Oil on Pecos River concerns hunters and officials
Midland hunter Rusty Buchanan reports a river of oil seen January near Crane and Imperial, with ducks coated in oil and fewer minnows and moss. Officials later found dead ducks but disputed ongoing oil presence, prompting a clarifying visit by an RRC team.
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Midland Petroleum
Buchanan
Pecos
Crane
Imperial
Odessa
Midland
Jim Henderson
Henderson
Railroad Commission of Texas
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Regan accused of diverting drug funds for drapes and carpeting
Rep. Glenn English charged Treasury Secretary Regan sought to shift 13.9 million from the Customs Service drug interdiction budget to office remodeling including carpets drapes and plumbing. Treasury said the claim is false. English said investigation shows otherwise despite OMB warnings.
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Treasury
Donald Regan
Treasury Department
Glenn English
D-Okla
House
Regan
United States
English
Bied
Customs Service
Department
Stephen Hayes
Customs Office
Office of Management and Budget
Marines ponder Beirut airport handover amid withdrawal
State Department spokesman John Hughes said Marines will hand control of Beirut airport to an undetermined Lebanese army unit after U S withdrawal. He noted Rumsfeld’s return with aide Silberman and that Jumblatt apparently canceled a U S visit. The 6th Brigade’s allegiance to moslem militias complicates the takeover.
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Beirut
U.S
State Department
John Hughes
Hughes
Reagan
Lebanon
Reginald Bartholomew
6Th Brigade
Iran accuses U S of hatching plot over Hormuz Strait
Iran and Iraq clash on the southern front as Tehran warns the United States of a plotted move in the Persian Gulf. President Khamenei vows deterrence, claiming U S ships could face a harsher fate than Lebanon if oil routes are threatened.
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Iraq
United States
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Persian Gulf
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Lebanon
U.S.A
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Khamenei
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Perot Urges Fines on Parents for Kids Slipping Grades
H Ross Perot chairman of the Texas Select Committee on Public Education proposes fines for parents if children do not progress. He envisions workshops and objective-based programs with fines covering schooling costs or loss of the right to attend school. Critics warn it would privilege some and ignore varied student needs. The subcommittee contemplates alternatives like training fees rather than fines, with votes expected by early March. Perot also questioned compulsory school attendance.
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H. Ross Perot
Governor's Select Committee On Public Education
Perot
Texas Association of Middle Schools
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The
Texas Professional Educators
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