GOP Leader Optimistic Sale Will Be Approved
Senate panel recommended veto of the AWACS sale to Saudi Arabia but Senate Republican Leader Howard Baker expressed confidence it will pass. Baker cited momentum as support grew after committee votes, while Reagan and Helms warned the matter carries high stakes for U.S. security and Gulf interests. The Armed Services panel backed the sale 10-5. House defeated it 301-111, leaving Senate fate pivotal.
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Persian Gulf
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Armed Services Committee
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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U.S. Spy Planes Begin Patrolling Egypt's Borders
Two AWACS planes from Oklahoma began border surveillance of Egypt on Thursday. Mubarak swore in his holdover cabinet as parliament passed a new law to punish unauthorized weapon use with the death penalty. Egypt blames Libya for two Cairo airport bombings earlier in the week. Brezhnev sent a message to improve Kremlin ties with Sadat’s successor.
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Persian Gulf
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Chad
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Gaafar Nimeiri
Khadafy
America
Kamal Hassan Aly
Nbc-Tv
Senate restores minimum Social Security benefits after vote
The Senate approved a 95 to 0 measure to restore the minimum Social Security benefit of 122 dollars a month for more than 2.5 million recipients and to shore up the retirement and survivor fund. The bill, backed by Reagan, follows a prior move to abolish the minimum benefit.
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Education Group To Probe School Funds In Mercer County
The Mercer County Education Association votes 95 percent for a probe into possible misuse of 1980-81 school funds by the Board of Education. President Frances Seago notes 91 percent participated, 9 percent did not respond, and 4.5 percent abstained fearing exam costs.
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Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County Education Association
Board of Education
Frances (Boots) Seago
MCEA
Harold Brewster
Outside Influence On Judge Choice Denied
Mercer County confronts rumors that two outside state senators sought to sway Gov Rockefeller to appoint Odell Huffman to a vacant Ninth Judicial District judgeship. Senators McGraw and Williams deny involvement. Whitlow confirms only listening to reports but says he will not participate. Three candidates are Huffman Frazier and Burkett with Whitlow eyeing a future seat if Huffman is chosen.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Warren McGraw
Pineville
Wyoming County
Ralph Williams
Greenbrier
John D. Rockefeller IV
Odell Huffman
Williams
Randall Cline
Judicial Committee
Cline
Judicial Commission
Huffman
John Frazier
Billy Burkett
Tony Whitlow
Whitlow
McGraw
Rockefeller
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Odell
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House
Charleston
Friday Weather Forecast and Wytheville Bus Crash Report
Weather outlook shows mostly cloudy conditions with scattered showers today and Saturday, highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s, lows 38 to 45. Extended forecast suggests partly cloudy skies and a chance of showers Sunday or Monday with highs mid 60s to mid 70s and lows upper 40s to 50s. A Wytheville incident records a tractor-trailer driven by Stanley Pruitt of Alpine Alabama losing brakes and running off U.S. 11 to avoid a school bus, causing about $5,000 vehicle damage and injuring no one. The 40,000 pound cargo aluminum rolls damaged three parked vehicles. Pruitt faces reckless driving charges with possible court testimony on brake failure.
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Rick L. Graviey
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Vickie Lynn Graviey
Plymouth
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