U.S. lifts embargo on Israel F-15 and F-16 shipments
President Reagan lifted a 10 week old suspension on delivering 16 American made F-15 and F-16 fighters to Israel after a meeting with Haig and Weinberger. No legal ruling was made on whether Israel violated the 1952 arms agreement in the June raid on Iraq.
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Reagan
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Alexander Haig
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Commission On Strategic Capabilities
Lew Allen
Air Force
Eugene Rostow
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Jeane Kirkpatrick
U.S
United Nations
United States
Iraq
Fayette High cancels football season
Fayette High School shuts down its football program after only 11 players report to first practice. An emergency school board vote cited player safety and scheduling fairness in the eight school Upper Iowa Conference. District officials noted Fayette’s small size leaves it prone to mismatches against larger programs.
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Fayette
Fayette High School
Dick Glidden
Upper Iowa
Glidden
Les Williams
FAA meeting draws 300 hopefuls as picketers confront attendees
About 300 applicants for air traffic controller jobs packed Kirkwood Community College while two lines of picketers taunted them with scab cries outside and inside the room. Police cooled tensions and the FAA proceeded with presentations and a training film showing.
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Kirkwood Community College
Iowa Hall
Don Gabel
FAA
Cedar Rapids
PATCO
Reagan
Stocks tumble on new money supply signal
The Dow Jones average fell 10.18 to 926.75 after news of a higher money supply. Volume on the NYSE reached 40.84 million shares as nearly three stocks declined for every gain, following a 7.24-point drop Friday and a near yearly low.
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Air crash in California and New Jersey near miss
Two small planes collided near San Jose in clear weather killing one person. A near miss occurred over central New Jersey between a People Express 737 and a private seaplane, amid air traffic controller strikes. A Pan American jet at Fort Lauderdale collapsed its main landing gear in a rainstorm injuring four. FAA offered conflicting accounts on landing instructions during the strike.
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Dennis Feldman
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Alex Garvis
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Los Angeles
Piper
Feldman
Reagan breaks seven pledges in tax and budget plan says Nader group
Congress Watch led by Ralph Nader concludes that Reagan broke promises from the State of the Union by supporting cuts to aid for the poor disabled and elderly, Medicare, food stamps, school meals and subsidies while backing dairy, peanut, tobacco subsidies and synthetic fuel support.
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Ralph Nader
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