Assembly leader optimistic about space shuttle program
Assembly Majority Leader Walter Karabian spoke in Lompoc about California winning the space shuttle program. He urged continued pressure on Congress and NASA while noting state funds for promotional work may be hard to obtain. Local officials warned priorities must align with aerospace goals as Oct decisions loom.
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Vaughn Proctor
Assembly
Walter Karabian
Monterey Park
Lompoc
California
Congress
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Florida
Arthur Scott
Karabian
Ed Reinecke
Lompoc Unified
Redistricting Idea Faces Backlash Over Isla Vista
Board talks move to shift Isla Vista from the Third to the Second District sparking protests and talk of gerrymandering. Supervisors weigh implications as Santa Barbara and Goleta groups oppose loss of valley territory. Coast Guard units searched for a drifting fishing boat off Point Conception but fog hindered recovery efforts.
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Board of Supervisors
University
Isla Vista
Coast Guard
U.S. Air Force
Vandenberg Air Force Base
City of
Santa Barbara
Francis H. Beattie
University of California
Speeding Train Crash Near Swiss Border Kills 25
A Trans Europe Express derailed at Rheinweiler near the Swiss border after a curve was taken at excessive speed. At least 25 killed and 122 injured as tourists from the US Britain and Scandinavia were among the wounded. a U.S. consulate spokesman said about 20 Americans were injured and none known dead. The cause under investigation.
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Muellheim
Germany
UPI
Basel
Switzerland
Copenhagen
Rheinweiler
U.S
Stuttgart
Counter coup and hostage drama roils Sudan and Libya
Forces loyal to ousted Sudanese leader Maj. Gen. Numeiry seize Omdurman Radio as clashes flare in Khartoum. Libyan jets force a British airliner to land in Benghazi, abducting the new Sudanese Revolutionary Council president and another member aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
UPI
Jaafar Numeiry
Omdurman
Middle East
Cairo
Sudan National Radio
Numeiry
Libya
Benghazi
Sudanese Revolutionary Council
Khartoum
Mohammed Ali Eibasi
Salah Abdel Aal
London
Babakr el Nur Osman
Sudan
New Revolutionary Council
Omdurman Radio
Abou Khassem Mohammed Ibrahim
Ibrahim
Revolutionary Command Council
British Overseas Airways
Babakr al Nour Osman
New Revolutionary Command Council
Senate kills Reagan welfare reform bill in California
California Senate Democrats block Gov Reagan's welfare reform plan and prune Beilenson’s substitute to a simple majority bill. Reagan calls the move a sham while Republicans defend the two thirds requirement and veto threat. The vote split along party lines as lawmakers contend over Medi Cal abortion limits and fund allocations.
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Sacramento
UPI
Senate
Ronald Reagan
House
Reagan
Anthony C. Beilenson
Beverly Hills
Beilenson
Assembly
James Mills
San Diego
Clair W. Burgener
Burgener
No break in negotiations during railroad strike
Negotiators for the United Transportation Union and the railroads pressed toward a settlement of a work rules dispute but showed no sign of an imminent breakthrough as a nationwide rail strike looms. The C and NW settled separately, while national talks continue amid other labor actions and weather along the coast.
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Southern Pacific
Norfolk & Western
C&nw
U.S. Postal Service
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Bell System
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Paul E. Dugre
S. H. St
Badger Seed Road
Lookout Point
Pt. Conception
Long Beach
Atka
Phil Haskin
Watsonville
Citizens Band
Point Conception
Haskin
Ralph
Civil Defense
Europe
Bruce
Marge Thomas
Roy
Philadelphia
United Steel Workers of America
Helena, Mont
Big Anaconda Copper Co
Salt Lake City
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