Watt resigns as interior secretary amid Senate push for ouster
Nation reports that Secretary of the Interior James Watt resigned after rising support for a Senate resolution demanding his removal. Reagan reluctantly accepted Watt's letter as William P. Clark, Reagan's national security adviser, emerges as the new choice, surprising close advisers.
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Senate
Watt
Interior
Reagan
William P. Clark
Clark
West German Protest Condemns Pershing II Deployment
Anti-nuclear demonstrators in Bremerhaven stage a three day sit in against a U.S. Army Europe weapons shipment and the Pershing II missile deployment. Protesters form a large peace sign flower collage during the blockade.
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West Germany
U.S
Europe
World and high politics and war stories across the globe
Reagan signs War Powers measure and asserts authority to keep Marines in Beirut for 18 more months. Sniper attack kills one Marine and wounds another amid a rising toll in Lebanon. Thatcher accepts the resignation of aide Cecil Parkinson amid a love affair scandal.
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Reagan
Beirut
U.S
Margaret Thatcher
Cecil Parkinson
Parkinson
Prime Minster
Iowa man seeks new trial in 1973 University of Iowa murder case
James Hall, serving a 50 year term for the 1973 murder of University of Iowa coed Sarah Ottens, began post conviction relief hearings claiming prosecutors hid evidence. Bishops, weather, and tax relief stories appear in brief, with Des Moines hostage incident noted but details remain concise.
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University of Iowa
FAA probes minority goals at Cedar Rapids Airport project
The FAA will investigate alleged improprieties in meeting minority business targets for a $735,000 Cedar Rapids Airport contract. Gene Jackson, the city’s minority enterprise officer, says the contractor fell short of the goal. Promex Midwest Inc. has optioned to buy the former Montrose Hotel for conversion to elderly housing, contingent on HUD funding.
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Cedar Rapids
Federal Aviation Administration
Gene Jackson
Montrose
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Promex Midwest Inc
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
Roy Jameson
Robert M.L. Johnson
Johnson
Iowa Senate
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