Syrians call for anti U S Arab boycott amid Beirut standoff
Arab outrage over Reagan threats to close Beirut Airport spurs Syrian calls for retaliatory boycotts. Beirut leaders seek Arab League action as extremists threaten to kill seven kidnapped Americans. Assad’s diplomacy linked to freeing 39 TWA hostages. Western agencies warned of risk.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Reagan
Damascus
Syria
Hafez Assad
Assad
TWA
Israel
U.S
Arab League
Washington
Foreign Ministry
United States
Tishrin Daily
Islamic Jihad Organization
Oil group studies pooling resources for revenue sharing
In Vienna OPEC ministers discussed a radical pooling of oil and revenue sharing to defend market share and the official price of 28 dollars a barrel. The plan would create a new organization selling all members' oil with income distributed by a predefined formula, but sources said adoption chances were slim.
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Vienna
Austria
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Subroto
Saudi Arabia
Average citizens eligible to buy automatic guns
Odessa readers learn that average citizens can qualify for fully automatic weapons through a long federal process. Applicants submit an ATF form with criminal history, fingerprints, photos, and police approval, then pay a $200 tax. After review, dealers receive a sale approval or denial within about 30 days.
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Roger Holmquist
Odessa
Holmquist
Second St
Robert Valadez Jr
el Paso
U.S. Treasury Department
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Valadez
National Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Office
Washington, D.C
National Crime
National Firearms Office
Charlie Gill
Gill
Midland airport parking facelift delays deepen with full plans
Detours and dust plague Midland Regional Airport as parking lot work runs past Christmas. A $3.4 million terminal renovation will begin before Jan 1, 1986, with central utility plant and a $500,000 taxiway under way. The terminal expansion adds two gates for six jetways, expanded lobby and restaurant, an extra baggage carousel, and a new roof, funded by a $28 million bond. Full completion is expected early 1987, boosting space by about 30 percent.
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Midland Regional Airport
Jon E. Mathiasen
Mathiasen
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