Reagan Talk Postponed in Sympathy for Jesuits
Former President Ronald Reagan was scheduled to speak at Loyola-Marymount University in Los Angeles at noon today but his appearance was postponed until after the holidays as a gesture of sympathy for the Jesuits, who are mourning the murders of six Jesuit priests, their cook and her daughter in El Salvador.
“Because of the tragedy which has fallen the Jesuit community, President Reagan has decided to postpone his visit” to the Jesuit school, according to a statement issued by Reagan spokesman Mark Weinberg. Reagan is scheduled to speak Jan. 23.
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