Thatcher orders British firms to defy US embargo on Soviet gas line
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government directs Walter Kidde Co. and Andrew Antennas to ignore the U.S. export ban for the Siberian gas pipeline. The Department of Trade, invoking the Protection of Trading Interests Act, warns of fines if they comply and says the dispute harms trans Atlantic relations. Walter Kidde Co. holds a 16.3 million fire equipment contract with a U.S. parent company.
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Associated Press
London
Margaret Thatcher
U.S
Soviet Union
Department of Trade
Walter Kidde Co
Andrew Antennas
Britain defies US embargo over pipeline equipment contracts
Britain and allied companies challenge a U.S. embargo on pipeline gear with Italian French and West German suppliers involved. Andrew Antennas a unit of Andrew Corp based in Orland Park NJ, and Walter Kidde Co of Kidde Inc in Clifton NJ, are cited as contractors. The Trade Department says the order is minimal to protect British trading interests and may extend to other manufacturers while pursuing negotiations in Europe.
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Andrew Antennas
U.K
Trade Department
Europe
U.S
Walter Kidde Co
Kidde Inc
Clifton
N.J
Andrew Corp
Orland Park
Britain
France
Italy
West Germany
Dresser Loses Bid Against Soviet Pipeline Sanctions
Dresser Industries failed to obtain a temporary restraining order against Soviet pipeline sanctions. Judge Joyce Green ordered the Commerce Department to hear Dresser's motion within eight days while Baldrige warned of potential $1.6 billion in lost sales for U S and European firms.
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Dallas Morning News
Washington
Dresser Industries
Commerce
Malcolm Baldridge
U.S
U.S. District Court
Joyce Green
Commerce Department
Dresser
Richard Willard
Reagan Defeated as House Overrides Veto on Spending Bill
Congress moved to override President Reagan's veto of a 14.2 billion spending bill amid partisan tension. The House vote 301 to 117 with 22 abstentions delivered a major setback for the administration while the Senate faced a tight margin on the override. The episode accompanied debates over Radio Marti funding and a separate anti abortion filibuster fight.
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Washington
Reagan
House
Senate
Howard H. Baker
R-Tenn
Utah
White House
Larry Speakes
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Radio Marti
Cuba
U.S
House Appropriations Committee
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