Watt proposes moratorium on mining in wilderness areas
Interior Secretary James Watt announced on Meet the Press a plan to seek congressional action banning mining and drilling in wilderness areas through year 2100 with a possible narrow exception for national needs. He outlined two five year deadlines after which no new wilderness designations could occur, covering 80 million acres plus 20 million proposed. Environmentalists reacted with surprise and distrust, some calling the plan a Trojan horse as GOP support remains uncertain.
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Washington Post
Washington
James Watt
Congress
Watt
NBC
Meet the Press
Tim Mahoney
The
Sierra Club
One Killed as Twin Engine Plane Crashes on Ice
A 12 aboard twin engine commuter plane crash landed on Scituate Reservoir in Rhode Island killing Loretta Stanczac of Manchester New Hampshire. Eleven survivors reached shore or were assisted as fire and ice hampered rescue. Pilot Thomas Prinster and copilot Lyle Hogg were among the injured in hospital.
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Gazette Wire Services Scituate, R.I
Barry Wilson
Pilgrim Airlines
Green State
Warwick
Providence
Wilson
Tommy Shorthall
Mike Ciccarelli
Federal Aviation Administration
Ciccarelli
Steven Pare
Scituate
Green State Airport
Loretta Stanczac
Manchester
N.H
Rhode Island Medical Examiner's
Rhode Island Hospital
Nancy Rowett
Thomas Prinster
North Kingstown
R.I
Lyle
Governors Clash Over Federalism And Budgets At Meeting
Democratic governors attack both the New Federalism plan and federal budget cuts as harmful to state treasuries. Utah Governor Scott Matheson says states are already losers after 1982 cuts, with grants slated to fall from 91.2 billion to 81.4 billion in 1983, amid Reagan plan reassurances.
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Los Angeles
Washington
Reagan Administration
David Stockman
National Governors Conference
Scott Matheson
Utah
White House
Matheson
Governors’ Association
Reagan
Roof Repair Ad Promises Leak-Free Service
An ad offers roof repairs with a guarantee against leaks. The copy highlights quick service and attention to waterproofing, inviting homeowners to call for estimates and appointments.
Harkin delayed after Nicaraguan blast at Managua airport
U S Congressman Tom Harkin and two colleagues were blocked from leaving Managua after a bomb incident killed four and disrupted airport operations. Coyne Oberstar and their aides awaited airport reopenings amid heightened security for a Lopez Portillo visit.
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Gazette Wire
Washington
Tom Harkin
Diowa
Nicaragua
Managua
Harkin
U.S
James Coyne
R-Pa
James Oberstar
D-Minn
el Salvador
Coyne
Jose Lopez Portillo
Roger Gamble
Man wounds tax agent and wife then commits suicide
In Northridge California a man broke into his neighbor's home at 3 am, wounded an IRS agent Marvin Chotiner and his wife, then returned home and shot himself. Police said the shooter Frank Saltzman feared being reported for tax evasion and believed the neighbor betrayed him. The couple were hospitalized in serious but stable condition.
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Northridge
Calif
Frank Saltzman
Internal Revenue Service
Grotesque evidence of Soviet chemical war
A secret White House intelligence report cites very grotesque evidence of Soviet chemical warfare in Southeast Asia and Afghanistan. It mentions hard proof of poison use including yellow rain and supports Haig's charge of Soviet chemical weapons in Afghanistan Laos and Cambodia. A sanitized version of the intelligence estimate is expected to be released publicly in coming weeks.
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White House
Soviet Union
Southeast Asia
Afghanistan
CIA
Alexander Haig
United States
Laos
Cambodia
Haig
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