Ex EPA chief Burford resigns amid controversy
Anne Burford announced her resignation as head of the EPA saying she could not do her job amid ongoing pressure. The White House pledged a swift search for a permanent successor and released confidential EPA documents to a House subcommittee amid accusations of mismanagement and conflicts of interest in the Superfund program.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Anne Burford
Environmental Protection Agency
Burford
Reagan
EPA
White House
House
James Howard
D-N.j
Public Works Committee
Matthew N. Novick
Fred Fielding
James Sanderson
Sanderson
Reagan claims vast exclusive economic zone around U S shores
President Reagan announced U S rights to mineral and fishing access within 200 nautical miles of all U S coastlines and around U S controlled Pacific and Caribbean islands. The zone covers about 4 million square nautical miles.
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Washington
Reagan
United States
U.S
Pacific
Caribbean
Florida fugitive charged in Faubus widow murder case
A Florida fugitive, David Scott Helfond, 25, was indicted for capital murder in the bathtub slaying of Elizabeth Faubus, estranged wife of former Arkansas governor Orval Faubus. Edward Anthony Ellis, ? indictments followed in two other bathtub slayings in west Houston, including Bertie Elizabeth Eakens, 73.
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Houston
Florida
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
West Houston
David Scott Helfond
Elizabeth Faubus
Edward Anthony Ellis
Bertie Elizabeth Eakens
Drug kingpin Barnes aids federal cases in NYC heroin ring
Leroy Nicky Barnes once known as Mr Untouchable has helped federal agents build narcotics and murder cases against nine former associates. The Council six members who controlled heroin operations in Manhattan the Bronx and Brooklyn are in custody. U S Attorney John S Martin Jr said The Council ordered and carried out murders and allocated heroin territories. Barnes had pleaded guilty to racketeering and admitted membership on The Council.
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New York
Leroy
Nicky” Barnes
Mr. Untouchable
New York City
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
U.S
John S. Martin Jr
Martin
Barnes
Kuwaiti leasing barred by Watt on federal land
Interior Secretary James Watt barred Kuwaitis from leasing federal land for energy and mineral development. The move affects Santa Fe International, a California oil firm bought by Kuwait Petroleum Corp. for 2.5 billion dollars in 1981, with onshore leases valued at 9 million. Watt reversed January’s tentative permission citing Kuwait’s history of discriminating against American companies.
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Washington
James Watt
Kuwait
Watt
Santa Fe International
Kuwait Petroleum Corp
Santa Fe
Persian Gulf
Interior Department
Amy Carter recalls prank in White House oven
Amy Carter now 15 recalls baking sugar cookies with friends at the White House after her father's 1980 election defeat. She describes adding lemon flavoring and pouring the mixture into a cake pan, leaving the oven to the Reagans with a "really disgusting" smell.
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Plains
Amy Carter
White House
Ronald
Nancy Reagan
Amy
Tri-County High School
Americus
Wallace Readmitted After Medication Reaction
Gov. George Wallace, 63, was hospitalized for a second time in under a month at Jackson Hospital in Montgomery. Officials cited a reaction to bowels treatment medications after his earlier diverticulitis admission on Feb. 20 and a week’s stay.
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Montgomery
Ala
George Wallace
Wallace
Jackson Hospital
Hamilton Hutchinson
Executive Mansion
Swit protest over veal recipe in Celebrity Cookbook
Loretta Swit laments in a Daily News letter that a veal recipe attributed to her in the Celebrity Cookbook column misstates her vegetarian stance. She notes she has been a vegetarian for seven years and would not encourage meat consumption. Swit calls the article outdated and says her consciousness has been raised.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Loretta Swit
Daily News of
Hot Lips Houlihan
Humane Organizations
Justice Brennan Weds Secretary After Wife's Death
Supreme Court Justice William Brennan married his longtime secretary Mary Fowler, three months after his wife Marjorie died of cancer. Fowler, 68, resigned her post of 40 years effective Wednesday, and Brennan announced the ceremony and Bermuda trip in a memo to colleagues.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William Brennan
Brennan
Mary Fowler
Bermuda
Fowler
Toni House
Court
Marjorie
U S. barred from linking loans to draft registration
A Minnesota federal judge barred enforcement of a law tying federal student loans to draft registration. The preliminary injunction protects non-registrants from automatic denial of aid and marks a national test case as the Minnesota Civil Liberties Union seeks permanent relief.
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ST. Paul, Minn
U.S
Donald D. Alsop
Minnesota Civil Liberties Union
Alsop
Reagan
Department of Education
Washington
Gerald B.H. Solomon
R-N.y
Selective Service System
Minnesota
Dan Lass
Public Interest Research Group
Alsop Said
Soviet ejects U.S. envoy amid spy accusations
Moscow says Richard W. Osborne, a U.S. first secretary in the economic section, was caught red handed with espionage radio gear. The U.S. embassy confirmed his persona non grata status and said he plans to depart with his wife and two young daughters.
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Moscow
Kremlin
U.S
Richard W. Osborne
Frank Tonini
Osborne
Washington
White House
Larry Speakes
Izvestia
Fraternity closing sparks all-night campus melee at Ohio Wesleyan
About 150 students rioted after university officials announced the Beta Theta Pi fraternity would lose recognition on March 17. Four students were arrested as fires burned and vehicles were damaged in the three story house, with no injuries reported.
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Delaware
Ohio
Ohio Wesleyan University
Beta Theta Pi
Randy Martz
Thomas E. Wenzlau
Wenzlau
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