Begin seeks coalition partners after tight Knesset win
Prime Minister Begin meets with Moshe Dayan and Orthodox Jewish leaders to discuss a coalition for a slim majority in the 120 member Knesset. Dayan aims to head Palestinian autonomy talks, while Avraham Shapira supports joining the coalition, and Interior Minister Burg faces potential reshaping amid NRP dynamics.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Menachem Begin
Moshe Dayan
Israel
Begin
Anwar Sadat
Likud
Dayan
Tel
Avraham Shapira
Ultraorthodox Agudat Israel
Likud of
Labor
Shapira
Knesset
Josef Burg
National Religious Party
Autonomy Post
NRP
Burg
Classified documents stolen from war hero
Tullytown Pennsylvania the theft of papers from veterans activist David Christian's office uncovered weekend break in at the unemployment office in Bucks County about 240 papers half Defense documents stolen by a tool marked with a letter opener some files declassified some not included details on Agent Orange usage exposure and manufacturers Christian who leads a national veterans organization says the loss hampers his efforts to aid Vietnam veterans and expose abuses.
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Tullytown
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Philadelphia
Agent Orange
David Christian
Bucks County
Christian
U.S. Department of Labor
James McAndrew
McAndrew
Bisco Ag Hoe
Aihgplad
Oil firms blast Pennsylvania gas tax in full-page ads
BP and Boron funded full-page ads across major Pennsylvania papers blasting a new 3/5 percent wholesale gasoline tax. The ad argues the tax hike, part of a franchise levy, raises 192 million for highways, adds to the 11 cent per gallon tax, and was enacted quickly without a public hearing. Spokesman Pitt Curtiss notes aim to explain price increases at company stations.
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British Petroleum
Boron
Pennsylvania
Pitt Curtiss
Standard Oil of Ohio
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Erie
Dick Thornburgh
Switch in air quality standards eyed by Hart
Senator Gary Hart says the memo from EPA Administrator Ann Gorsuch outlines plans to base national air quality standards on economic impact, roll back protections for parks, and drop pollution controls for many new plants. He notes the draft would repeal 51 provisions and relax 64 others, making the act optional under state and EPA discretion, while warning serious gutting of public health safeguards.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Ann Gorsuch
National Commission On Air Quality
Gorsuch
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