Rising arms smuggling to the Philippines draws federal raids
Federal agents report growing illegal U S firearms exports to the Philippines with five major shipments intercepted in eight months. Seized items include Uzi submachine guns rifles shotguns pistols and conversion kits. Suspects include Filipinos linked to Marcos government and anti Marcos activists.
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San Francisco
U.S
Philippines
Ferdinand Marcos
Nolan Douglas
Treasury Department
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Thomas McDermott
U.S. Customs Service
Psinakis
Douglas Lu Ym
Hawks Patrol Roissy Skies To Thwart Bird Air Crashes
At Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris, 14 trained hawks patrol to deter flocks of birds and reduce bird strikes. Officials report 355 bird collisions in France in 1984 with 56 causing damage, plus 45 delays and 19 emergency landings last year.
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Agence France
Roissy
France
Europe
Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport
Paris
Hawaii H-3 Interstate Push Faces Long Legal Battle
Senator Daniel Inouye introduces a bill to suspend laws blocking Interstate H-3 a 10 mile tunnel route on Oahu at an estimated over 1 billion dollars. Opponents warn it will worsen congestion harm wildlife and historic areas with years of court battles reaching the Supreme Court twice.
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Washington Post
Washington
Hawaii
Daniel K. Inouye
Oahu
New York
Westway
Kaneohe Bay
Marine Corps Air Station
Pearl Harbor
Defense Department
Windward
Honolulu
Ewa
Leeward
Windward Side
Boyce Brown
Supreme Court
High Court
9Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Post-it notes a yellow invention sticks worldwide
In the 1970s 3M scientist Art Fry conceived adhesive bookmarks leading to Post-it notes first sold nationally in 1980. The yellow sheets with quick grip backs became a top selling office product, later offered in colors and sizes with customizable options and sales estimated between 80 and 200 million dollars yearly.
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White House
State Department
St. Paul
Minn
Art Fry
3M Corp
Fry
Spencer Silver
Consumer Products Company
Soviet oil output falls to 1979 levels in 1980
Western diplomats and economists say Soviet oil production slipped to about 11.8 million barrels per day in the first nine months, four percent below last year, curbing exports to Western Europe and reducing hard currency revenue. Gorbachev warned Tyumen officials that failing to meet extraction plans harms the economy.
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New York Times
Moscow
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Siberian
United States
Saudi Arabia
Western
Europe
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Central Committee
Tyumen
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Bison Cafe
Bryce White
Pierre
S.D
Etzkorn
White
Department of Energy
Dallas Times Herald
Smulekoffs
Shop Sun
Carmel & Princeton
Mulekoffs
St St
3Rd Ave
Cedar Rapids
Smule
America
Allied
Aanllied
Briarfield
Colonial House
Stratford Hall
Island Dream
Paradise Valley Natural
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