Large Ryan Nationals 82 Drag Race Sparks Town Turmoil
A bumper stickered Ryan Nationals event drew over 1,000 people to Ryan, Delaware County, with drag racing on County Road D-47 and a postrace party at the American Legion Hall. Deputies and troopers cordoned Main Street as cans flew and officers converged from multiple agencies. Authorities described a tense scene with scattered insults and crowds, ending after law enforcement mobilized statewide.
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Ryan
American Legion Hall
Delaware County
Ron Wilhelm
Wilhelm
American Legion
Five Die As Wave Capsizes Charter Boat Off New Jersey
Five people died when a 55 foot chartered fishing boat, the Jean La Rie II, was hit broadside by a nine foot plus wave eight miles from Point Pleasant New Jersey. Fourteen NY social group members clung to debris and life jackets in 59 degree water before rescue. Three were missing presumed dead as Coast Guard and NTSB opened an investigation.
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Point Pleasant
N.J
New York
Creedon
George Gsegnet
Greenwood Lakes
N.Y
Rainer
Point Pleasant Beach
Vincent
Virginia
North Carolina
Coast Guard
Barbara Smith
Portsmouth
New Jersey
Walter Meisenbacher
Brick Town
Nicholas Santopietro
Greenwood Lake
Thomas Nolan
Southfield
Frank Jackson
Middletown
Study finds $1 billion defense spending costs 18 000 jobs
A UPI study from Employment Research Associates concludes that every $1 billion of Pentagon military purchases costs about 18 000 U.S. jobs versus consumer spending. For 1981, military expenditures allegedly caused a net loss of 1.52 million jobs across 156 industries, with textiles, motor vehicles, and retail among hard hit sectors.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Employment Research Associates
Lansing
Mich
U.S
Defense Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States
Man Seeks One Big Complex Of Worries
A man visits a psychiatrist and jokes that he wants to lump all his nagging little worries into one big complex. The quip reflects a humorous take on anxiety and therapy.
States take in $300 billion but spending grows faster
The Census Bureau reports state governments collected 310.8 billion in revenues for the 1981 fiscal year, a 12.2 percent rise, while spending rose 13.1 percent to 291.5 billion. Taxes led income at 149.7 billion, with 70.7 billion from the federal government and 48 billion from insurance trusts. Education dominated spending at 96.9 billion, with social services 51.4 billion and transportation 25.4 billion. California led in income and spending, New York followed, Vermont and Iowa showed smaller totals.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Bureau
California
New York
Vermont
Iowa
Debate Over Women’s Section Sparks Soviet Sports Paper
In Moscow Sovietsky Sport weighs adding a Grace page with dieting fashion and fitness advice. readers split: some say space should stay for hockey and soccer. others back the plan to engage women through targeted columns.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Sovietsky Sport
Grace
Soviet Central Asia
N. Oparin
Kalinin
Sovietsky
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Nancy Stevens
Gazette
Delhi
Linn
Buchanan
Delaware County Conservation Officer
Main Street
Legion Hall
Highway Patrol
Don Hornstei
Ryan Legion
Mezzetti
Warwick
James
Rio de Janeiro
Juan la Rie
National Transportation Safety Board
Jersey Shore Medical Center
Neptune
John Sullivan
Hamburg
V. Istonin
Jaroslav
Russia
A. Averin
Gorky
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