Brezhnev calls for missile moratorium in Europe
Brezhnev announces a freeze on deploying medium range missiles west of the Urals and warns of retaliatory steps if Geneva talks stall. Reagan calls the move a trick to keep Soviet superiority and rejects a cap on weapons, urging verifiable reductions instead.
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Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Brezhnev
Reagan
Tennessee
U.S
Urals
Russia
Geneva
Europe
United States
Meese Says Soviet Freeze Is Opening Gambit
Presidential counselor Edwin Meese III called the Soviet Union s unilateral halt in deploying medium range missiles in Europe an attempt to preserve Soviet arms superiority. He warned the move is an opening gambit in arms control talks and would not protect Europeans.
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Washington
Edwin Meese
Soviet Union
Europe
Meese
Abc-Tv
Good Morning America
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Kennesaw adopts ordinance requiring head of household gun ownership
The Kennesaw Georgia city council passed a controversial ordinance obliging every head of household within city limits to maintain a firearm and ammunition for self defense. Mayor Darvin Purdy said the policy aims to boost resident safety and does not set penalties for violations. Exemptions include disability, religious objection, and felons. The measure echoes Morton Grove Illinois gun limits.
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Kennesaw, Ga
Atlanta
Darvin Purdy
Purdy
Kennesaw
Mike Fredenburg
Morton Grove
Ill
Robert Ruble
Midwest floods swell as rivers break flood limits
Water rose to ten feet above flood stage in Fort Wayne Ind driving out over 3500 people and causing one death as storms and thawing snow threaten to mirror 1913 floods. Rain spread across the Midwest with new flood watches while Minnesota faced snow and sleet. Five deaths tied to Indiana Ohio and Michigan and Gov Orr toured flood zones by helicopter amid widespread destruction.
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Associated Press
Fort Wayne
Ind
Indiana
Ohio
Midwest
Ohio Valley
Cape Giradeau
Mississippi Valley
Michigan
Peoria
Ill
Illinois
Minnesota
Litchfield
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Grand Rapids
Cloverdale
Blanchard River
Wren
Monroevillee
Robert Orr
St. Mary’s River
Winfield Moses Jr
Reagan ties decontrol to price fall in oil glut claim
Three Permian Basin oil officials join President Reagan in arguing price decontrol spurred drilling, conservation, and lower energy costs. Reagan, speaking in Oklahoma City, criticizes Carter program and credits decontrol with increased supply and reduced imports, while signaling natural gas price decontrol later.
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Reagan
Permian Basin
Ronald Reagan
Ed Thompson
Permian Basin Petroleum Association
Midland
Joe Pevehouse
Odessa
Russell Carroll
Skyline
Oklahoma City
Jimmy Carter
Oklahoma
Congress
Carter
Martan certified as adult in double Odessa slaying case
A 16 year old Marfa juvenile, Joe Hernandez Flynn, was certified to stand trial as an adult for the December 26, 1981 stabbing deaths of Casimiro Ramirez and Ramon Huerta in Odessa. The certification followed a hearing by Judge Glenn Pipes, with the case to proceed in district court.
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Sheila Welsh
Marfa
Odessa
Joe Hernandez Flynn
Ector County
Glenn Pipes
Flynn
Casimiro Ramirez
Ramon Huerta
Magnolia Avenue
Ramirez
Huerta
Pipes
Mike Holmes
Holmes
Ector County Grand
Phillip Godwin
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