Watt Nominee for Interior Heads Toward Senate Vote
President Reagan's Interior nominee James Watt moves toward final Senate approval after the Energy Committee unanimously recommended confirmation. Debate will center on environmental protection amid questions about his past challenges to Interior policies.
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Economy recovers some lost ground in 1980 Q4
The Commerce Department reports real GNP rose 5 percent in Q4 1980, the strongest quarterly gain in two years, yet remains 0.8 percent below early 1980 peak. Chief economist Courtenay Slater warns of slower growth ahead and notes auto and housing recoveries are partial. Disposable income per capita fell $7 from 1979 to 1980.
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Driver escapes injury after dragging near Willington incident
An unidentified driver on Interstate 86 in Willington, Conn., was dragged for more than 200 yards under a chemical tank truck but escaped injury. A passing motorist flagged down the truck driver, who had been unaware of the crash.
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Nationwide pot pill program aids cancer patients
About 75 hospitals nationwide began receiving synthetic THC capsules at no cost through a federally funded program. Each capsule holds 2.5 or 5 milligrams of THC, a figure likened to the amount in five to ten marijuana cigarettes, though pills and smoking differ in absorption. The release notes inhalation delivers faster bloodstream entry.
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New York State Police Laboratory
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World Farmers Press for Independent Union Across Poland
Farmers blocked roads and forced factory shutdowns in at least a dozen Polish cities demanding a five day work week. In Bydgoszcz police stopped tractor columns while Solidarity warned of punishment for entry. A series of warning strikes followed a six hour meeting with Premier Pinkowski failing to win concessions. Iran Rejects Ceasefire Mediation Taif summit moves amid Gulf War tensions. Iran refused to attend and urged by Islamic ministers to join talks in Tehran.
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Dissident Authors Lose Soviet Citizenship Abroad
The Soviet Union stripped two dissident writers Lev Kopelev and Vasily Aksyonov of their citizenship while abroad. Kopelev, 68, left for West Germany in November to work on a book with Heinrich Boll, while Aksyonov, 47, went to Paris last July claiming a career dead end. Both had sought to keep Soviet citizenship.
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West Germany
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Aksyonov
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Did You Know Facts About Vatican City and Great Lakes
Vatican City is an independent state under a 1929 treaty with Italy. Of the five Great Lakes only Lake Michigan lies entirely within the United States. the others are shared with Canada.
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Waldheim altered terms of U S Iran hostage proposal
ABC News reports that UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim changed the U S plan in the 1980 Iran hostage crisis. Instead of a post release inquiry, Waldheim proposed a United Nations commission to Iran without hostages’ release as a condition.
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Carter
Iran condemns Soviet protest note over Tehran embassy attack
Iran accused the Soviet Union of threatening and insulting its government in a Tehran radio broadcast. Tehran cited a Dec 27 attack on the Soviet Embassy by Afghan exiles marking the Afghan conflict’s first anniversary. Pravda blamed Carter and U.S. hostage politics for the crisis.
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