News stories from Saturday June 12, 1982
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- Reform laws and regulations enacted in response to the abuses of government authority exposed in the Watergate era have had a profound effect on the course of government and politics in the United States. However, they are not secure, advocates and opponents of the measures said. [New York Times]
- The causes of cancer, which have long seemed mysterious and almost infinite in variety, can be narrowed to the improper action of a relatively few genes present in all human cells, new evidence now suggests. There is also new hope that researchers may be able to learn why the genes trigger cancer and prevent it. [New York Times]
- Deficiencies in military intelligence -- gathering, assessing and dissemi-nating information -- are being corrected under a wide-ranging program begun by the Reagan administration, according to senior officials in the Defense Department. [New York Times]
- Throngs of peaceful demonstrators overwhelmed Central Park and midtown Manhattan protesting nuclear arms. Participants came from all over the world, from Vermont to Bangladesh, for what organizers said was the biggest disarmament gathering in the nation's history. "There's no way the leaders can ignore this now," said Alex Willentz of Utica, N.Y. "It's not just hippies and crazies anymore. It's everybody." [New York Times]
- A new cease-fire in the Beirut area was announced by Israel after Israeli forces had continued earlier in the day to clash with Palestinians. The announcement of the Beirut cease-fire with the Palestinians followed a cease-fire that took effect Friday between Israeli and Syrian forces elsewhere in Lebanon. Israel said it would continue fighting in the Beirut area if fired upon by the Palestinians. [New York Times]
- Beirut and its suburbs were attacked in a relentless series of bombings and gunfire exchanges as the Israeli invasion force and Palestinian guerrillas continued to do battle. As the cease-fire time announced by Israel passed, the sounds of battle continued to be heard in the Lebanese capital. [New York Times]
- A major battle for Port Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands, was being waged by British and Argentine troops. The British were said to have succeeded in some penetration of the first Argentine line of defense. [New York Times]
- A realignment of European currency values, including a 10 percent devaluation of the French franc against the German mark which was revalued upward, was agreed upon by Western European finance ministers meeting in Brussels. [New York Times]
- Reactions to President Reagan's tour of Europe indicate that he repaired some of the rifts between his administration and Western Europe. [New York Times]
- Pope John Paul II, in the last hours of his 31-hour peace mission to Buenos Aires, appealed to bishops throughout the hemisphere to prevent the world from dividing into blocs. [New York Times]