Meese Ethics Report Sparks Confirmation Hearings
Washington Post reports that Office of Government Ethics staff found Edwin Meese violated federal standards twice but were overruled by director David H. Martin after consulting White House counsel and Meese's attorney. The disclosure coincides with Senate confirmation hearings and criticism from Sen. Metzenbaum.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Wall Street Journal
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R-S.c
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Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
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Garment
Reagan
Metzenbaum
Common Cause
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John McKean
Barrack
McKean
California
House
Reagan plan to end Essential Air Service subsidies
The Reagan administration will ask Congress to end subsidies for 135 small communities under the Essential Air Service program to save about 45 million dollars next fiscal year. Iowa towns Clinton Ottumwa Fort Dodge and Mason City would be affected. If halted, about 100 communities could lose all air service with others facing reduced flights.
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OPEC ministers clash over oil pricing in Geneva talks
In Geneva ministers from OPEC opened an emergency session amid frayed nerves and unresolved price gaps. Nigeria’s Tam David West urged realism while UAE’s Otaiba accused him of betrayal as Yamani sought to smooth tensions. The group debated price differentials between oil grades, with a benchmark of 29 dollars per barrel for Saudi light crude and spreads widening as buyers favor cheaper heavy crude. Nigeria pressed to narrow the light to heavy price gap from four dollars.
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David West
Mana Saeed Otaiba
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Otaiba
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Saudi Arabia
Intercontinental
White House intruder sits at Reagan dining room table
A Denver man named Robert Latta said he wanted to see the inauguration and wandered into the White House with the Marine Band, later found seated in the Reagans' private dining room. He was arrested for unlawful entry and held on bond as court action followed. Latta's March 5 hearing was set after a day of frigid public inauguration events at the Capitol.
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Dan Buck
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Torun
Poland
Leszek Pekala
Jerzy Popieluszko
Waldemar Chmielewski
Chmielewski
Richie dominates 12th American Music Awards with six wins
Lionel Richie hosts the 12th annual American Music Awards at Shrine Auditorium winning six awards across pop rock black and male vocal categories. Kenny Rogers and Prince each win three, with Tina Turner Anne Murray Cyndi Lauper and the Pointer Sisters earning multiple honors.
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Anne Murray
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Pointer Sisters
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Daryl Hall
John Oates
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Alabama
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The
Oak Ridge Boys
U N Secretary General in Hanoi seeks Cambodia peace progress
In Hanoi Javier Perez de Cuellar met with Vietnamese leaders including Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach to discuss a Cambodia settlement as a dry season offensive by Vietnamese troops presses Khmer Rouge guerrillas. Diplomatic optimism remained low amid renewed border fighting and a wave of refugees toward Thailand.
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Javier Perez de Cuellar
Cambodia
Nguyen Co Thach
Thailand
Rabin seeks U S aid for Israel amid uncertain 1986 package
In Washington Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin pressed for more U S military aid for 1986 but was told a decision on $800 million in emergency assistance was not imminent. Rabin urged Shultz for Soviet Jewish emigration gains and cited 1984 and 1984-1985 limits. President Reagan reportedly planned to ask Congress for $1.8 billion in next year’s aid.
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Soviet Union
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Milk carton posters seek missing children nationwide program
New York to Des Moines dairy groups join a national effort to publish 24 missing children on milk cartons. Over 100 dairies have signed up, inspired by Des Moines cases. The effort offers an alternative to standard ads.
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Dairies
Howard R. Wilkinson
Jackson, Mich
National Child Safety Council
Anderson Erickson Dairy
Des Moines Register
Johnny Gosch
Eugene Martin
FDA to Approve Herpes Pill
The FDA is set to approve the first prescription pill for genital herpes treatment. The oral acyclovir from Burroughs Wellcome Co will be marketed as Zovirax. It eases symptoms but does not cure the infection.
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Food and Drug Administration
Burroughs Wellcome Co
Durham County
N.C
FDA
Bill Grigg
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