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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1981
Page
3
Stefani Diamondidis takes top honors in the event, with a page 2 photo. Dionna Dowell is identified as the daughter of Marlene Dowell and Alfonzo Dowell of Bluefield, as pictured.
Washington AP reports a rift emerged as the Joint Chiefs chair backed alternative basing while Defense Secretary Weinberger dismissed reconsideration of MX and B 1 plans. Byrd criticized the package as a "used car," urging rejection as hearings open on a 180.3 billion modernization package.
Secretary of State Haig blasted opponents as ill informed in a major push to salvage an 8.5 billion AWACS sale to Saudi Arabia. Reagan gathered 16 officials including Kissinger Brzezinski to endorse the deal, urging that denial would weaken U S foreign policy and Gulf security.
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet approves prison reforms for Northern Ireland and plans to announce changes within days. After Hunger Striker Maze, the regime changes aim to apply to all inmates, with no new violence since the protest collapse. James Prior and Lord Gowrie are finalizing the plan amid Protestant fears of concessions to the IRA.
Tuesday brings breezy conditions with showers and possible thunderstorms and highs in the upper 60s to near 80. Clearing tonight lowers temps to the mid 40s to low 50s. Wednesday remains partly cloudy and cool with highs in the 60s. The extended period through Friday calls for mostly cool, dry weather with mid 60s to mid 70s highs and 40s to low 50s lows. Tech’s Cyrus Lawrence cautions against fatigue while Hurley High’s principal stays busy. Robbers flee with a large cash sum and are pursued by authorities.
A draft presidential order would permit the CIA to infiltrate domestic groups with attorney general approval and secretly influence their activities. It would replace Carter era guidelines, remove some prohibitions on covert U S activity inside the United States, and raise Fourth Amendment questions while preserving bans on assassinations and domestic electronic surveillance. Reagan aides and lawmakers cautioned that language and procedures will shape actual effects, with no firm legislative record yet.
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