Reagan Approves 136 Billion Defense Authorization for 1982
The House passed a 136 billion military authorization bill enabling the Pentagon to earmark 52.4 billion for ships and weapons, 63.3 billion for operations and maintenance, and 20.2 billion for research and development. The measure moves to conference with the Senate as Reagan eyes a larger 1983 budget.
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Washington
House
Reagan
Pentagon
John Beach
Congress
Senate
Senate Panel Probes Casey Financial Allegations
Senate Intelligence Committee investigates alleged financial improprieties by CIA Director William J. Casey and his designated undercover chief. Senator Howard Baker notes several senators express concern about Casey's status and disclosures from New York and New Orleans courts.
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Washington
Senate Intelligence Committee
CIA
William J. Casey
Senate
Howard H. Baker
R-Tenn
Casey
Officials Threaten Criminal Charges Over Postal Walkouts
The Justice Department warns that a postal strike would have a significant detrimental impact and threatens criminal charges against workers who walk off when their contract expires. Assistant Attorney General D Lowell Johnson cited a law designed to prevent and punish federal employee strikes.
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Washington
Justice Department
William F. Bolger
D. Lowell Johnson
O Connor Draws Public OK For Supreme Court Nomination
An AP NBC poll shows 65 percent approve of Ronald Reagan’s pick of Sandra D O Connor for the Supreme Court with 6 percent opposition and 29 percent unsure among 1599 adults nationwide. The support spans liberals and conservatives plus voters from both major parties.
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New York
Ronald Reagan
Sandra D. O’connor
U.S. Supreme Court
Associated Press
NBC News
Arizona
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
O’connor
Israeli air raids hit Beirut targets as Arafat seeks Arab help
Israeli warplanes bombed the central headquarters of Al Fatah and the Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine in Beirut. PLO chief Yasser Arafat appealed to Arab leaders for support, urging action with the line I want your swords, not your blessings.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Israel
Arafat
Palestine
WAFA
al Fatah
PLO
Popular Democratic Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Poland holds secret ballot for 200-man Central Committee
In Warsaw a special party congress selected a 200-member Central Committee by secret ballot with 1955 delegates. A further secret ballot could choose a new party chief. Incumbent First Secretary Stanislaw Kania was expected to win re election amid a reform minded panel. results to be released at the committee first meeting.
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Warsaw
Poland
Congress
Stanislaw Kania
IRA kills British Soldier Near Crossmaglen
An Irish Republican Army attack on a military post near Crossmaglen in South Armagh left one of three wounded British soldiers dead. Lance Cpl. Gavin Dean, 21, is the 344th British casualty since August 1969.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Irish Republic
IRA
Provisional
Crossmaglen
South Armagh
Gavin Dean
El Salvador Aid Assured in U S Policy Stance
Assistant Secretary of State Thomas O. Enders says the United States will continue military and economic aid to El Salvador to back a democratic process toward presidential elections in two years. He blames both right wing extremists and Marxist insurgents for the country’s turmoil and urges sustained support.
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Washington
el Salvador
U.S
Thomas O. Enders
North Carolina tourist slain in French Quarter robbery
Alfred Miller, 20, admitted during police questioning that he killed David LaFone of Greenville, NC, during a pre-dawn holdup on Decatur Street near Jackson Square. LaFone and Tamara Reichert, 23, were robbed. Reichert survived as the gunman fled.
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New Orleans
North Carolina
Alfred Miller
William Parsons
Martin Venezia
Miller
Crash Kills Pop Balladeer Harry Chapin
Pop balladeer Harry Chapin died in a highway crash on the Long Island Expressway at age 38. He was alone in a blue 1975 Volkswagen Rabbit when a tractor trailer struck his car causing it to burst into flames. Chapin was known for Taxi and Cat's in the Cradle and for social causes.
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New York
Harry Chapin
Broadway
Kathleen Dwyer
Chapin
Long Island
Nassau County Medical Center
East Meadow
New York City
Guy Thomas
Jim Chapin
Tommy Dorsey
Woody Herman
Greenwich Village
Tom
Steve
Chapin Brothers
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Cornell University
Sandy
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Hitchcock Aluminum & Metal Works
Georgia Ave
Augusta
Radberry’s
Aiken
Coward- Corley Seed Co., Inc
Park SE
William J. Welsh MD
Waterloo Aiken, S.C
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Southern Bell Phone Center
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Hayne Avenue
Augusta Mall
Wrightsboro Rd
Walker Street
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Martintown Plaza
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