Mubarak Sworn In as Egypt President Quietly Nods to Peace
Mubarak pledges to pursue peace with the United States and honor Camp David while vowing to enforce law against violence. He appoints himself prime minister, keeps Sadat-era cabinet, urges continued peace efforts with Israel and Palestinian autonomy talks. Security tightens around Parliament as paratroopers guard the chamber after Sadat’s assassination.
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Cairo
Egypt
Hosni Mubarak
Anwar Sadat
Mideast
United States
Mubarak
Sadat
Middle East
Sufi Abu- Taleb
Peoples’ Assembly
Camp David
Israel
Reagan
Gaafar Nimeiri
Nabawi Ismail
Al-Rai Al-Aam
Abdul Atti Obeidi
Muammar Khadafy
Nicosia
Cyprus
al Aqsa
Reagan averted AWACS sale defeat in Senate vote delay
President Reagan pressed lawmakers to back the $8.5 billion AWACS sale to Saudi Arabia after the House passed it 301 to 111. Senate action was postponed as aides predicted shifts by two skeptical members and possible support from others, while the White House pressed for unity to avert a veto override.
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Washington
House
Saudi Arabia
Reagan
Senate
Tom Griscom
Howard Baker
Rose Garden
Associated Press
Israel
U.S
Middle East
White House
Dan Quayle
R-Ind
Mack Mattingly
R-Ga
Charles H. Percy
Bill
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Peace Prize Awarded To Refugee Aid Group
Oslo based Nobel committee awarded the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees the Nobel Peace Prize for aiding millions of homeless worldwide. Poul Hartling accepted the 180000 dollar prize on behalf of refugees, noting UNHCR’s work through years of conflict and displacement.
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Oslo
Norway
United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees
Nobel Committee
UNHCR
Poul Hartling
of T
International Refugee Organization
India
Bangladesh
Cyprus
Uganda
Idi Amin
Hartling
Africa
Vietnam
Afghanistan
Ethiopia
Cambodia
Laos
Southeast Asia
Pakistan
United Nations Organization
New York
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Alfred Nobel
Adolfo Perez Esquivel
Argentina
Trade Restraint Charge Levied Against N and W
A federal grand jury charged five railroads with conspiring to restrain trade in iron ore movement from Lake Erie to steel mills in Ohio Pennsylvania Kentucky and West Virginia. The indicted firms include Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Norfolk and Western Railway Conrail and Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad. Maximum fines are $1 million per company. The case follows Carter era investigation and reflects antitrust policy under William Baxter. No individuals named as defendants.
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Washington
Lake Erie
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
West Virginia
Reagan Administration
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Norfolk and Western Railway Co
Conrail
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
U.S. Steel
Justice Department
William Baxter
Mark Sheehan
Baxter
Sheehan
Great Lakes
Norfolk and Western
Lewis M. Phelps
Norfolk
Board claims millions unaccounted in Mercer schools
Mercer County Board of Education member Harold Brewster rejects claims of $11 or $12 million missing from the school system. He says allegations are likely misleading or uninformed and urges inquiries at the Central Office. He notes plans for an upcoming audit of the 1980-81 year and defends bond-financed projects using interest funds.
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Daily Telegraph
Princeton — Board of Education
Harold Brewster
Mercer County
Brewster
Mercer County Board of Education
Mercer County Education Association
Board of Education
Bluefield Area
MCEA
Coal Tax Hike Aims to Save Black Lung Fund
The Reagan administration proposes doubling the coal severance tax to restore solvency of the Black Lung Trust Fund which pays miners disabled by pneumoconiosis. Current rates are 25 cents per ton surface coal and 50 cents per ton underground. The plan also envisions eligibility rule changes for future beneficiaries while preserving current recipients.
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Washington
Reagan Administration
Congressional
White House
Labor Department
House
Ways and Means
Black Lung Trust Fund
United Mine Workers Union
Rep
Charles Rangel
D-N.y
Subcommittee
Collyer
Treasury
Liberty Electro seeks buyers for Princeton plant amid EDA aid
The West Virginia Economic Development Authority aims to place Liberty Electro Inc in Princeton with two defense industry linked buyers eyed. The firm closed Sept. 11 after receiving 650000 in EDA loans last year to back its takeover of the Rockwell operated plant, with a one year moratorium on loan payments that ends Oct 28 and a 27500 interest payment due then.
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Charleston
W.va
State Economic Development Authority
Liberty Electro Inc
Princeton Electronics
EDA
Robert Baril
Defense
Liberty
Princeton
Rockwell International
Barill
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Sinai Peninsula
Bill Tenny
Greenville
S.C
North Carolina Fairgrounds
Raleigh, N.C
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McEa Executive Committee
Robert B. Collyer
Administration
UMW
Sam Church
National Weather Service
Liberty Electro
Guinness Book of World Records
Norris McWhirter
London
McWhirter
Jack Sarver
Bluefield
Wolfe Rock
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Abby
Old Dominion News
ECC
Reir Lees
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