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...listen, there are these gems," says Kasimir Stachiewicz, a woodcarver on Main Street. Stachiewicz once called Geller to request a Bach partita. Then, not knowing whether Geller would play the request, or when, he decided to pay a visit. He climbed the stairs to the studio. Then he heard music: his request. Afraid to knock, he waited outside, hearing it faintly through the door...
...postponed making a public statement on the issue until at least Monday. Instead, Reagan sent a private letter to Gorbachev in which, according to a spokesman, he "gently but firmly" asserted Daniloff's innocence and demanded his release. Word was passed to the Soviets that they should resubmit their request to the judge in the Zakharov case to have the accused spy transferred to the custody of the Soviet Ambassador...
...sign a paper agreeing to these rules. The families refused. Police then went to the area's mortuaries and warned undertakers not to release any bodies for burial without official permission. When a priest filed an urgent court petition in Johannesburg to have the orders set aside, the request was denied. Undeterred, the families and antiapartheid organizations pushed ahead with plans for the funeral...
Meanwhile Dr. Nthato Motlana, chairman of the Soweto Civic Association, made one last attempt to persuade the police to allow a memorial service in St. Paul's. When that request was denied, Motlana entered the church and pleaded with 300 people seated in the pews, "Let's win freedom on our own terms." Some heeded the various warnings and went home. Others headed for Jabavu Stadium, where thousands had been waiting hours to participate in the memorial service. Their patience was rewarded with bursts of tear...
...Alaska that extends 500 miles south along the British Columbia coast. Canadians deny U.S. claims that the strip's boundaries encompass some 300 sq. mi. of rich fishing grounds near British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Islands. In August, Joe Clark, Canada's Minister of External Affairs, rejected a request from Secretary of State George Shultz to negotiate the issue...