Spy Satellite Burns Up Over Indian Ocean
The out-of-control Soviet Cosmos 1402 reentered and burned over the central Indian Ocean, with debris likely breaking up before reaching land. U.S. and Soviet officials reported the event, FEMA ended the alert, and no surface impact was confirmed.
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Indian Ocean
Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Pentagon
Air Force
Robert O’brien
U.S
Diego Garcia
North American Aerospace Command
United States
Scandinavia
Middle East
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Moscow
Tass
OPEC Tentatively Agrees on Production Ceiling and Quotas
OPEC ministers meeting in Geneva reached a tentative agreement on a 17.2 million barrel per day ceiling and strict national quotas to defend a $34 benchmark. They demanded a firm price differential structure to allow Saudi light oil to compete with African varieties, with Iran urged to raise its share to 2.5 million and Saudi production cut to 4.5 million if implemented. The deal hinges on wider acceptance among member nations and a resolution of the differential issue.
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Los Angeles Times Service
Geneva
Switzerland
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
OPEC
Humberto Calderon Berti
Mohammad Gharazi
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Gharazi
Calderon Berti
Shortcomings seen in adult abuse law
Martha Quint of Heritage Agency on Aging advocates emergency shelters for elderly abuse victims and says the new Dependent Adult Abuse and Reporting Law lacks post report options. She notes nine of 59 cases since January in Cedar Rapids district and urges tighter protections beyond reporting.
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Martha Quint
Heritage Agency On Aging
Quint
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Jones
Johnson
Benton
Washington
Baker differs with Reagan on key budget plans
Senate leader Howard Baker breaks with President Reagan over deficits and defense cuts, signaling opposition to a standby tax and supporting deeper Pentagon reductions. Treasury Secretary Regan says no new taxes in 83 and 84, while a future contingency tax package could raise 135 billion over three years to curb deficits.
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Washington
Senate
Howard Baker
Reagan
Baker
Congress
Pentagon
Capitol Hill
Treasury
Donald Regan
Regan
Death toll climbs to 23 as ice storm lashes Northeast
An ice storm blamed for 23 deaths caused cars and trucks to skid into ditches across the Northeast. Freezing rain and sleet snarled routes in Pennsylvania New York and New England with salt trucks struggling to cope. Meteorologist Stanley Levine warned roads were dangerously slick statewide.
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Pennsylvania
New York
New England
New Hampshire
Partment
Joseph Hickey
Hickey
Stanley Levine
Albany
N.Y
Vermont
Teenager Can Do Something Adults Cannot Answer Phone
A teenager reveals a unique ability to answer the telephone in the middle of the first ring, a skill that adults reportedly lack. The note highlights youthful quickness and timing as the source of this aptitude.
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