Iran mistreated hostages in captivity report grows
State Department spokesman Jack Cannon said Iran’s treatment of 52 Americans released from captivity in Tehran was much worse than thought, with some hostages tortured, kept in solitary confinement, beaten, and fed bread and water, though no sexual abuse found. The hostages described varied abuses during 14 months in Iran.
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Steven Kirtley
Little Rock, Ark
Carter's authority beyond question in hostage asset ruling
UPI reports US District Judge Gerhard Gesell ruled Carter acted with authority beyond question to return Iran's 12 billion in assets and revoke claims. The bench ruling blocked an exiled Iranian family's bid to stop a 51 million transfer amid a wave of likely challenges by claimants on the assets tied to the hostage settlement.
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UPI
Carter
Iran
Gerhard Gesell
Ali Ebrahimi
Houston
Copy goof gives controller power in county contracts
County controller Robert Foht is described as the local boss with hiring and firing power over the county offices, amid union contracts copied by a Xerox machine. The three contracts dated December 11 to 17 grant the controller sole employer authority, contrast with prior practice, and note a $60 retroactive raise for 1980 with changes to work weeks, sick leave transfers, and vacation clauses.
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Foht
Xerox
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Union
County Register and Recorder’s Office
Richard Baxter
Civil Service
Testimony in Costal case cited despite discrediting claims
The Costal murder trial heard repeated challenges to Michael R. Atkinson’s testimony with defense shows that Atkinson lied in prior statements. He testified about false police statements yet claimed truth now while facing charges for the Kadunce killings and related cases. Evidence included questioned hair samples and remarks about prior admissions.
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Frank G. Costal
Costal
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Dawn Kadunce
Kadunce
Dawn
Wilmington Avenue
Atkinson
Robert T. Barletta
Costas
Barletta
Harry O. Falls
Badance
Beaver County
New Castle
New York
Kadance
MS. Sager
Schultz
John A. Robertson
Dawn Kadance
Lee Costal
Health series frames modern disease battles
Advances in immunization nutrition and public sanitation have reduced smallpox typhoid fever and tuberculosis yet defeating today’s major health enemies will hinge on Americans’ self control. The fights against cancer heart disease hypertension and other modern maladies require more than medical care.
The Nations Health Courses Open With Medicine and Health
Pulitzer Prize winner Rene Dubos guides readers to the shared responsibility of health through individual choices on eating drinking smoking stress and exercise and collective actions on air water quality and nuclear waste. Read page 10 FeMale Focus for the first of 15 articles in the series Medicine and Health.
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Rene Dubos
New Castle Transit Authority reports lean six months
The New Castle Area Transit Authority posted spending at 47 percent of its budget for the first half of the fiscal year from July 1 to December 31. General manager John A. Christofer praised overtime cuts and lower maintenance costs, while revenues rose 1.9 percent from the prior year.
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New Castle Area
Christofer
Authority
Paul Domenick
Reagan plans four year plan with bold tax cuts and cuts
Reagan's new administration will unveil a comprehensive budget plan with major tax cuts and spending reductions aimed at jolting the economy. Stockman said the four year plan will provide a job to the economy with no equivocations as Senate committees prep hearings on cutting uncontrollable entitlement programs and boosting defense.
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Washington
UPI
David Stockman
Office of Management and Budget
Senate Budget Committee
Reagan
Congress
Martin Feldstein
Burns
Weather Outlook For Western Pennsylvania
Mostly cloudy and breezy tonight with a few snow flurries. Lows in the upper 20s. Partly cloudy and colder Friday with a high in the low 30s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent tonight and 10 percent Friday. Statistics show a max 36, min 30, trace precipitation, Shenango River stage 6.40 feet.
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Pennsylvania
Upi
Shenango River
Today’s Thought Greater Than The Trend Of Armies
A concise reflection on ideas outlasting military might, stressing the power of a timely concept. The line emphasizes lasting impact over force, inviting contemplation of ideas whose moment arrives.
Death notices list eight individuals with ages and addresses
Jan 22 1981 death records include Elizabeth A. McFarland 99 of 725 Paul St Henry Obodzinski 65 of Crestwood Drive Anthony J. Annichenni 66 of Hillsville Emma B. Dicks 82 of New Wilmington Rd Ollie G. Miller 79 of New Middletown Ohio Irene T. Lowman 70 of Pembrook Pines Fila.
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Elizabeth A. McFarland
Paul St
Henry Obodzinski
Crestwood Drive
Anthony J. Annichenni
Hillsville
Emma B. Dicks
New Wilmington
Ollie G. Miller
New Middletown
Ohio
Irene T. Lowman
Pembrook Pines
Fila
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