Winter storms sweep West while floods threaten Deep South
A West snowstorm slows parts of Arizona New Mexico sees higher elevations warned. Mississippi Louisiana flood areas scarce rain. 2 600 displaced 375 rescued. Records show deaths across several states amid storms from Christmas Eve. Calcasieu River forecasts crest and Louisiana declares disaster in 15 parishes.
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Judy Gibbs
Associated Press
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Cleveland
National Weather Service
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Miss
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Colorado
Nevada
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England
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Hereford
Texas Panhandle
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Calcasieu
Lake Charles
Dave Treen
Nebraska
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Utah
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Kentucky
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Iowa
Excise Tax Increase Hits Telephone Bills in 1983
Washington AP reports that starting January 1 all telephone customers will pay a 3 percent excise tax, up from 1 percent, adding about 1.3 billion dollars in government revenue next year. AT&T and USITA estimate total collections reach 1.9 billion in 1983, applying to local and long distance service.
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Washington
Congress
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
United States Independent Telephone Association
Uncle Sam
At&t
Pic Wagner
Hank Wieland
USITA
Soviet attack on Pope John Paul II cited by Tass
Tass blasts Pope John Paul II as a rigid anti communist figure cloaked in prayer. The article accuses the Vatican and Catholic Church of subversion in Poland and Eastern bloc nations, alleging use of religion to push anti-communist propaganda and noting Vatican influence on Eastern Europe through propaganda specialists.
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Soviet Union
John Paul II
Tass
Roman Catholic Church
Poland
Vatican
Political Self-Education
Communist Party Central Committee
United States
St. Peter
Pope
Communist Party
Independent
Solidarity Union
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Walesa
Political-Journal
Mallory Pleads Guilty in Embezzlement Case
Mallory pleads guilty to theft and forgery counts stemming from 1980–81 embezzlement of about $39,000. The plea avoids potential heavy penalties under a Supreme Court ruling allowing guilty pleas while professing innocence. Probation or prison will be decided by Judge Jones with restitution due by parole or probation expiry.
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Bennett
Mallory
Latimer
Supreme Court
North Carolina
Alfred
Carol
Jones
Kansas
Environmentalists Claim Utilities Overbuild Power Plants
Environmental Action Foundation says 175 plants remain under construction or on order, driving $9.5 billion in rate increases to consumers. The group argues overbuilding penalizes energy savers while Edison Electric Institute notes demand fell 2.7 percent from 1981 and DOE reports a large surplus capacity.
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Washington
Environmental Action Foundation
Richard Morgan
The
Foundation
Edison Electric Institute
North American Electric Reliability Council
Department of Energy
Richard Braatz
Electric Institute
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