Reagan signals covert ops notice to Congress within two days
President Reagan agreed to notify the congressional intelligence committees within two working days about covert operations, excluding exceptional circumstances. He emphasized Congress cooperation after Iran Contra disclosures and outlined steps under the National Security Act, distancing from a 48 hour requirement bill.
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Washington
Reagan
Congressional Intelligence Committees
Sens
David Boren
D-Okla
William
Cohen
Maine
Senate Intelligence Committee
Congress
Louis Stokes
Ohio
Boren
Oval Office
Iran
Sparse turnout eyed for county tax referendum
Midland reports a likely light turnout for a county tax referendum as 400 absentee votes arrive by 5 p.m. Friday. Tax officials say residents favor spreading the tax burden beyond property owners, though no referendum is planned in Ector County where taxes will continue under the current assessment system.
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Midland
Frances Shuffield
Shuffield
West
Texas
Sheffield
Ector County
Upton County
Glenn Willeford
Eric Augesen
Augesen
Pilot cites wind shear in fatal Monahans crash near Pecos County
NTSB investigator awaits toxicology and autopsy results to determine cause of Aug 1 twin engine crash that killed 15 year old Donnavan Davenport and injured five others including pilot Albert Gandy. Gandy described a dead air spot and wind shear over Imperial Reservoir.
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National Transportation Safety Board
NTSB
Armand Edwards
Monahans
Donnavan Lee Davenport
Imperial Reservoir
Odessa
Pecos County
Albert Gandy
Piper
Gandy
Grandfalls
Davenport
Alan Poor
Roger Jones
Gerald Foster
John Haught
Jones
House Panel Launches SSC Authorization Amid Bipartisan Backing
Legislation introduced by the House Science Committee and more than 200 sponsors would authorize initial 35 million dollars for a multibillion dollar superconducting supercollider. The project aims to propel U.S. leadership in science with a 52 mile tunnel and proton collisions at twenty times current energy.
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Washington
House Science, Space and Technology Committee
United States
Robert Roe
D-N.j
Texas
U.S
Roe
Manuel Lujan
New Mexico
House
Reagan Administration
Congress
Energy
John Herrington
Residents raise bias concerns in Monahans district meeting
Residents and officials, including U S Justice Department rep Richard Lambrano, discussed racial discrimination complaints in the Monahans-Wickett-Pyote Independent School District. LULAC members voiced concerns such as Spanish language discipline and minority underrepresentation, with another meeting planned within 30 days.
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Monahans
Ward County
Bain
LULAC
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Ector County Humane Society
Don Hallmark
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Hallmark
J.W. Johnson
Johnson
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