Wave of future lies in junkyard
Kenny Davis runs an auto junkyard on a hillside in Hurricane West Virginia and foresees a future in parts rather than scrap. He catalogs vehicles and says demand for usable components from old cars grows as dealers drop obsolete parts. Davis cites prices rising from five dollars to about forty dollars and serves buyers from across the region.
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Associated Press
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Kenny Davis
Davis
Putnam County
Ripley
Point Pleasant
Ohio
U S Embassy Vehicle Bombed in Costa Rica Attack
An explosion struck a U S Embassy vehicle in San Jose injuring three Marines one seriously embassy officials described the incident as an attack A second bomb hit the Honduran Embassy nearby no injuries reported in that blast Police sealed the area and investigations awaited none of the attackers were identified and no group claimed responsibility
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San Jose
Costa Rica
U.S
Honduras
Yoses
Central American
Sudan leader proposes U.S. bases to counter Soviet threat
Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiri calls for the United States and allies to increase aid and offers to host American military bases if danger rises. He urges African and Middle Eastern governments to counter Soviet influence, cites Libya Chad actions, and criticizes Soviet moves toward the Nile basin and Gulf.
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Associated Press
Khartoum
Sudan
Gaafar Nimeiri
United States
Africa
Middle East
Nimeiri
Soviet Union
Chad
Reagan
Congress
Carter
Libya
Goukouni Oueddi
Nile
Egypt
Persian Gulf
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Iran
Gulf
Gusts Bring Cooler Temps Across Texas Forecast
National Weather Service Midland reports brisk westerly winds up to 30 mph this afternoon with cooler air. Northwest winds 15-25 mph tonight, then north 15-20 mph Wednesday, with lows upper 30s and highs around the low 60s. Nor th Texas skies partly cloudy with a few storms. overall warming trend into Thursday through Saturday before cooling again.
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Texas
West Texas
Reagan Wins Subcommittee Approval Of Salvadoran Aid
Reagan wins approval from the Senate Appropriations foreign operations subcommittee for a 5 million dollar package of helicopters boats radar and equipment to help El Salvador interdict infiltration and counter guerrilla threats. Vote 6-2 with Hatfield and Leahy opposing. Inouye abstained. House subcommittee action anticipated next week.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
U.S
el Salvador
Reagan
Subcommittee
Senate Appropriations
House
Mark Hatfield
R-Ore
Senate Appropriations Committee
Patrick Leahy
DVI
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
Bob Kasten
R-Wis
Curb Rollback Urged by Reagan Aides in Cabinet Talks
In a push for three-year import rollbacks, Commerce Secretary Baldrige backs temporary limits to give U S industry room to retool for fuel efficient cars. He argues imports contribute to needed space for automakers to adjust while key officials resist curbs citing broader policy limits.
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Commerce
Malcolm Baldrige
Congressional
U.S
David A. Stockman
Treasury
Donald T. Regan
Murray Weidenbaum
President
Administration Eyes Tax Changes After Car Sales Slump
The drop in domestic car sales sparks talk of import limits from Administration sources. Stockman and Regan fear inflation and a ripple effect to other industries, signaling doubt about broader economic recovery plans. A Commerce official notes hope for an end to the debate but serious doubt Cabinet members will reach consensus. Japan shipped 1.9 million vehicles to the U S last year, up from 900,000 in 1976.
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Stockman
Regan
Commerce Department
United States
Inspection program urged to curb auto deaths
Perry argued there would be many more accidents without inspections and cars are unsafe. Col Jim Adams, DPS director, warned that eliminating inspections would be a backward step as traffic deaths rise. He noted only 3 percent of last year’s deaths were from vehicle defects, vs 12 percent when inspections began in 1953.
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Perry
Horn
Jim Adams
Department of Public Safety
Horn cites lack of data on vehicle inspections reducing accidents
Former NHTSA head Douglas Toms questions the effectiveness of vehicle inspection programs. If the bill passes, 118 DPS staff could be moved from inspection monitoring to highway policing. Winston Johnson of Austin notes laws are not a cure-all but says inspections will save lives.
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Horn
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Douglas Toms
Department of Public Safety
DPS
Winston Johnson
Austin
ABC President Hires Psychic As TV Consultant
ABC confirms President Fred Pierce engaged Beverly Dean as a consultant for two years starting in 1978, with her paid roughly 24 000 in year one and 30 000 in year two. Dean, who says she was paid to advise on scripts and development, notes she handled co production of A Time for Miracles and predicted Benson would succeed while Lazarus Syndrome failed.
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ABC
Fred Pierce
Network
Beverly Dean
Dean
Encino
Fred
Pierce
Tony Thomopoulos
Fred Silverman
Thomopoulos
Mother Seton
Benson
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