Reagan to visit China to deepen U S China ties
White House says President Reagan plans a January China visit by Zhao Ziyang and an April return trip to Washington to strengthen bilateral relations and mutual understanding. Defense Secretary Weinberger announced Zhao’s January trip and the planned April visit.
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Reagan
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Zhao Ziyang
White House
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Peking
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Zhao
George) Shultz
Speakes
Federal judge blocks Watt coal sales in North Dakota
A federal judge barred Interior Secretary James Watt from selling 140 million tons of federal coal in the Fort Union region of North Dakota. The restraining order followed a House Interior Committee push and a moratorium targeting Watt's coal leasing program amid a legislative veto ruling. The action halts leases on five coal tracts before the moratorium takes effect.
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Washington
Interior
James Watt
North Dakota
Louis Oberdorfer
Supreme Court
House
Watt
Fort Union
Interior Committee
Senate
Justice Department
Burford denies withholding cleanup grant in California race
Anne Burford testified before a congressional panel denying she withheld a 6 million dollar cleanup grant to influence the California Senate race. She said the withholding of funds for the Stringfellow acid pits was based on sound policy questions amid investigations into EPA mismanagement and conflicts of interest.
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Washington
EPA
Anne Burford
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Senate
California
Burford
House Energy and Commerce Investigations
Fatal highway deaths drop as belts and police aid public safety
Chicago officials cite fewer drunk drivers and higher seat belt use for a national drop in traffic fatalities. The National Safety Council reports January through May traffic deaths at the lowest rate since 1913, with 27 deaths per month on average in the period.
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Barbara Carrara
Council
Chicago
National Safety Council
Watt to Stay Interior Secretary Amid Senate Ouster Push
White House spokesman said James Watt will remain interior secretary and Reagan considers the matter closed. Yet a Senate vote appears likely to oust Watt as Republicans and Democrats show momentum toward removal.
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Washington
James Watt
Reagan
White House
Senate
Watt
Doctors hail milrinone as breakthrough heart failure drug
In Boston the experimental pill milrinone dramatically improves severe congestive heart failure and may replace digitalis as the standard treatment. Doctors report no serious side effects and expect FDA approval within a year or two, noting milrinone could revolutionize heart care.
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Boston
Donald S. Baim
Sterling-Winthrop
Food and Drug Administration
Baim
Institute gauges use risks of contraceptives
A Washington Post Service report from Washington cites the Alan Guttmacher Institute finding that over half of U.S. pregnancies are unintentional and many end in abortion. It notes age related risk patterns for pill use and compares complications across methods including vasectomy, IUD, diaphragm, condoms, and abortion.
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Washington Post
Washington
United States
Alan Guttmacher Institute
Guttmacher
Planned Parenthood
Howard W. Ory
Federal
Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
Institute
Recession over claims raise IMF World Bank meeting
Treasury Secretary Regan told 2,500 delegates the global recession is over and recovery is beginning though benefits will spread slowly. In Manila a memorial service for a poor Filipino shot during anti-government protests became a rally against President Marcos as 250 students demonstrated. Marcos said turmoil poses little threat to his 18 year rule.
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Treasury
Donald Regan
Regan
International Monetary Fund
World Bank
Manila
Philippines
Ferdinand Marcos
Marcos
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