Officials decry cost cuts across Social Security reviews
Washington AP reports Congress heard charges that Reagan era scrutiny of disability benefits is a bureaucratic nightmare for thousands. Rep Claude Pepper accused a “witch-hunt” purge of beneficiaries while Social Security Commissioner Svahn denied the charge. Testimony cited dozens cut off since 1981 as cases of alleged misjudgment, with lawmakers calling for relief and a bill to ease hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Reagan
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
House Committee On Aging
Pepper
Social Security
John A. Svahn
General Accounting Office
Svahn
Tornado Guidance From Staff Reports In Severe Weather
Weather agencies urge precautions as West Texas braces for severe storms. April through June are peak tornado months with pamphlets outlining how to spot storms and actions to take during emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Weather Service
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
West Texas
Warnings On Lightning Safety And Shelter Guidance
The guidance urges immediate shelter in a basement or interior room during a storm. Evacuate mobile homes, avoid windows, chimneys, and tall isolated trees, and seek cover in lowest levels of split level homes or high rise interiors. Stay indoors or in cars, avoid water and metal paths, and drop to knees if hair stands on end without lying flat.
Floods and funnel clouds hit West Texas region
In West Texas, a mid afternoon cold front brought lightning hail and heavy rain. A funnel cloud east of Midland Regional Airport was sighted but did not reach the ground and no damage was confirmed. A tornado watch and flash flood warning were issued while evacuation plans were considered for south Ector residents as heavy rainfall threatened. Traffic slowed on flooded roads and U S 385 was closed to nonessential travel.
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South Ector County
West Texas
Midland Regional
Odessa-Midland
National Weather Service
Odessa
Ector County
South Ector
U.S. 385
Chopper Cop Becomes One Of Five Female Helicopter Pilots
Dennis St. Germaine profiles Jan Forbus, who rose from patrol dispatcher to sergeant and one of five helicopter pilots in Ector County Sheriff’s Office, the sole woman flier. She earned her FAA helicopter pilot license May 12 after extensive off duty training with Lt. Bill Pate, Lt. Mike Marshall, Sgt. Bill Rushing, and Investigator Larry Riker at Schlemeyer Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan Forbus
Ector County
Bill Pate
Bill Rushing
Mike Marshall
Larry Riker
Forbus
Schlemeyer Field
Criminal Investigation Division
Riker
Federal Aviation Administration
Peace plan is scuttled in Falklands stalemate
News Analysis recounts seven peace proposals from 43 days of international efforts to resolve the Falklands crisis that have all failed. Argentina and Britain remain at war over sovereignty of the islands, with Haig Belaunde Cuellar leading diplomacy and no clear breakthrough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Mason
London
Falklands
Argentina
Britain
South Atlantic Islands
U.S
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Fernando Belaunde Terry
U.N
Javier Perez de Cuellar
U S Aids England With Aerial Tankers Amid Falklands War
The United States plans to supply KC-135 aerial tankers to NATO to aid Britain by allowing withdrawal of aircraft for use in the Falkland Islands conflict with Argentina. Pentagon says several tankers are stationed in Britain and ready as needed. President Reagan was briefed on British raids on Argentine positions.
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Washington
United States
NATO
Alliance
Falkland Islands
Argentina
Pentagon
U.S. Air Force
Britain
Reagan
South Atlantic Islands
White House
Larry Speakes
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McKeown
Veteran’s Administration
Vietnam
Bennie Roten
Jefferson, N.C
Roten
Jim Santini
D-Nev
Goldbrickers
Hal Daub
R-Neb
House
Ways and Means Committee
The
Odessa American
Dennis Copeland
Weather Service
Sheila Welsh
Crane
Winkler
Seminole
Lamesa
Dennis ST. Germaine
U.S. Aids
England
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