Space colonies floated briefly in World War II homeles study
A privately published 1962 book by Henry Field recounts a secret WWII era study group commissioned by President Roosevelt that briefly considered sending the surplus population to space colonies. Field notes vast costs and impracticalities, estimating $369 trillion, with a 17 member staff and 32 associates.
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UPI Dispatch: Ruth Gruber Ordered Out of Poland
Ruth E. Gruber departs Warsaw after being expelled by midnight Saturday for what officials term venomous reporting tied to a U.S. effort to sway events in Poland. The last message from Gruber filed Thursday from Warsaw to New York ends her UPI duties.
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Reagan to veto anti-crime bill over drug czar plan
President Reagan plans to veto the crime bill by not acting before the deadline, based on Justice Department advice. The bill, part of the lame duck Congress agenda, would create a drug czar to oversee narcotics efforts.
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Shultz Says State Department Handles Arms Control Policy
Secretary of State George Shultz announced the State Department now coordinates arms control policy after Eugene Rostow's dismissal. He named Kenneth W. Dann to provide day to day guidance and James L. George as acting director pending Adelman’s Senate confirmation, stressing the president’s role in policy direction.
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Chiefs prefer arms cuts to pay lid, says Air Force chief
Gen Charles A. Gabriel told reporters the Joint Chiefs would have favored cutting weapons purchases or research instead of a pay freeze as the Reagan administration weighs an $8 billion 1984 military cut. He said the chiefs were not consulted on the plan. Administration officials also floated a broad energy tax to raise at least $40 billion in 1986, including levies on imported and domestic oil, a BTU tax, windfall profits tax, and severance taxes tied to price controls ending in 1985.
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Walesa plans return to Lenin shipyard as Solidarity leader
Solidarity head Lech Walesa said he will return to his former electrician job at the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk on Jan. 14 after his holiday, seeking to rejoin the cradle of Solidarity and report to management before noon.
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Elizabeth Taylor Drops Adoption Hope After Israel Baby Meets
Actress Elizabeth Taylor considered adopting 12 month old Karen Peretz in Jaffa during her Israel tour but the baby's father reappeared and refused, ending the inquiry without progress.
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North Korea warns Japan over Seoul pact and war risk
North Korea denounces Japan's 4 billion dollar South Korea loan as threatening peninsula security and hints at a triangular US Japan South Korea alliance. Nakasone had just met South Korea's Chun Doo Hwan in Seoul.
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