Ruckelshaus Faces Scrutiny Ahead of EPA Confirmation
Senate Environment Committee opens three days of hearings on William D. Ruckelshaus’s EPA appointment. Environmental groups stop short of opposing but press for tighter cleanup targets, a budget restoration, and rejection of weakened air and water laws. They cite his Weyerhaeuser ties and a 1981 air act critique as points of concern.
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Environmental Protection Agency
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EPA
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Sierra Club
National Audubon Society
Natural Resources Defense Council
Environmental Action
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Richard Ayres
Ronald Reagan
Congress
Ayres
John McComb
McComb
Senate
Sidney Wolf
Weyerhaeuser
Tornado Outbreak Rambles Across Great Lakes Area
Dozens of tornadoes hit the Great Lakes region with high winds flipping small buildings. Seven people died and at least 45 were injured as millions in damage was reported. Thousands in Missouri and Times Beach waited for rivers to crest amid flood threats.
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Great Lakes
Missouri
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Ontario
Solidarity urges supporters to refrain from street protests
Solidarity founder Lech Walesa urged supporters in Gdansk to avoid demonstrations and instead wear union badges and dress for an unofficial holiday. He said the movement seeks dialogue with authorities and rejects police violence and street rallies.
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Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity Union
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Gdansk
1982 Congressional Candidates Spend Record $344 Million
The Federal Election Commission reports that 1982 congressional contenders spent nearly 344 million dollars, a 44 percent rise from 1980. New Jersey Democrat Adam K. Levin set a single-race record with about 2.3 million, but lost to Republican Rep. Matthew J. Rinaldo whose campaign spent roughly 700 thousand.
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Congress
Federal Election Commission
New Jersey
Adam K. Levin
Matthew J. Rinaldo
GOP Senate Leaders Discuss Compromise Budget Plan
Senate Republicans met in secret to craft a budget compromise aimed at attracting 51 votes without Democratic support. With 54 GOP members, leaders sought a coalition as the chamber began debating next year’s budget resolution.
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Washington
Senate
Cimo Trial Set For May 23 In Death Row Bomb Murder
Richard Tony Cimo, 36, of Murrells Inlet, faces charges of conspiracy to murder and murder in the Tyner death at Central Correctional Institution after a homemade bomb exploded in his cell on September 12. The trial will be held in Richland County General Sessions Court with no death penalty.
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Columbia
Murrells
Rudolph Tyner
Richard “Tony” Cimo
Tynerpeol
Central Correctional Instition
Richland County
Bob Hope milestone tribute and high profile arrivals at Radio City
Bob Hope celebrated his sixth birthday with a star studded Radio City return engagement in New York where Brooke Shields George Steinbrenner and Mayor Ed Koch attended Shields later fights over nude photos and Princeton admission were noted Also Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick declined honorary awards amid student protests at Smith Barnard and U N Kp remarks
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Hope
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Ed Koch
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick
U.S
Central America
Kirkpatrick
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Northampton
Mass
Barnard College
U.N
California
Minnesota
Coalinga Quake Injures Dozens and Damages Many Buildings
A 6.5 magnitude quake struck Coalinga California at 4 45 p m damaging more than 150 structures and injuring over 45 people with 10 to 15 more possibly harmed. Fires and collapsed buildings left much of the town looking like a bombed out city as aftershocks continued.
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Bob Semple
San Joaquin Valley
Fresno County
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Bob Manning
Manning
Bob Green
Radio Shack
Coalinga Inn
California
Bishops Toughen Language In Nuclear War Letter
The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops near approval of a pastoral letter condemning any use of nuclear weapons even in attack and urging a nuclear freeze while rejecting softer lines. They strengthened language, arguing for negotiations to end the arms race and a ban on nuclear arms, amid debate over the Reagan administration’s approach.
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U.S
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San Francisco
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New Orleans
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