen Make Attack Sept. 5, 1985 Three gunmen shouting “Khalistan”–the name of the independent homeland sought by Sikh separatists–Wednesday assassinated a City Council member who was a family friend of Prime Minister Rajiv...
Continue reading...747 Survivor Tells of Jet Breaking Up : Sections of Ceiling Fell; JAL Craft ‘Weaved Wildly’
747 Survivor Tells of Jet Breaking Up : Sections of Ceiling Fell; JAL Craft 'Weaved Wildly' Transportation Aug. 15, 1985 An off-duty flight attendant who survived the Japan Air Lines disaster said Wednesday that about half an hour before the jumbo jet slammed into a mountain...
Continue reading...Sikhs Dominate Punjab : Hindus: A Forgotten Minority
Sikhs Dominate Punjab : Hindus: A Forgotten Minority July 31, 1985 For Sucha Ram, the last year or so has been a time of sadness. He is a musician, and since the army raided the Sikhs’ Golden Temple, touching off months of violence, Punjab has been...
Continue reading...U.S. Cracks Ring Sending Stolen F-14 Parts to Iran
U.S. Cracks Ring Sending Stolen F-14 Parts to Iran July 16, 1985 An international theft ring that diverted sophisticated U.S. military equipment to Iran operated within the Navy supply system for several years before coming under surveillance by federal investigators, government sources said Monday. A federal...
Continue reading...Czech Embassy’s No. 2 Official Defects to U.S., Receives Asylum
Czech Embassy's No. 2 Official Defects to U.S., Receives Asylum Immigration and the Border July 12, 1985 The deputy chief of the Czechoslovakian Embassy has defected to the United States and has been granted political asylum, the Immigration and Naturalization Service said Thursday. The envoy, identified...
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