New limits restrain lead in gasoline
Washington AP Reagan administration tightens lead in gasoline rules with a Nov. 1 start. Small refiners must meet a 1.9 g per gallon limit, up from 1.10 g for large refineries, closing the gap over eight months. Environmentalists hail the move as a major improvement amid epidemic lead poisoning concerns.
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Washington
Reagan Administration
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Ellen Silbergeld
Environmental Defense Fund
Audit finds reserve leaders paid too much in compensation
An audit by the Defense Contract Audit Service finds Petroleum Operations and Support Services Inc. paid executives excessive salaries bonuses and fringe benefits from Department of Energy Strategic Petroleum Reserve funds. The reserve aims to stockpile 750 million barrels, with about 283 million stored to date in Gulf Coast salt caverns. The contractor faces scrutiny over taxpayer-financed pay and perks.
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Washington
Department of Energy
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Defense Contract Administrative Service
Petroleum Operations and Support Services Inc
Gulf Coast
Oil show opens for public view in 1982 Permian Basin
The 1982 Permian Basin Oil show opened to the public with ceremonies honoring Texas Railroad Commissioner Mack Wallace. Wallace noted Permian Basin accounts for 57 percent of Texas crude and 28 percent of natural gas, citing 249 million barrels of oil in the first six months and over 18 billion total crude produced in West Texas since discovery. He urged federal energy policy changes, praised American drilling, and predicted the basin’s continued role in future energy needs.
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Robert Halpern
Permian Basin
Texas
Mack Wallace
Wallace
Eddie Durrett
Dave Lyons
The
Odessa American
Coliseum
Permian
West Texas
Railroad Commission
U.S
America
United States
Prime rate cut again sparks mixed signals in market
Major New York bank trims the prime rate to 11.5 percent while the stock market ends lower. Dow falls 5.52 as government data show meager factory orders and Fed notes money supply rising. Chemical Bank leads with a .5 percentage point cut, provoking praise from Reagan aides.
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Robert Burns
New York City
Federal Reserve Board
Chemical Bank
U.S
Reagan
Chemical
George Bush
Commerce
Malcolm Baldrige
Donald C. Platten
Platten
Baptist minister frees after agreeing to close school
In Louisville Nebraska Reverend Everett Sileven, freed from Cass County Jail, pledged to shut Faith Christian School until late November or the next Nebraska Legislature session. Supporters led by Greg Dixon of Moral Majority hailed the release as 350 visiting preachers pressed authorities to address the issue.
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Louisville
Neb
Faith Christian School
Everett Sileven
Faith Baptist Church
Cass County
James Johnson
Odessa
Yukon Heights
Nebraska
The
Moral Majority
Greg Dixon
Indianapolis
Sileven
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Paul Harrold
Jon
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