Senate keeps two big projects alive with narrow votes
In a 48 to 46 split, the Senate blocked attempts to cut funding for the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway and the Clinch River breeder reactor. The energy and water development bill also funds coal, Gulf port access, and dozens of other projects, with supporters and critics arguing over pork versus strategic value.
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Washington
Clinch River
Senate
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Carter
Reagan
Mississippi River
Alabama
Mississippi
Charles Percy
Ill
Daniel Patrick
Moynihan
D-N.y
Tennessee River
Mobile
Ala
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Ports
Congressional Auditors Flag Billion-Dollar Waterway Cost
Congressional auditors warn improvements along the Demopolis Alabama waterway could add about 1 billion dollars to a project now near a 2 billion cap. The Senate approved a Levin amendment to curb total costs. Haig warned MX missiles and B 1 bombers shape arms treaty talks. NATO discussed a nuclear demonstration plan. The House sent a bill banning U S naval construction in foreign shipyards except in national security emergencies.
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Demopolis
Ala
Senate
Carl Levin
D-Mich
Alexander Haig
Congress
Haig
NATO
Europe
House
U.S
Sweden says anti-sub tests preceded spy sub grounding
A Swedish defense source said secret anti-submarine tests were under way near Aspa Island and the Karlskrona base on October 27 as a Soviet spy sub ran aground on Sweden’s Baltic coast. The navy dismissed a direct link, while Sweden pressed for explanations from the Soviets.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Defense Staff
Aspa Island
Borje Johansson
Defense Materiel Administration
Karlskrona Naval Base
Navy
Cmdr
Gunnar Rasmussen
Swedish
Baltic
Manson Denied Parole in Fourth Straight Rebuff
Charles Manson, describing a demented mind and citing Adolf Hitler as a hero, was denied parole by a California board for a fourth year. The panel called him unsuitable and a high risk to the public, noting his 1969 Tate spree murders. Reagan healthy after a full physical, doctors report no heart disease.
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Vacaville
Calif
UPI
Charles Manson
Adolf Hitler
State Parole Board
Manson
Sharon Tate
Los Angeles
Robert Roos
Roos
California Supreme Court
Dent Reagan
Reagan
National Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Daniel Ruge
Cedar Rapids Gazette Union Details and Rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 provides daily and Sunday editions at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Subscription options include carrier $1.65 weekly and mail rates with 7 issues per week at $8.05 for 4 weeks, $85.80 for 52 weeks, plus $123.00 for 52 weeks to other states. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights locally.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Ave
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
AP News
Solidarity Leaders Meet Jaruzelski as Strikes Grow
In Warsaw and Gdansk, Lech Walesa met Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski and Archbishop Glemp amid demands for his ouster. Solidarity's 107 member commission ordered three months to ease food shortages and police harassment or face a national strike, while urging peace and deploying squads to curb unrest from widespread wildcat actions by over 150,000 workers.
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Warsaw
Poland
UPI
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Communist Party
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Jozef Glemp
Gdansk
National Commission
Frankfurt protesters block runway bid at Hessen TV siege
About 10,000 environmentalists gathered in Frankfurt to oppose a new airport runway and besieged the Hessen TV station demanding air time. Police said several hundred entered the building before dispersing after roughly an hour as traffic snarls continued from an earlier 3,000-strong march through the city.
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Frankfurt
West Germany
UPI
Hessen TV
Wolfgang Lehr
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