Ruckelshaus Named EPA Administrator
Former EPA chief and Watergate figure William D. Ruckelshaus is named by President Reagan to lead the agency amid the Watergate era turmoil. Reagan cites commitment to a clean environment and a free hand to clean up air and water, while critics warn of political resistance and continued opposition to conservation reforms.
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Washington
William D. Ruckelshaus
Nixon
Rickelshaus
Reagan
EPA
Anne McGill Burford
Bill Ruckelshaus
Ruckelshaus
Weyerhaeuser Co
Seattle
Wash
Congress
Senate
Howard H. Baker
Robert C. Byrd
James A. Baker III
Edwin Meese
Rockefeller cited in EPA notes on White House meeting
Washington AP Rockefeller name appeared among state governors in handwritten notes from a White House meeting with the head of the EPA superfund program. The document, released by a House subcommittee, links EPA officials to political talks in 1982 and notes a link to the White House.
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Washington
West Virginia
Jay Rockefeller
White House
Rockefeller
Randy Cline
Cline
Fomer Epa
Anne Burford
Anne Gorsuch
EPA
House of Representatives
Environmental Protection Agency
Rita Lavelle
House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee
Ms. Lavelle
Subcommittee
Rep
Albert Gore Jr
D-Tenn
James M. Medas
Susan Baldyga
Bill seeks deeper loading ports for U.S. ships
A Senate bill urges shippers and the Treasury to share costs to deepen and maintain U.S. ports. It would deepen Hampton Roads outbound lane from 45 to 50 feet, boosting coal exports and allowing larger vessels. The Deep Draft Navigation Act of 1983 proposes a cargo tax and port user fees to fund 40 percent of a $50 million dredging project, with the rest from federal revenue.
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Washington
U.S. Treasury
Senate
Hampton Roads
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
West Virginia
U.S
Great Lakes
National Trust
Byrd and Sons
John Warner
Paul Trible
Virginia
15-Year-Old Charged In Slaying Of Elderly Princeton Woman
A 15-year-old Princeton youth was charged with first degree murder in the shotgun slaying of Agnes Snow Pate, 66, who was found dead in her Fayette Street home. Police recover a murder weapon while the victim’s car is impounded and investigators continue detailing the case. The youth, unnamed, is held without bond at Southern Regional Juvenile Detention Center, with bond decisions to be set by Mercer County judges.
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Princeton
Jim Gilreath
Daily Telegraph Star
Southern Regional
Fayette Street
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Agnes Snow Pate
Baughman
Pate
State Medical Examiner
Charleston
William O. Bivens Jr
John Frazier
Mercer County
Mercer Circuit
Charles Smith
Circuit
Sheriff's Department
David Knight
Cpl
W.E. Gearhart
Agreement Reached On New Federal Jobs Legislation
House and Senate negotiators near a $4.5 billion jobs bill compromise by stripping about $1.2 billion in local government aid that prompted a veto threat. The pact preserves $5 billion for states and the District of Columbia to continue unemployment benefits, with final Senate and House approval expected later in the week.
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Washington
House
Senate
White House
District of Columbia
Reagan
Mark Hatfield
Hatfield
Senate Appropriations Committee
Arlen Specter
R-Pa
Silvio Conte
R-Mass
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Dmass
Recession Linked Burglary Rise Across McDowell and Tazewell
Telegraph staff writer Thomas Harding reports a rise in B&Es petty thefts and bad checks in McDowell and Tazewell counties tied to high unemployment. Sheriff Clark Belcher cautions the trend may grow as the economy stagnates, while Richlands officers note increases in forgeries and burglaries. Mercer County officials see no clear upturn.
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Thomas Harding
Telegraph
McDowell
Tazewell
McDowell County
Clark Belcher
Frank Thomas
Mercer County
State Police
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National Wildlie Federation
Hair
Bill
Nat Ua
Ray
Flur
National Weather Service
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Belcher
Harold B. Wolfe
Richlands
Sgt. C.C. Vendl
Richlands Town
Vencil
J. Franklin Long
Bluefield
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