Veterans unhappy with Agent Orange attention at VA hospitals
A Veterans Administration survey shows four of ten veterans felt their symptoms were not properly addressed during examinations for Agent Orange exposure. One third sought private doctors, and only 17 percent learned their lab results. Commands issued for written test notices followed. Nearly 45,000 veterans have sought evaluations for potential health effects.
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Veterans Administration
Vietnam
Toby Moffett
D-Conn
Barclay Shepard
Fiery Senate clash over Reagan budget cuts
Democrats and Republicans fought over billions in proposed budget cuts on the Senate floor. Howard Baker accused liberals of harming the poor to save programs, while Edward Kennedy warned cuts would pit starving children abroad against American children. The debate centered on a bill mandating 1981 through 1963 spending reductions as part of a larger $87 billion cut, reflecting Democratic frustration with the Republican majority.
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1981 Could Be a Rotten Year for U.S. Economy
Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker warned that 1981 could be a really rotten year for the economy while stressing that inflation fight could stabilize interest rates if Congress and the administration pursue Reagan’s plan. He cited no credit-controls repeat, slower 1980 slowdown, and no rapid 1981 recovery.
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Barbados weighs deporting Great Train Robber Biggs
Barbados authorities consider a deportation to Britain rather than waiting for formal extradition. Fingerprint confirmation of British nationality could simplify removal or accelerate extradition. Barbados law offers no appeal against deportation. Biggs escaped from a London jail in 1965 for the 1963 mail train robbery.
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Ronald Biggs
Britain
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Frederick Smith
West Indies
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Guardian Angels eye Atlanta chapter amid youth concern
A leader said the red beret group from New York was invited to form an Atlanta chapter by the Citywide Advisory Council on Public Housing. Eleven Angels arrived two weeks ago to address youth violence after 20 slayings of black children. six left Thursday and the rest depart Monday to organize locally.
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Thatcher orders security probe over Pincher treachery charges
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said she has ordered a security inquiry into where journalist Chapman Pincher obtained information for his treachery charges against Britain’s secret services. Government sources indicated evidence would be gathered for possible prosecution under the Official Secrets Acts. Pincher, citing Sir Roger Hollis as a possible Soviet agent, refused to name his informants and warned that an investigation of him would be ill advised.
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Margaret Thatcher
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Britain
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Roger Hollis
Daily Mail
Thatcher
Nurse charged in deaths at Toronto hospital
Susan Nelles a 24 year old nurse at the Hospital for Sick Children Toronto faces murder charges in the deaths of four infants with drug overdoses. Additional charges accuse her in three more infant deaths bringing total to seven.
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Susan Nelles
Justin Bradley Cook
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Ont
Allana Miller
Kitchener
Janice Estrella
Kevin Pacsai Garnett
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