Ruckelshaus Seeks Free Hand at EPA amid GOP Skepticism
The EPA picks William Ruckelshaus to lead the agency, promising tools and a free hand to tackle environmental problems despite criticism that independence is needed. Critics warn of political manipulation tied to White House actions on toxic waste cleanup and the Lavelle contempt vote.
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Elliott Levitas
D-Ga
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Jay Hair
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Hair
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D-Tenn
Miss Lavelle
Susan Baldyga
James Medas
Massachusetts
Edward King
Richard Snelling
Vermont
Thomas Kean
New Jersey
Bill Clements
Texas
Gore
Camp seeks public help for capital needs at health camp
The camp serves children unable to attend other camps and relies on The Gazette contributions and long standing endowments. Endowments have helped cover deficits but fall short of capital improvement requirements. The Camp Good Health Committee of the Children's Home currently operates the camp.
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Gazette
Camp Good Health Committee of
Children’s Home
Impostor professor arrested over dual college posts
In Harrisburg an impostor using the names Peter Pearse and John Byron Hext taught at Millersville State College and Shippensburg State College with phony credentials. He was arrested after months of deception, held on $40,000 bail, and faces multiple charges including theft by deception and false swearing.
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UPI
Anthony Williams
Millersville State College
Kim Daniel
Peter Pearse
Millersville
University of Edinburgh
Scotland
Shippensburg State College
Central
Pennsylvania
John Byron Hext
Daniel
Lancaster County
Shippensburg
Williams
Hext
MacQuarie University
New South Wales
Australia
University of Cambridge
England
Keith Lovin
Lovin
Congress Debates Social Security Bill Delays amid Tax Withholding Fight
Senate lawmakers clash over a jobs and relief bill as Hatfield drops 1.2 billion in revenue sharing and Republicans push to delay withholding. Dole opposes delays while Melcher proposes a January 1 deferment to allow more debate. Moynihan warns delay risks the entire package.
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Congress
Reagan
House
Hatfield
Sen
Arlen Specter
R-Pa
Howard Baker
Robert Dole
Dole
R-Kan
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
American Bankers Association
Daniel Moynihan
D-N.y
Economy slowly improves as job seekers rise
The report notes more people seek work amid cautious optimism about employment gains. Analysts fear that Fed action to slow money growth could push interest rates higher this year. Initial inflation readings show a 4.3 percent first quarter rise in the GNP price deflator, aided by farm purchases, with revisions to late 1982 activity and profits.
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Federal Reserve Board
Commerce Department
FBI tracked Lennon fears ahead of Nixon convention
FBI documents reveal agents monitored John Lennon for months before the 1972 Republican Convention, aiming to arrest him on drug charges or otherwise neutralize him to aid deportation. The files show persistent surveillance of his public appearances and private life despite no plan by Lennon to disrupt or attend the event.
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Ines Servic Irvine
Calif
FBI
John Lennon
Richard Nixon
Lennon
Immigration
U.S
England
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