House votes down funding for new nerve gas weapons
The House approved a ban on funding to produce a new generation of binary nerve gas weapons by a 251 to 159 vote. It also defeated an amendment to strip 4 billion for the B 1 bomber, while approving most of Reagan's defense package. The administration seeks 705 million for the chemical weapons program next year, with over 500 million for protective gear, safety steps, and disposal.
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Washington
House
Reagan
Chamber
Ronald Dellums
D-Calif
Clement Zablocki
D-Wis
Ed Bethune
R-Ark
United States
U.S
Bethune
Rep
William L. Dickinson
Alabama
House Armed Services Committee
Tucson newspaper blasts injure six on plant grounds
Six employees of The Arizona Daily Star group were hurt when three accidental explosions damaged a switching vault at Tucson Newspapers Inc. water leakage sparked the blasts after a thunderstorm. Injured were Frank Johnson executive managing editor Frank Delehanty business manager and Jack Sheaffer noted photographer.
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Tucson, Ariz
UPI
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson Newspapers Inc
Morning Star
Tucson Citizen
Lou Pavlovich
Star
Frank Johnson
Frank Delehanty
Jack Sheaffer
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Inside Three Mile Island Core Shows Severe Damage
Inspectors view the reactor at Three Mile Island and find a five foot section of fuel assemblies crumbled into rubble in the top center of the core. Officials say no evidence of pellet melting found yet, though melting cannot be ruled out until fuel materials are removed for analysis.
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Middletown
Three Mile Island
Robert C. Arnold
GPU Nuclear Corp
Arnold
Vietnam expands Cambodia offensive despite pledge to withdraw troops
Thai Supreme Command reports Hanoi has moved at least 3,000 troops into western Cambodia with training underway. Officials estimate up to 10,000 Vietnamese troops could be deployed as fighting pauses during the rainy season end and a larger offensive is anticipated when weather improves, around October.
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Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
Vietnam
Cambodia
Hanoi
Thai Supreme Command
Som Katthapand
Supreme Command
Som
Thatcher lifts Falkland blockade with 150 mile safety note
Britain ends the 200 mile exclusion in the Falklands and asks Argentine ships and aircraft to stay at least 150 miles away to avoid inadvertent clashes. Thatcher keeps Stanley harbor and airfield and a three mile territorial zone closed to commercial shipping and aircraft until further notice for safety.
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London
Britain
Falkland Islands
Margaret Thatcher
South Atlantic
House of Commons
Stanley
Falklands
Thatcher
Teen babysitter charged with murder in Florida
Christine Falling, 19, was arrested in Blountstown on two counts of first degree murder over the deaths of two children in her care. The victims are 2 month old Travis Coleman and 2 year old Cassidy Johnson.
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Blountstown
Fla
Christine Falling
Jim Godwin
Jim Appleman
Marianna
Miss Falling
Calhoun County
W.G
Buddy” Smith
Travis Coleman
Cassidy “Muffin” Johnson
Appleman
Iraq claims full control after new Iranian assault
Iraq says it repelled a large Iranian push and gained full control of territory east of Basra in the Shatt al Arab region. Tehran radio reports heavy Iraqi and Iranian casualties across a 155 square mile area, with independent confirmation unavailable.
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Iraq
United Press International
Basra
Iran
Baghdad
Persian Gulf
Shatt al-Arab
Tehran
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Zablocki
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Europe
Millicent Fenwick
R-N.j
Cape Canaveral
Col
William Fiorentino
Fiorentino
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Lu.s
Tucson
Service Optical
1St Street
S.E
Westdale Mall
Lindale Mall
Nsuran
Tallahassee
Tallahassee Memorial Regional Medical Center
Virgil Mayo
Mayo
Christine
Nelsonic
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