Senate Panel Keeps CIA Aid for Nicaragua and Sets Public Deadline
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence approved CIA covert funding for five more months while demanding a clearer Central America strategy and a potential cutoff on Sept. 30. The panel backed a $19 million reserve fund and a new presidential finding to redefine programs.
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Washington
Senate Select Committee On Intelligence
Reagan Administration
CIA
Nicaragua
Central America
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
David Durenberger
R-Minn
House Intelligence Committee
Senate Committee
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Reagan
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
D-N Y
U.S
el Salvador
Moynihan
Congress
Senate
William Ruckelshaus
Environmental Protection Agency
Environment and Public Works Committee
Ruckelshaus
Robert Stafford
R-Vt
Mechanic errors blamed for Eastern jet engine failings
Federal investigators said two mechanics failed to install O rings on oil plugs during routine work on an Eastern Airlines L 1011 causing oil loss and three RB 211 engines to stall. The jet dumped toward the Atlantic after takeoff from Miami to the Bahamas, with the pilot nearly ditching before a safe return to Miami International Airport.
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Miami
Eastern Airlines
Atlantic Ocean
National Transportation Safety Board
Ira Furman
Furman
Bahamas
Dick Boddy
Miami International Airport
Kansas station accused of urging killing of Jews
The Black Media Coalition petitions the FCC to revoke KTTL FM Dodge City license, claiming repeated hostile broadcasts attack blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans and Jews. They cite a taped program that warned Jews and rabbis in L.A. would die within 24 hours.
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Washington
Kansas
Black Media Coalition
Federal Communications Commission
Kttl-Fm
Dodge City
Nellie Babbs
L.A
Crippled Republic DC-9 Lands Safely at Sky Harbor
A Republic Airlines DC-9 carrying 111 people blew a tire on takeoff and lost power in one engine but landed safely on a foamed runway at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. No injuries were reported. The flight originated at Ontario Riverside and was bound for Kansas City and Detroit. Dan Franjo of the Phoenix Fire Department said that as the.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Republic Airlines
Sky Harbor International
Ontario-Riverside
California
Kansas City
Detroit
Dan Franjo
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Phoenix Fire Department
College symbol changed at New Mexico State University
New Mexico State University regents voted 3-1 Friday to drop the yearbook name Swastika and symbol. The board will approve a new name for the yearbook, noting Swastika is an ancient Zuni symbol and Nazi emblem, used since 1907.
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Las Cruces
N.M
New Mexico State University
Reagan aide's son judged incompetent, sent to Patton State Hospital
Michael David Miller age 20, son of Ronald Reagan tax attorney, was found mentally incompetent to stand trial for the rape and murder of his mother. Superior Court Judge Thomas Fredricks ordered commitment to Patton State Hospital after a hearing with Miller's father, defense lawyers, and LA County prosecutors.
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Calif
Reagan
Patton State Hospital
Superior Court
Thomas Fredricks
Michael David Miller
Miller
Richard de la Sota
Donald Lee
Los Angeles County
Nuns Drive Out Guerrillas From Medellin School
In Medellin a group of six guerrillas armed with submachine guns were driven from a church run high school after nuns shouted for them to leave. The nuns fought to protect pupils as the attackers tried to gag two sisters and were expelled from the building.
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Colombia
Medellin
el Tiempo
Massive Saturn storm detected by Voyager data
Space agency scientists report a 40 000 mile long thunderstorm circling Saturn’s equator with winds up to 1 000 mph. Saturn becomes the fourth planet with known thunderstorm activity after Earth Venus and Jupiter, based on Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 radio observations published in Nature.
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Washington
Saturn
Voyager
Space Agency
Earth
Venus
Jupiter
Nature
Jobless rate drops to 10.2 percent in April
Government data show 355000 new jobs in April across hard hit industries while the unemployment rate falls to 10.2 percent for the first time since 1981. Total employed rises above 100 million as the labor force expands and manufacturing shows improvement.
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Washington
Raymond J. Donovan
Reagan pledges to roll back gun restrictions at NRA convention
President Reagan told the Phoenix NRA gathering he would push to repeal parts of the 1968 Gun Control Act and ease rules on rifle purchases and wilderness-use for hunters. He argued gun rights protect lawful owners and attacked criminals, citing NRA aid against a California proposal and praising gun access in marksman programs.
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Ariz
Reagan
National Rifle Association
Congress
Phoenix Civic Plaza
San Antonio
Texas
United States
William French Smith
FBI
William Webster
NRA
California
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