NASA officials blamed for Challenger disaster
Washington officials testified that NASA headquarters bore heavy responsibility for the Challenger explosion after warnings on O ring erosion were ignored. L. Michael Weeks admitted he could have halted flights last August to address the O ring issue. committee members pressed for accountability across NASA including top administrators.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Reagan
NASA
Rogers Commission
White House
House
Science and Technology Committee
L. Michael Weeks
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Weeks
Space Agency
Marshall Space Flight Center
James C. Fletcher
Marshall Center
Huntsville
Ala
James H. Scheuer
Scheuer
Grassley anti Libya amendment gains support but fails
Sen. Charles Grassley proposed denying U S tax credits to firms doing business in Libya and four other countries accused of supporting terrorism. The measure drew wide support but was withdrawn as leaders promised a future attach to other legislation. Grassley said he would press the plan again this year.
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David Lynch
Washington Reporte
Washington
Charles Grassley
Grassley
Libya
United States
Senate
Robert Dole
Alphonse D’amato
R-N.y
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
South Africa
Bob Packwood
R-Ore
Senate Finance Committee
Packwood
D’amato
Kennedy
Iran
Syria
Cuba
Yemen
U.S
Duvalier in-law tied to Haiti drug trade says U.S official
A U.S. official linked Ernest Bennett, father in law of Jean-Claude Duvalier, to Haiti drug trafficking prior to the Duvalier exile. Haitian official denied trafficking ties, while Duvalier and Michele defended funds as presidential expenses in a TV interview from the French Riviera.
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Gazette Wire Services
Jean-Claude Duvalier
Port-au- Prince
Haiti
U.S
Ernest Bennett
Duvalier
ABC
Barbara Walters
Michele
Duvaliers
Grasse
French Riviera
Mougins
Michele Bennett
France
Fermate
Bennett
Maj
Carrel Cecil
Outraged mom reversal thwarts plea in murder case
In Tacoma Washington a judge vacated a plea bargain in the July 19 1985 shooting death of Mike Chadwick reinstating a second degree murder charge against Warren Shorty Schaupp The decision followed the mother Bettie Richardson who located key witnesses prompting the judge to order trial for murder and detain Schaupp on contempt after a courtroom outburst
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Tacoma
Wash
Pierce County Superior Court
W.L. Brown
Mike Chadwick
Brown
Warren “Shorty
Schaupp
Chadwick
Lyla McMahon
Pierce County
Jim Roche
Snohomish
Richardson
Seattle
Jim Lobsenz
John Miller
Anti abortion leader Scheidler arrested in Denver hotel
Joseph Scheidler of Chicago was arrested upon check in for the 14th annual National Right to Life Convention in Denver. Police held him on a Florida warrant charging conspiracy in a Pensacola abortion clinic disturbance before releasing him on bond. President Reagan opened the three day event with a videotaped pledge to curb abortions as a human rights issue.
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Denver
Joseph Scheidler
Chicago
National
Right To Life Committee
Florida
Scheidler
Pensacola
Fla
Reagan
Union Carbide agrees to Indian court transfer of Bhopal lawsuits
Gazette wire service reports Union Carbide will move billions in Bhopal disaster lawsuits to Indian courts under judge imposed conditions while preserving right to challenge procedural matters and final judgments in U S federal courts. Secretary Shultz condemns GAO report as politically motivated and notes funds used for Nicaraguan rebels were largely well managed. Thatcher hosts 30 Americans at tea amid fears of terrorism and tourism impact.
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New York
U.S
Central America
Shultz
General Accounting Office
London
Margaret Thatcher
Surgeon General urges stricter smoking limits in federal buildings
The Surgeon General told a House panel that tough federal building smoking restrictions protect non smokers. The tobacco industry and tobacco state legislators argued there is not enough medical evidence and termed the plan an intrusion.
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Washington
House
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