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^PM-News Digest,<
	   
	    ^AP PMs News Digest=
	    ^Friday, Dec. 18, 1981=
	   
	   Here are the top items in sight for PMs. The General Desk
supervisor is David Green (212-621-1604). The Laserphoto desk
supervisor is Ed Stephens (212-621-1900).
	   
	    ^POLAND=
	   
	    ^Government Says 7 Dead, Up to 75,000 Arrests Reported=
	   
	   UNDATED _ The Polish government admits seven dead and more than
400 injured in battles with striking workers. From 15,000 to 75,000
arrests are reported, and Catholic church leaders demand the
release of Lech Walesa. Slug PM-Polish Rdp, developing, 700 words.
Laserphotos NY9,10.
	   
	    ^Americans Advised to Leave Poland=
	   
	   WASHINGTON _ The Reagan administration is advising Americans
that it might be best for them to leave Poland because of the
``uncertain and unstable condition'' there, a situation being
blamed at least in part on the Soviet Union. Slug PM-US-Poland, new
material, 600 words, top prospects uncertain.
	   
	    ^Americans Return Home as First Flights Leave Warsaw=
	   
	   NEW YORK _ Americans aboard the first plane to arrive in the
United States from Poland said there was no food or communications,
people were arrested in the middle of the night, and workers sat
idly in open factories. ``Tanks are all over ... and thousands of
armed troops,'' one woman said. Slug PM-Polish Planes, new
material, 700 words, lead prospects uncertain. Laserphoto staffing.
	   
	    ^Vatican Papers Say Pope Pius XII Warned U.S. on Poland=
	   
	   VATICAN CITY _ Vatican documents just released say Pope Pius XII
repeatedly warned President Roosevelt about Soviet aims in
``Catholic Poland'' and the rest of Eastern Europe. Slug
PM-Pius-Poland, new, 500 words, may stand.
	   
	   With NEW YORK-dated PM-Poland Poll.
	   
	    ^REAGAN NEWS CONFERENCE=
	   
	    ^Presidents Says `Impossible' to Send Aid to Poland Now=
	   
	   WASHINGTON _ President Reagan says ``it will be impossible'' for
the United States to send food and economic aid to violence-torn
Poland as long as thousands of persons are imprisoned and the
country is under martial law. Slug PM-Reagan Rdp, new material, 650
words, will stand. Laserphotos WX1,2.
	   
	    ^Aides Contradict Reagan on Possibility of Tax Boost=
	   
	   WASHINGTON _ White House aides say President Reagan is likely to
seek tax increases for 1983 despite his firm disavowal of any plans
to do so. Slug PM-Reagan-Taxes, new material, 690 words, will stand.
	   
	    ^U.S. GENERAL KIDNAPPED=
	   
	    ^Taken from His Home; Red Brigades Involvement Suspected=
	   
	   VERONA, Italy _ Four men posing as plumbers knock out the
highest-ranking U.S. Army officer in Southern Europe, stuff him in
a trunk, chain up his wife and drive off with the general. The Red
Brigades is suspected. Slug PM-Kidnapping, developing, 600 words.
Laserphoto covering.
	   
	    ^Red Brigades Have Terrorized Italy for More than a Decade=
	   
	   ROME _ For more than a decade, Italy's Red Brigades have
bargained with the lives of politicians, judges, journalists and
police officers. Slug PM-Red Brigades, new, 450 words, should stand.
	   
	   With PM-Dozier Profile and other sidebars as warranted.
	   
	   ^ISRAEL: General Assembly Declares Golan Annexation Void=
	   
	   UNITED NATIONS _ Israel makes clear it will ignore a unanimous
Security Council resolution declaring its annexation of the Golan
Heights ``null and void.'' Slug PM-UN-Golan, new material, 500
words, lead prospects uncertain. Laserphoto NY7.
	   
	   ^DONOVAN: Grand Jury to Meet if No Special Prosecutor=
	   
	   NEW YORK _ A federal grand jury will be empaneled here to
investigate alleged Taft-Hartley Act violations against Labor
Secretary Raymond Donovan if a special prosecutor is not named in
the case, government sources say. Slug PM-Donovan, new, 600 words,
lead prospects uncertain.
	   
	   ^IRAN: Returning as a Lucrative Market for U.S. Farmers=
	   
	   WASHINGTON _ Although Iranian and U.S. diplomats continue to
ignore each other on an official level, Iran gradually is returning
to the fold as a lucrative market for American farmers, says an
Agriculture Department expert. Slug PM-US-Iran Trade, new material,
550 words, will stand. Stands for the Farm Scene fixture.
	   
	   ^BUS WRECK: Five Die in Crash of Overcrowded Van=
	   
	   PORT GIBSON, Miss. _ George Berryhill, the first rescuer to
arrive on the scene of the fiery wreck of a van that killed four
children and one adult, said the smoke that filled the burning
vehicle was so thick that he could barely see inside. But he
noticed a glimmer of flame that turned out to be a blazing coat
wrapped around a little girl. Slug PM-Van Wreck, new material, 500
words, should stand. Laserphoto JX1.
	   
	   ^U.N.: Report on Issued on Status of World's Children=
	   
	   UNITED NATIONS _ In 1981, the price of a child's life was $100,
but it was too high for the world to pay. Slug PM-UN-Children, new,
500 words, may stand.
	   
	   ^TODAY'S TOPIC: The Charge of The Popsicle Brigade=
	   
	   WASHINGTON _ The 16 new Republican senators elected during the
Reagan landslide of 1980 are know to certain critics as members of
the ``popsicle brigade,'' a term used to describe their relative
youth, as well as their inability to fit into the rhythm of the
Senate and learn its rules and customs. Slug PM-Topic-Popsicle
Brigade, new, 950 words, by AP Writer Mike Shanahan, will stand.
Laserphoto NY17.
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