Joyous tearful welcome for freed American hostages
The 52 former captives and their families arrived at Andrews Air Force Base after 444 days in Iran. Vice President Bush led the welcome at Andrews with Haig and Weinberg present as families embraced loudly. A West Point news conference preceded the Washington reception.
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Washington
Reagan
White House
West Point
N.Y
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
George Bush
Andrews
Bush
Air Force
Marci Lopez
James M. Lopez
Globe
Ariz
Jerry Plotkin
Kupke
Iran
Bruce Laingen
U.S
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Defense
Caspar
Iran hostage deal blamed in power struggle at Tehran
Iran's reformist Abolhassan Bani Sadr accuses hard line clerics and Prime Minister Mohammad Ali Rajai of exploiting the U.S. hostage settlement. Rajai defends the accord as necessary amid revolution upheaval, saying sanctions and strikes stem from broader revolutionary trauma. Tehran Radio and Majlis leaders reject torture claims and defend the hostage crisis as part of the Islamic revolution.
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Lebanon
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
United States
Iran
Sadr
Mohammad Ali Rajai
Rajai
Carter
U.S
Tehran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Iraq
Bani-Sadr
Enghelab Islami
Bani Sadr
Majlis
Last controls on oil prices may be lifted
Washington supports lifting remaining oil price controls by Wednesday. A White House official said the action could raise gasoline prices by up to 12 cents a gallon and boost federal tax revenues from oil companies, with heating oil likely to feel the impact this winter as crude moves toward world levels.
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Washington
Reagan
White House
Karna Small
Federal Treasury
Energy Department
Senate
Indonesian ship Tampomas 2 sinks with 570 missing
A Tampomas 2 burning in the Java Sea with 1,136 aboard left 570 unaccounted for after a fire swept the ship. Rescue operations by 11 Indonesian navy vessels and air-dropped dinghies continued as rough seas hampered efforts and 566 were saved to date. The disaster, possibly the country’s worst sea tragedy, occurred near 220 miles from Ujung Pandang while en route from Jakarta.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Java
Java Sea
Ujung Pandang
Few of Us Can Stand Prosperity Says A Neighbor
A terse saying on prosperity highlights the challenge of another's success and the envy it can provoke among peers. The remark notes that many resist prosperity when it belongs to someone else, implying social tensions and shared human foibles.
West Texas water crisis linked to oil field waste pits
Salty groundwater in northeast Ector County and West Texas stems from former oil industry practices. Tests show chloride levels from 400 to 8,500 ppm, far above safety guidelines, with regulators citing old brine pits and injection wells as contamination sources. Kerr McGee and other operators faced long standing concerns as TDWR and TRC investigations probe the extent and timelines of the pollution.
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Ector County
Texas
Texas Department of Water Resources
Texas Railroad Commission
TDWR
Odessa
Pecos
50Th Street
North Golder
State Health Department
Texas Health Department Division of Water Hygiene
Charles K. Foster
West Texas
Robert Bradshaw
TOWR
Ector
Kerr McGee Corp
TRC
Bradshaw
TDWK
W.C. Dugger
W. 48Th St
Thomas H. Boroff
Boroff
Abilene Trc
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