Doomed Colony Shale Oil project ends operations
Exxon shuts down the Colony Shale Oil project in western Colorado after cost overruns. About 2,100 workers face layoffs as Parachute and Battlement Mesa fear a boom town becomes a ghost town. Local officials report crowding bars and police-ordered closures amid unrest.
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Parachute
Colo
Exxon USA
Exxon
Houston
Colony
Colorado
Brown & Root Inc
Battlement Mesa
Colorado River
Jerry Bullock
Richard Lamm
Bob Barker
Garfield County
Ken Pidgeon
Pidgeon
Rhoads
Sheriff's Office
Union Oil Co
California
Fred Hartley
Hartley
Lamm
America
Randall Meyer
Tesco Corp
Ralph Freedman
China announces national rewards and penalties system
The State Council approved broad guidelines to award bonuses and promotions to productive workers while reducing incomes of underperformers to subsistence levels. The plan covers hundreds of thousands of workers in state owned enterprises.
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Peking
UPI
China
State Council
Grandstand collapses during TV show filming in England
A wood and steel grandstand at Normanby Hall in Scunthorpe collapsed during the filming of It's a Knockout. Thirty six of about 500 spectators were injured. two other grandstands with 3,500 people were evacuated. No serious injuries. a few treated for broken limbs per BBC.
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Scunthorpe
England
UPI
Normanby Hall
BBC
Vatican workers hold first labor protest in Vatican City
Vatican employees marched silently inside the Vatican walls protesting new contracts for 1 100 lay workers. They warned of a two hour daily strike if no agreement is reached by May 31 potentially marking the first strike in the history of the 108 acre city state.
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Vatican City
UPI
Vatican
Association of
Vatican Walls
Magana Says Willing to Talk But Not Negotiate in El Salvador
President Alvaro Magana said he would talk but not negotiate with guerrilla leaders to end El Salvador's civil war. He suggested an amnesty approved by the Constituent Assembly for guerrillas who lay down arms, but he ruled out other concessions. The conflict has lasted 2 1 2 years and cost about 33 000 lives.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Alvaro Magana
Magana
Constituent Assembly
Army ends coed basic training integration at Fort Monroe
The Army will segregate male and female recruits at the company level and below starting Aug 30 while keeping training unchanged. Capt. Douglas Haywood cited physiological differences as the reason, ending a 1978 policy of integrated company groups to advance tougher soldierization.
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Fort Monroe, Va
Army
Douglas Haywood
Haywood
Reagan Budget Talks Stall as GOP Divides on Tax Rise
President Reagan pressed for a budget reform to reduce deficits but faced sharp splits between Senate and House Republicans over tax increase levels. Leaders pledged to pursue a compromise with Democratic Speaker ONeill as the deficit for 1983 is projected at 182 billion without congressional action.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
Reagan
Senate
House
White House
Thomas O'Neill
D-Mass
Capitol Hill
O’neill
Howard Baker
Rtenn
Robert Michel
Ill
Michel
GOP
Senate Budget Committee
Baker
House Budget Committee
Senate Committee
Pete V. Doemnic
R-N.m
Congress
Congressional
Religious freedom wins again as court strikes down city permit rule
The Supreme Court ruled an Albuquerque ordinance requiring a permit for church solicitation violated religious freedom. In a separate move, justices agreed to review Social Security spousal benefits and Ohio ballot rules for independent presidential candidates. They also refused to reinstate a Peachtree City sign ordinance and agreed to decide on sharing grand jury information in noncriminal DOJ sections.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Albuquerque
N.M
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Ohio
Illinois
John Anderson
Peachtree City
Justice Department
Breakthrough seen to extend voting rights act
A bipartisan group of senators announced a compromise to extend the Voting Rights Act, with President Reagan expressing heartfelt support. The plan seeks to keep a results test while limiting proportional representation demands and includes a provision allowing polling-place assistance for the blind and disabled.
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Washington
UPI
Reagan
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Charles Grassley
Iowa
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Dennis DeConcini
D-Ariz
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
Benjamin Hooks
Leadership Conference On Civil Rights
Senate Judiciary Committee
White House
Congress
Gergen
William French Smith
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Dole
Metzenbaum
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3Rd St
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Dial
Charles Mathias
Kennedy
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HFC
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