Warnings in report on AWACS sale to Saudi Arabia
A Senate staff study on the proposed 8.5 billion package including AWACS planes and AIM9L missiles finds that halting the sale could harm U.S.-Saudi relations and Gulf defense plans, though it questions the weapons’ threat to Israel. It urges a revised agreement with U.S. participation and offers no formal recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Reagan
Saudi Arabia
U.S
Persian Gulf
Israel
Moscow
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Edward Cody
Washington Post
AWACS
Tehran confrontations erupt as guerrillas clash with forces
Iran's capital teems with street battles as guerrillas fire machine guns and anti-tank rockets at official forces. Tehran Radio reports several killed and dozens wounded amid the worst clashes in months, while authorities announce executions and claim victory in the war with Iraq.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Iran
Tehran
Iraq
Abadan
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Paris
Mujahadeen
Khomeini
Moti Khomeini
Belig
United States
Fran
Flight attendant warns passenger to fasten seat belt
A flight attendant addresses airline passengers saying that someone hasn’t fastened his seat belt and the captain cannot start the engines. The remark underscores standard safety protocol aboard the aircraft.
Reagan to reject Carter MX plan in 6000-shelter scheme
Sen. Paul Laxalt said Reagan will reject the Carter administration plan to hide 200 MX missiles in 4,600 shelters in Utah and Nevada. He suggested adopting Sen. Garn and his approach to place 200 missiles within the Minuteman system with ABMs, as Roth and Schmitt urged in a Sunday letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Paul Laxalt
R-Nev
Reagan
Utah
Nevada
Laxalt
Senate
NBC
Meet the Press
Jake) Garn
Minuteman
Sens
William Roth Jr
R-Del
Harrison Schmitt
R-N.m
Tax cut tiny gains for typical wage earner in 1981
A typical married worker with two children and a $400 weekly income will gain $3.90 per week in take home pay due to the new tax cut. IRS withholding tables show reductions across income levels, with broader changes totaling about a 6 percent average reduction in withholdings, and implications for year end tax returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Internal Revenue Service
Reagan
Weinberger flights to Bar Harbor under fire from critic
Pentagon critic Rep. Les Aspin questions Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger using military aircraft for multiple summer trips to Bar Harbor Maine and other cities. He cites flight manifests showing Weinberger and his wife on five Bar Harbor flights amid 28 total flights in June August. The Pentagon defends the flights as necessary for White House communication and national command readiness, estimating costs around 20000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Bar Harbor
Maine
Pentagon
Les Aspin
D-Wis
Weinberger
Boston
New York
LaGuardia
Defense Secretary
Aspin
Defense Department
White House
National Military Command Center
Andrews Air Force Base
Andrews
Soviet Demographer Urges Babies Over Night Study
In Mosow a demographer tells a youth paper that young Soviet couples should cease night study to focus on having children to curb population imbalances in Asia’s republics. He notes most birth growth is among under 30 couples and cites regional birth rate disparities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Viktor Perevedentsev
Moskovsky Komsomolets
Perevedentsev
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
Tadzhikistan
Russian Federation
Byelorussia
Ukraine
Baltic
Alexander Smirnov
Gosplan
State Planning Authority
Central Asia
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Gazette Wire Services
Tehran Radio
Behzad Nabavi
Revolutionary Police
Central
Kormiteh
Marion
Iowa
Secretary of Defense
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!