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NEWS SUMMARY;

Date: 21 December 1984

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1984 International American flexibility on arms control was stressed by a senior Reagan Administration official. He said Washington would be willing to negotiate its long-term missile defense plan along with seeking cuts in offensive weapons systems when talks resume with Moscow early next month. (Page A1, Column 6.) A rare U.S.-Soviet cooperative effort arranged quietly between American and Soviet scientists was reported by a psysicist at the University of Chicago. He said that an American comet-dust detector was aboard the Soviet Vega spacecraft and had been tested successfully as the craft headed toward a rendezvous with Halley's comet in 1986. (A1:3.)

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NEWS SUMMARY;

Date: 20 December 1984

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1984 International The U.S. will withdraw from Unesco at the end of this month, the Government announced. It said the United Nations agency had failed to meet American demands that it rid itself of mismanagement, politicization and ''endemic hostility'' to a free press, free markets and individual human rights. (Page A1, Column 6.) Key benefits will be lost to American scientists, scholars and cultural groups because of a United States withdrawal from Unesco, according to many experts who have worked through the organization's agencies and related programs. They generally contend the Reagan Administration did not take the adverse effect of withdrawal for Americans sufficiently into account. (A11:1.)

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TIRELESS FRIEND OF THE POOR

Date: 20 December 1984

By Larry Rohter

Larry Rohter

For Unicef's executive director, James P. Grant, the dramatic success of the organization's child survival program comes as the culmination of a lifetime spent in the service of the third world's poor. But it also represents the continuation of a family tradition. Since becoming Unicef director in 1980, Mr. Grant has labored tirelessly on behalf of the simple but effective health care program that has saved the lives of so many children. He has traveled around the globe, lobbying governments and drumming up private support for the program.

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PENTAGON CHIEF ASSAILS ARTICLE ON SHUTTLE TRIP

Date: 20 December 1984

By Alex S. Jones

Alex Jones

Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger yesterday denounced as ''the height of journalistic irresponsibility'' a report in The Washington Post yesterday giving details about the Pentagon's classified Jan. 23 space shuttle mission. In response to Mr. Weinberger's charge, Benjamin C. Bradlee, executive editor of The Post, said, ''There was nothing in the article that violates national security, and the public is ill- served by silence.'' Citing national security reasons, the Pentagon had sought to prevent speculation by news organizations regarding the military purpose and payload of the shuttle mission, which is being sponsored by the Department of Defense. On Monday a Pentagon official warned that such speculation might prompt an investigation by the Department of Defense as to the source of information.

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PENTAGON TO SEEK INCREASED SECRECY

Date: 21 December 1984

By Richard Halloran

Richard Halloran

The Defense Department's chief spokesman, Michael I. Burch, said today that the Pentagon would seek tighter controls over the flow of military information through more vigorous use of existing regulations and possibly by seeking new laws. In the wake of news stories about a forthcoming military mission of the space shuttle that the Pentagon had sought to keep secret, Mr. Burch said, ''There seem to be so many loopholes in what we can do to prevent leaks.'' He said he was not aware of proposals to stop publication, ''but there are various things that we can do to prevent leaks on our side and to be able to follow up an investigation.'' He declined to give details, saying, ''It's something that we're still studying.''

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SCOUTING ; New on the Court

Date: 21 December 1984

By Jane Gross

Jane Gross

Frazier's visit to New York was prompted by a news conference at the Plaza Hotel to announce the formation of the United States Basketball League, the latest entry in the crowded arena of professional sports. Frazier is one of the franchise owners in the league, founded by Daniel T. Meisenheimer 3d, a Connecticut venture capitalist with modest plans for the 1985 summer season.

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DOW OFF 4.75, TO 1,203.29

Date: 21 December 1984

By Alexander R. Hammer

Alexander Hammer

The stock market ended moderately lower yesterday in much slower trading, despite some encouraging inflation news. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 4.75 points, to 1,203.29. Losing issues on the New York Stock Exchange outnumbered those that rose, 954 to 641.

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QADDAFI HAS 'AMICABLE' TALKS IN SPAIN

Date: 21 December 1984

By Edward Schumacher

Edward Schumacher

Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the Libyan leader, said today that his meeting with Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez on Wednesday night had been amicable and had dealt mostly with developments in northwest Africa. At a separate news conference, Mr. Gonzalez acknowledged that the United States would probably be critical of the secretly planned meeting, which took place on the Spanish resort island of Majorca. But he said that while he would inform Spain's allies of the meeting, Madrid would follow its own policies.

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U.S. MOVE PRAISED BY CONSERVATIVES

Date: 20 December 1984

By Frank Prial

Frank Prial

The announcement that the United States would withdraw from Unesco on Jan. 1 drew a favorable reaction from conservative and middle-of-the road American groups, but was criticized by United Nations officials and the Soviet Union. Some of those who supported the move said they looked forward to the time when the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization adopts changes that would bring the United States back. The United Nations Secretary General, Javier Perez de Cuellar, said at a news conference yesterday, ''My position is very clear. If it is considered that something is wrong with our organziations, please stay inside and fight from inside. The United States is, of course, a sovereign nation which can take its own decisions, but I consider that the channels of the United Nations should always be used; they are the best way of providing any impartial solution to international problems.''

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'2010' TO 'BREAKIN' 2' TO 'DUNE'

Date: 21 December 1984

By Betsy Wade

Betsy Wade

THE good news for school vacation is that most parents will not have to battle with their kids about going to see Santa as an ax murderer in ''Silent Night, Deadly Night.'' The maker has pulled this seasonal horror almost entirely off the market. Good news of a more affirmative nature is the arrival of several films that amenable grandparents or parents and their young can attend without hyperventilating from boredom, embarrassment or nausea. This news was gleaned through an unscientific testing procedure called taking children to the movies. Six willing young people, four boys and two girls, were assembled through the office grapevine. They ranged from scrunch- down-in-the-seat 9-year-olds to a 14- year-old who was au courant about all things cinematic. The critics were Kristy Thomas of Rutherford, N.J., 9 years old, a fourth-grader at the Pierrepont School; her neighbors Peter Wilson, also 9 and a fourth-grader at Pierrepont, and Ben Wilson, 10, a fifth- grader there; Tanya Espy of Manhattan, 11, in the sixth grade at P.S. 75; Neil M. Salvaggio of Manhattan, 11, a sixth-grader at the Manhattan Country School, and Josh Siegel of Manhattan, just turned 14, in the ninth grade at Columbia Prep.

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