Interior shake-up ousts Watt allies as Clark reassigns aides
Interior Secretary William Clark announced a major staff reshuffle at the department. He named Ann McLaughlin as No. 2, moved Garvey Carruthers to land and minerals, created a new water and science post for Robert Broadbent, and named William Bettenberg head of the Minerals Management Service while Pendley and Russell were removed to other duties.
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Washington
William Clark
Interior Department
James Watt
Clark
Watt
Department
J.J. Simmons III
Ann McLaughlin
Treasury
Perry Pendley
Energy and Minerals
David G. Russell
Minerals
Powder River Basin
Montana
Wyoming
Doug Baldwin
Pendley
Russell
Interior
Garvey Carruthers
Land and Water Resources
Carruthers
Robert Broadbent
Reclamation
Geological Survey
America
Broadbent
William D. Bettenberg
Minerals Management Service
Increase in energy use seen 1984 outlook
The Energy Information Administration forecasts oil imports to rise 26 percent in 1984 as American energy demand rebounds for the first time since 1979. Gasoline and heating oil stay stable while natural gas and electricity costs rise about 10 percent and 7 percent respectively.
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Washington
Energy Information Administration
EIA
Energy Department
J. Erich Evered
U.S
Iran
United States
Western star Rod Cameron dies at 73 in Georgia
U S Los Angeles Rod Cameron born Roderick Cox aged 73 died Wednesday in a Gainesville Georgia hospital after a long illness. He appeared in more than 140 films mostly second feature westerns. His last film in 1978 was Love and the Midnight Auto Supply.
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Los Angeles
Rod Cameron
Gainseville
Cameron
Roderick Cox
Henry Aldrich
FCC refuses weekday quotas for children's TV shows
The FCC rejected calls from parents groups to set minimum weekday quotas for children’s programming on commercial stations. In a 4-1 vote the commission also softened the 1974 Policy Statement, dropping age-specific requirements and granting broadcasters more flexibility to tailor children’s programming to their local market.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Spacecraft skims moon on path to 1985 comet rendezvous
Spacecraft ISEE-3 was guided within 72 miles of the moon in a careful maneuver that set it on a sun Earth flyby toward Giacobini Zinner, aiming for a Sept. 11, 1985 rendezvous. Mission director Robert Farquhar hailed the effort as the craft emerged from lunar shadow with temperatures remaining near room level.
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Moon
Greenbelt, Md
Goddard Space Flight Center
Washington
Giacobini- Zinner
Robert Farquhar
ISEE-3
Farquhar
Goddard
TVA settles major uranium price fixing suit with Gulf Oil
TVA and Gulf Oil reach an out of court agreement ending a large antitrust case. Gulf, a Pittsburgh energy company, faces a settlement of over 70 million dollars. TVA alleged a conspiracy with 12 producers to inflate uranium prices from seven dollars per pound in 1972 to forty one dollars in 1977.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Gulf Oil Corp
TVA
Gulf
Judge orders feeding to prevent starvation of Bouvia
Riverside California A Superior Court judge ordered Riverside County Hospital Thursday to start force feeding cerebral palsy victim Elizabeth Bouvin unless she agrees to eat again. Judge John Hews issued a temporary restraining order noting Bouvin’s condition had worsened since her fast began and said the county could force feed without a court order if needed to avoid death.
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Riverside
Calif
Elizabeth Bouvin
John Hews
Bouvia
Noel man funds aid to keep out of jail
Donald O'Brien, 55, pleaded guilty to misapplying funds from the State Bank of Noel. Under a two year probation he agreed to spend up to 90000 on groceries clothes toys and heat for 100 needy families in McDonald County. Families were selected by the state Division of Welfare.
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Noel
Donald O’brien
State Bank of
McDonald County
State Division
American bishop Salvador Schlaefer reported slain in Nicaragua
Government sources said the body of Bishop Salvador Schlaefer, 65, was found in northeastern Nicaragua and slain by rebel forces as he traveled with about 2,500 Indians toward Honduras. U S state department and church could not confirm death and an Indian rebel leader claimed he was alive as fighting continued with reports of bombing and shelling.
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Managua
Nicaragua
U.S State Department
Salvador Schlaefer
Schlaefer
Caribbean
Bluefields
Honduras
Trade group ends sanctions on Soviet Union
In Brussels the European Common Market moves to drop sanctions imposed after Poland's martial law in 1981. Officials say they will lapse on New Year’s Day with no formal announcement. The 10 nations trimmed a proposed Soviet import ban to 60 products worth 140 million dollars annually, about 1.4 percent of exports.
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Brussels
Belgium
European Common Market
Soviet Union
Poland
Trade Bloc
Common Market Executive Commission
Shorter Convention? GOP Eyes Three Day Dallas Rally
Dallas reports the Republican Party considers trimming its 1984 convention from four days to three to boost TV ratings. National Chairman Frank Fahrenkopf says Reagan likely renominated without opposition, potentially reducing drama though debate on cuts remains uncertain after Washington remarks. Gazette wire services.
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Dallas
Republican Party
GOP
Frank Fahrenkopf
Reagan
Fahrenkopf
Washington
Police question IRA suspects across UK after Harrods blast
Police questioned Irish nationalists in London Birmingham and Manchester as part of a widening search for IRA guerrillas behind the Harrods bombing. In London Thatcher cabinet meetings ended without a Sinn Fein ban decision while a cabinet aide announced a review of incitement laws in line with an Irish government move.
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London
Birmingham
Manchester
Harrods Department
Margaret Thatcher
Irish Republican Army
Sinn Fein
Thatcher
Kennedy proposes 2.5 billion hunger aid plan
Senator Edward Kennedy demands a 2.5 billion program to curb hunger in the United States. He calls Reagan cuts in food programs a disaster and urges doubling food stamp benefits, broader eligibility, and expanded home deliveries. He cites a 177 page report from his hunger tour and challenges Meese to verify findings with urban and rural studies.
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Kennedy
U.S
Washington
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Reagan
America
Meese
Congress
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