Senate rejects attempts to cut Star Wars budget
The Senate voted 78 to 21 to maintain current Star Wars funding at 1.4 billion and rejected 57 to 38 a plan to cut next year’s by half. Other amendments were pending as lawmakers finalize a Pentagon spending bill amid debates over arms control impact.
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Houston Leads U S Urban Growth With 15 Percent Rise
Census data show the Houston-Galveston-Brazzoria area expanding 15 percent from 1980 to 1984 to 3,565,700, moving Houston from ninth to eighth among U S metropolitan areas and surpassing Washington DC for growth while Dallas-Fort Worth also climbs 14.2 percent to 3,348,000.
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Brazil discovers giant offshore oil field with 1 to 2 billion barrel potential
Petrobras reports a test well offshore Campos yields 15 000 barrels per day of light crude and estimates field capacity between 1 and 2 billion barrels. Commercial recovery requires new tech. water depth about 3000 feet 140 miles northeast of Rio de Janeiro.
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Walkers enter pleas in spy case in Baltimore court
Retired Navy officer John Walker Jr and his seaman son Michael Walker pleaded innocent in U S District Court to charges of spying for the Soviet Union. FBI documents describe the ring as worldwide with ties to Soviet agents in Asia and Europe.
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EPA Allows States To Regulate Air Toxics Some If They Wish
The EPA plans to leave control of certain airborne chemical emissions to state and local authorities while regulating nationwide risks from specific air toxics. Official Lee Thomas cited state and municipal controls already in place and warned that few states would tolerate higher cancer risks for attracting industry. The plan targets pollutants like chromium and acrylonitrile while excluding methyl chloroform chlorofluorocarbon-113 and epichlorohydrin from federal regulation. Major risk still comes from vehicles, burning wood, and solvent use rather than large chemical plants.
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Gandhi alleges FBI hid plot to blow up Indian reactor
Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi accused the FBI of withholding details of a Sikh terrorist plot that included plans to attack a nuclear power plant. He said the FBI had trained some suspects and kept contact since last November, while promising U.S. cooperation ahead of his trip to Egypt and Europe.
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Cuba Profit From Resales Alleged in 1985 Cuba Report
A Cuban central bank document dated February 1985 alleges Cuba buys cheap sugar on the world market and resells to the Soviet Union for a sevenfold profit, and resells Soviet oil at high prices. The Paris Club receivership note cites about $850 million generated over two years and links Cuba to about $3 billion in debts.
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