Drillers may go to China could affect Odessa workers
Two U.S. firms Atlantic Richfield Co and Santa Fe International signed exploration pacts with China National Offshore Oil Corp to cooperate on drilling. Odessa based Santa Fe Drilling may provide workers for rigs in China if assignments arise, while ARCO and Santa Fe pursue broader international drilling coordination.
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U.S
China
Permian
Atlantic Richfield Co
Santa Fe International Inc
China National Offshore Oil Corp
Peking
ARCO
Raymond Parr
Mike Thompson
Odessa
Sante Fe Drilling
Ted Armstrong
Santa Fe International
Alhambra
Calif
Armstrong
Negotiations Resume as Rail Strike Looms
Negotiators for railroads and unions returned to face to face talks under the threat of government intervention after a day old nationwide strike began seven hours earlier. Federal mediators met separately with both sides as the hour grew late with exhausted participants unable to advance.
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Washington
Amtrak
Robert Harris
National Mediation Board
William Wanke
Strike slows rail service in Odessa as engineers picket
Striking engineers walked a picket line in front of Odessa's Missouri Pacific yard while supervisors rushed to keep essential freight moving for major local industries. Seventeen Union Missouri Pacific employees joined the protest, leaving few managers to run the station. Trainmaster Ray Hanfeld and Terminal Manager R D Gulley warned only a quick settlement could restore normal operations. Ostensibly, Texas?
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Sheila Welsh
Odessa
Missouri-Pacific
Union Missouri- Pacific
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Ray Hanfeld
R.D. Gulley
Hanfeld
Dallas
Gulley
M 1 Abrams shows poor reliability in Fort Hood tests
Declassified Army data from OT III at Fort Hood Texas shows only 21 of 41 M 1 Abrams tanks ready after five days. Critics led by Dina Rasor warn the turbine powered tank remains unreliable and hard to maintain despite Army fixes and promises to buy 7058 units for 19 billion dollars.
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Bruce Ingersoll
Chicago Sun-Times
Washington
Army
Fort Hood
Texas
Dina Rasor
Congress
Rasor
Fort Knox
General Accounting Office
Rightist group claims carnage in Lebanon camps
Associated Press reports Red Cross workers found 90 bloated bodies at a mass grave in two refugee camps in Lebanon where civilians allegedly were killed by Christian militias. A shadowy group claimed responsibility, while Israel rejected blame as a blood libel. Tel Aviv papers said Israel knew and did little for 36 hours.
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Farouk Nassar
Associated Press
Beirut
Lebanon
Red Cross
Israel
Tel Aviv
An-Nahar
Front For the Liberation of
Sabra
Chatilla
Reagan weighs Beirut task force options
President Reagan and top foreign policy advisers discussed U S options after the Lebanon massacre. Potential moves include deploying Marines back to Beirut as part of a multinational force or shifting UN peacekeeping forces and increasing observers. Spokesmen noted no decision yet and emphasized ongoing deliberations.
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Washington
Reagan
Lebanon
U.S
Beirut
White House
U.N
Mort Allin
Larry Speakes
George P. Shultz
Speakes
Sion
Menachem Begin
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