Soviets accused over Afghan airport weapons in hijack case
The United States accuses Soviet authorities of allowing three hijackers to obtain machine guns in Kabul during a Pakistan Airlines hijacking. Eyewitnesses cited hijackers in view of Afghan and Soviet security personnel. Moscow denies the charges as groundless.
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Washington
State Department
Afghanistan
William Dyess
Kabul
Pakistan
Dyess
Damascus
Moscow
Mohammed Zia ul-Haq
el Salvador
Middle East
Africa
Fire kills six youths in Chicago house blaze
A Chicago mother, Evelyn Reyes, was charged with six counts of endangering a child after six children aged 3 months to 8 years died in a three story near North Side fire. Fire officials blamed a faulty outlet and overloaded fuse box as causes.
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Chicago
UPI
Near North Side
Evelyn Reyes
Carl Menconi
Menconi
Jose Cabrales
Jorge Cabrales
Enrique Reyes
Angel Reyes
Yolanda Reyes
Rene
Bethlehem Man Reacts After Camper Hit On Quiet Street
Anthony Pinter, 67, of Bethlehem, recounts disbelief after his parked camper was struck by a neighbor’s car on a quiet one way street. The impact pushed the camper onto the sidewalk. the neighbor’s speed was not high, according to Pinter.
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Anthony Pinter
Bethlehem
Pinter
Reagan Budget Cuts Face Higher Costs Than Acknowledged
Senate budget planners face estimates from the non partisan Congressional Budget Office showing inflation interest rates unemployment and spending higher than Reagan administration projections. The memo to Domenici and Hollings says 1982 costs could exceed by up to 25 billion and 1984 by up to 50 billion, complicating the goal to balance the budget by 1984. Reagan defended the projections as correct while acknowledging possible additional cuts may be needed. The Budget Committee opens hearings as it drafts instructions to reduce program spending across agencies.
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Washington
Senate
Congressional
Reagan
Congressional Budget Office
Congress
Capitol
Pentagon asks civilian hospitals for fifty thousand beds
The Pentagon urges U.S. civilian hospitals to set aside about 50 000 beds to handle heavy casualties in a major war. Defense Secretary Weinberger backs the plan with support from the American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association as part of long term peacetime wartime planning.
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Washington
Pentagon
Veterans Administration
United States
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
American Hospital Association
American Medical Association
Thatcher sustains budget clash as Tory revolt shakes vote
In London MPs backed Thatcher's harsh budget but rebellions cut her majorities. One Tory quit, crossing to the opposition, the first such defection in 75 years. The gasoline tax provision drew the fiercest opposition with eight Tories voting no and many abstaining.
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Thatcher
Auto insurance rates could fall 5 to 10 percent study says
A consumer group says high gas prices are reducing driving and that rate calculations have not yet adjusted to this shift. The National Insurance Consumer Organization reports no state has changed underwriting to reflect current driving habits, suggesting potential lower premiums.
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Washington
National Insurance Consumer Organization
Los Angeles Ends Mandatory Busing Plan
Los Angeles board votes to end the city busing program after Easter, allowing students to return to neighborhood schools on April 20 and complete the semester at their current schools. The decision follows a state Supreme Court ruling upholding an anti busing constitutional amendment.
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Los Angeles
Board of Education
State Supreme Court
Iraq Uses Oil as Leverage in Nuclear Drive
Sen. Alan Cranston warned that Iraq has a massive nuclear program and uses oil to blackmail nations into providing critical technology. He said Pakistan could reach nuclear capability by end of 1982 and India may begin unauthorized reprocessing of US sourced fuel to extract plutonium.
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Iraq
Washington
UPI
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Cranston
Senate
Pakistan
United States
Five die in SAC RC-135 crash at Shemya Air Force Station
An RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft crashed on approach to Shemya Island in Alaska during a training flight. Five people died and six others were seriously injured or missing. Twenty four aboard. 18 survived. An accident board will investigate from March Air Force Base.
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Alaska
UPI
Strategic Air Command
Air Force
Aleutian Islands
Shemya Air Force Station
Richard Kline
SAC
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
Neb
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Kline
March Air Force Base
Riverside
Calif
Shemya Island
Aleutian Chain
Tokyo
Bering Sea
Eielson Air Force Base
Fairbanks
Shemya
OPEC Ministers Meet in Riyadh Over Oil Glut
Four Arab oil ministers including Kuwait’s Ali Khalifa al Sabah Qatar’s Abdelaziz al Thani UAE’s Mana Al Otaiba and Saudi’s Ahmed Zaki Yamani held an emergency mini OPEC session in Riyadh to coordinate policies amid falling demand and rising surplus.
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Saudi Arabia
UPI
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Kuwait
Ali Khalifa al-Sabah
Qatar
Abdelaziz Khalifa al-Thani
United Arab Emirates
Mana Saeed Al-Otaiba
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Riyadh
Emirates
WAM
Yamani
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Ernest Hollings
South Carolina
Domenici
Downs Jet
Salt Lake City
Delta Air Lines
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Dallas
Delta
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William Duncan
William C. Hardman
Tacoma
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Ankara
Turkey
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Iran
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Rafsanjani
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Nimeiri
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