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...hemispheric, as well as NATO, unity. Behind the scenes, the U.S. was continuing to prod Britain to adopt a more flexible stance toward the future of the Falklands after a military victory. According to the British, one U.S. plan, reportedly floated last week by Washington Special Envoy Vernon Walters, offered a four-part solution: 1) British repossession of the Falklands to be followed by installation of a multinational administrative authority including the U.S., Britain, Brazil and Jamaica; 2) British sovereignty to continue for the time being, but with London considering at least a partial transfer of authority...
...sentenced to life in prison for the August 1980 murders of two black joggers in Salt Lake City. Police also considered him the prime suspect in another shooting that year. Last week Joseph Paul Franklin, 32, was formally charged with the May 1980 ambush of Civil Rights Leader Vernon Jordan in Fort Wayne...
...effort to persuade the Argentines to budge on the thorny issue of Falklands sovereignty, U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig sent Retired General Vernon Walters, a trusted troubleshooter, to Buenos Aires. Haig has also been urging other Latin American governments to intercede with Argentina, to little avail...
...refiners are led by Pappagallo (Mike Preston), who carries the weight of his predicament with swaggering dignity, and Feral Kid (Emil Minty), an eight-year-old who growls in anger, purrs with pleasure, performs backflips into burrows and wields the demon boomerang. His counterpart in the marauders is Wez (Vernon Wells), a Feral Kid gone wrong. War-painted and Apache-coiffed, Wez has a mind that performs acrobatics of sadism and a scream that sounds like stripped gears. But Wez is a Muppet compared with his leader, the lord Humungus (Kjell Nilsson), "warrior of the wasteland, the ayatullah of rock...
PART OF THE AMERICAN friendliness toward the Haitian government stems from Reagan's wish to establish a military base in Haiti. Ambassador Vernon Walters (former CIA deputy director) has been negotiating for a site on Tortuga Island. Mole St. Nicolas, Gonave Island or Saint Marc Point. Apparently, Duvalier will allow a base in exchange for U S guns and dollars...