Infrared Telescope Reveals New Star Birth Regions in Space
An orbiting infrared telescope reports early images of distant galaxies and star forming regions including Tarantula in the Large Magellanic Cloud. In 12 hours it gathered data on over 20 galaxies and demonstrates the device’s high pointing accuracy and potential to map the sky and detect heat signatures of many objects.
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New York Times Service
New York
Magellanic Cloud
Milky Way
Earth
Neptune
Pluto
Chilton
Harm Habing
Huygens Laboratory
Leiden
Netherlands
United States
Britain
Fea
Tures
JPL
Reagan's war on drugs shows a mixed first-year result
After one year the Reagan administration's anti drug drive produced no overall drop in availability or use. DEA officials say prices fell and purities rose for cocaine and heroin while marijuana prices held, with seizures rising across all three drugs and domestic marijuana eradication at a record high.
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Reagan
Washington
U.S
Drug Enforcement Administration
United States
DEA
Francis Mullen
California
Mullen
Boston
Tampa
Fla
Colorado
FBI
George Bush
South Florida
Latin America
Coast Guard
Caribbean
Liming
Florida
Gulf Coast
Carolinas
Virginia
Tennessee
Texas
Nigeria price cuts trigger OPEC market turmoil and regional shifts
OPEC members Algeria Indonesia Venezuela and the UAE faced renewed price and production tensions as a February meeting in Jakarta was canceled. Nigeria defended price cuts as in national interest while Saudi Arabia prepared a council meeting and Mexico signaled a February price cut retroactive to February sales.
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Algeria
Indonesia
Venezuela
United Arab Emirates
Jakarta
Vienna
OPEC
Alhaji Yahaya Dikko
Dikko
Lagos
Riyadh
Gulf Arab Group
Oman
Bahrain
Mexico
Ministry of Mining
Petroleos Mexicanos Bulletin
Libyan Hijack Halts Runway Movement On Plane
An airport spokesman described a Libyan aircraft hijack that halted the plane on the runway with shades drawn and only cockpit light visible. The incident echoes a December 1981 hijack tied to Imam Musa Sadr's disappearance in 1978, blamed on Libya, amid Middle East and Europe diversions.
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Middle East
Europe
Rome
Athens
Tehran
Beirut
Imam Mussa Sadr
Lebanon
Libya
Sadr
Tripoli
Iowa lawmaker leans against parimutuel betting push
Brammer, once a supporter, now wavers on legalizing parimutuel betting citing unclear enforcement costs and stronger opposition from constituents. He notes many have changed minds as polls show support, while Woods remains confident the measure could pass in the House with 56 or 57 votes and seeks to move it quickly after committee reviews. The White House reported Ethiopia assured Carter forces would not invade Somalia or meddle in neighboring affairs.
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Iowa
Woods
House
Ways and Means
Senate
General Assembly
White House
Ethiopia
Carter
Somalia
Tour Buses Collide Injuring Dozens on Adirondack Northway
A chain reaction crash on the Adirondack Northway near Glens Falls involved about 100 passengers returning from a Sherbrooke ski trip. One bus struck the other after a tractor-trailer jackknifed, injuring at least 20 with 1 in serious condition. hydraulic tools were used to extract the second-bus driver.
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Chestertown
N.Y
Adirondack Northway
Albany
Washington, D.C
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Glens Falls Hospital
Ann Haas
John Broadly
Interstate Commerce Commission
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