Indicted Texas lawmaker denies self shooting claim
Texas freshman Rep. Mike Martin surrendered to Gregg County authorities after being indicted by a Travis County grand jury on aggravated perjury for allegedly lying under oath about staging a July 31 shooting at a Southeast Austin trailer park. Bond set at 5000 dollars. no others charged.
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Associated Press
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Mike Martin
Gregg County
Gilmer
Allen Hill
Travis County Grand Jury
Martin
Mace Thurman
Longview
Hill
Defense policy shifts from flashy arms to steady upkeep
The article notes a shift from glamorous weapons to essential maintenance like stockpiling ammo and repairing aging B 52 electronics. It cites Reagan aides and Sen John Tower describing future wars as “come as you are” events and discusses Weinberger favoring buying greater quantities to curb unit costs.
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Brown
Reagan
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Weinberger faces tighter options on M1 tanks and F-18 costs
Facing pressure from Stockman and Meese, Weinberger may buy smaller M1 tank batches or stretch fighter jet purchases to 1983 84. Some officials favor canceling programs like the F 18, whose unit price rose 19 percent since 1975. If the F 18 is scuttled, protests will come from Missouri lawmakers and other districts. Options include retiring ships early or pulling 80 B 52D bombers off the flight line.
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Meese
Weinberger
Pentagon
Navy
John F. Lehman Jr
St. Louis
Air Force
FBI ties Fedora to Soviet double role in Reader’s Digest claim
AP reports that the FBI has concluded the Soviet diplomat code named Fedora was a Moscow ally and major source for Igor Nosenko’s KGB defector claims. The Fedora materials allegedly informed White House views and fed into the Pentagon Papers case in 1971 per a Washington Post account.
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FBI
Reader's Digest
Fedora
Igor Nosenko
KGB
CIA
White House
Pentagon Papers
Washington Post
Reader
CEQ aims for consensus in environmental disputes under Reagan
White House officials describe the CEQ role as seeking consensus to resolve disputes without broad action. Hill notes the council influenced Air Force studies and environmental policy, while defending a leaner operation and continued focus on acid rain research.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
CEQ
Lafayette Square
Santa Barbara
Hill
Reagan
California
Air Force
James G. Watt
Watt
Interior Department
Roundtable
American Motorcycle Association
Ex-con Calls Fort Scott Plot A Hoax
Louis S. Cotton, an ex convict held on burglary and theft charges in Fort Scott Kansas, told police his tale of a plot to kill 14 city officials and leaders was a hoax. He said the story arose from his creative mind and was meant to rally fellow blacks.
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San Francisco
Peoples Temple
Larry Layton
Guyana
Layton
Leo Ryan
D-Calif
U.S
Richard Dwyer
Port Kaituma
Fortscott
Kan
Louis S. Cotton
Fort Scott
Cotton
Suspect Testifies on Killing Plan Before Jogger Slayings
In Salt Lake City AP: Joseph Paul Franklin discussed killing blacks three days before a sniper killed two young black joggers. A woman testified in Franklin's murder trial. He said he was charged in the deaths of Ted Fields 20 and David Martin 18 only because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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Salt Lake City
Joseph Paul Franklin
Franklin
Ted Fields
David Martin
Weather outlook for holiday weekend warms after damp start
National Weather Service Midland reports a damp start to the holiday weekend with improving conditions after Saturday. Rain chances are 30 percent today, 46 tonight, and 26 percent Saturday, with southeast winds and mostly clear to partly cloudy skies through Monday. Heavy storms caused street flooding in Amarillo and overflow of Dunivan Lake, while temperatures range from the 40s to mid 70s across the state.
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Midland Regional
Texas Panhandle
South Plains
Amarillo
Dunivan Lake
Panhandle
Pecos River
Texas
Austin
Burnet
Rio Grande Valley
Guadalupe
Marfa
Dalhart
Alice
Brownsville
Corrpus
Christi
Laredo
McAllen
Warner
Draft bill sparks fight over Clean Air Act changes
EPA spokesman denies any formal bill exists and attacks a Democratic draft as misleading and harmful. environmental groups call the proposal a wrecking move, arguing it would repeal health protections, weaken hazardous pollutant control, insert cost benefit analysis, and loosen federal state pollution oversight while allowing dirtier air near parks.
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EPA
Byron Nelson
Rafe Pomerance
Friends of the Earth
Leslie Dach
National Audubon Society
White House Office of Management and Budget
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