Budget chief calls military pensions a scandal in Senate hearing
Budget Director David Stockman blasted Congress over Pentagon costs and attacked military pension plans as a scandal. He defended Reagan’s defense budget while urging restraint on MX missiles and warned cuts could hurt recruitment. Weinberger rejected the scandal claim and backed retirement provisions.
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Rooney opens Fort Lee restaurant Mickey Rooney's Delicious
Actor Mickey Rooney opens a new Fort Lee New Jersey eatery across from Manhattan promising California gourmet cuisine with prices from 3.50 to 14.50 and a claim that quality meets affordability. He vows the food will be good.
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Defense cuts drop Navy toilet seat covers to hundred dollars
Lockheed cut the price of 54 Navy toilet seat covers from 640 to 100 each after congressional pressure, with a total refund of 29160. Reagan’s staff changes place Buchanan Rollins and Friedersdorf in key White House roles to reshape operations.
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Woman survives icy Pecos River plunge after car overturns
Catherine Arioste, 37, spent 45 minutes trapped upside down in an air pocket under ice as her car slid into the Pecos River near Las Vegas New Mexico. Rescue workers including her husband, a volunteer firefighter, used chains to pull the vehicle to safety amid subzero conditions.
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Network delays Democrat reply to Reagan on air
NBC and CBS carry Reagan address while ABC delays Democrats' alternative view to Thursday night. Dynasty preempts politics on ABC as stations in Iowa networks broadcast college basketball and a Reagan tape at 10 30 p m. White House officials describe the speech as positive aiming for arms control and growth.
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U.S. cancels naval drills with Australia New Zealand
The United States withdraws Sea Eagle naval exercises with Australia and New Zealand in protest of New Zealand ports closure to a U S destroyer and to signal allied defiance against anti nuclear moves. White House and State Department officials warned of tougher steps and possible review of ANZUS cooperation.
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Four Britons Freed After Libya Diplomatic Dispute
Four Britons released from Libyan detention after eight months in a diplomatic row over a London police constable's shooting last April. Two were not charged and the group was turned over to Terry Waite after a news conference in Tripoli.
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Polish trial ends over priest murder in Torun
In Torun the chief prosecutor argued the slain priest Jerzy Popieluszko provoked the attack by extremism and accused the Church of tolerating militant clergy. Four secret policemen gave final statements as testimony closed. two cried, saying they were misled by faith in their superiors. Captain Grzegorz Piotrowski admitted the act as madness and faced a death sentence.
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