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University Daily Kansan
Page 0136_1 from reel: L 2248 (1981-08-20 to 1981-10-19)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/178150

Title: O'Connor Wins Senate Committee Approval
Summary: Sandra Day O'Connor receives Senate Judiciary Committee approval for her Supreme Court nomination, with details about the confirmation process and political reactions.
Category: national news
Subjects: judicial appointments; supreme court; senate confirmation
Named Entities: O'Connor, Sandra Day [supreme court nominee]; Reagan, Ronald [president]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Reagan Rules Out Reduction in Social Security, Defense
Summary: President Reagan announces he will not reduce Social Security or defense spending in his efforts to balance the federal budget.
Category: national news
Subjects: social security; federal budget; defense spending
Named Entities: Reagan, Ronald [president]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Terrorists Ambush U.S. General
Summary: Terrorists attack and wound U.S. Army General Frederick Kroesen in an ambush in West Germany.
Category: national news
Subjects: terrorism; military; germany
Named Entities: Kroesen, Frederick [u.s. army general]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Castro Launches Attack on Reagan
Summary: Cuban President Fidel Castro delivers a scathing attack on President Reagan during a speech in Havana.
Category: national news
Subjects: foreign relations; cuban-american relations; political rhetoric
Named Entities: Castro, Fidel [cuban president]; Reagan, Ronald [president]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Egypt Expels 6 Russian Diplomats
Summary: Egypt expels six Soviet diplomats, accusing them of plotting against the regime of President Anwar Sadat.
Category: national news
Subjects: diplomacy; soviet-egypt relations; international relations
Named Entities: Sadat, Anwar [egyptian president]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Pope Defends Independent Unions
Summary: Pope John Paul II issues a statement defending the rights of independent unions and criticizing restrictions on labor organizing.
Category: national news
Subjects: labor rights; catholic church; social justice
Named Entities: John Paul II [pope]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: House Approves Bill to Honor King
Summary: The U.S. House of Representatives approves a bill to honor Martin Luther King Jr. with a statue in the Capitol.
Category: national news
Subjects: civil rights; martin luther king jr.; congressional action
Named Entities: King, Martin Luther Jr. [civil rights leader]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Iraqi to Head General Assembly
Summary: Iraqi diplomat Ismat Kittani is elected to head the United Nations General Assembly.
Category: national news
Subjects: united nations; iraqi diplomacy; international leadership
Named Entities: Kittani, Ismat [iraqi diplomat]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Prisoners Charged With Abduction
Summary: Four Kansas prisoners captured in Missouri are charged with the abduction of a college student.
Category: local news
Subjects: crime; missouri; criminal justice
Named Entities: Hancock, David [prisoner]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: Morris Sports; Kansas Public Service Co.; Cinema 2; Varsity; Southern Hills Floral & Gift; Bud Jennings and Sons Carpets; Cinema 1; Jerry Harper; Varsity/Hillcrest/Cinema Theaters
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 1.0

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