Voyager 2 closes in on Saturn for last detailed look
Washington AP reports Voyager 2 nears Saturn for an Aug 25 close approach with higher resolution images and new data. At 950 million miles from Earth traveling 35,000 mph, the mission aims to study rings and moons more deeply than Voyager 1, with potential follow-ons to Uranus in 1986 and Neptune in 1989.
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Reagan Support Grows for Handling of Air Traffic Strike
AP NBC poll of 1601 adults shows 64 percent approve Reagan’s handling of the air traffic controllers strike while 66 percent say controllers should not strike. The survey notes broad opposition by workers to strikes and highlights ongoing federal action to replace striking controllers.
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Drew Lewis
Federal Aviation Administration
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Reagan predicts larger deficits after tax cuts ahead
President Reagan warned deficits may exceed earlier estimates after signing tax and budget reductions. He projected a sagging economy for months, expected interest rates to ease by year end, and said further cuts would be needed to balance the federal budget by 1984.
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Reagan
Nixon settles Pentagon lawsuit with whistle blower payment
Nixon paid Ernest Fitzgerald 144000 with a possible 34000 more to drop a 3.5 million damage suit. Morton Halperin says the payments affect his own suit over illegal wiretaps from 1969 71. Fitzgerald criticized the move saying Nixon bought his way out of a trial.
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Justice Dept seeks Abscam bribe funds recovery
The Justice Department plans civil suits to recover about 200000 dollars in Abscam bribes paid by undercover agents. Sentences were handed to six former congressmen and officials, including John Murphy and Michael Myers each with 20000 dollar fines and three-year terms, Frank Thompson Jr receiving 15 years, and Angelo Errichetti six years plus 40000 dollars in fines.
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John Murphy
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Michael Myers
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Raymond Lederer
Frank Thompson Jr
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Pratt
Camden
N.J
Angelo Errichetti
NASA finds fluorocarbons eroding Earth's ozone layer
NASA researchers analyzing data from two satellites report about a 4 percent drop in ozone at 24 miles altitude, signaling early evidence of fluorocarbons depleting the ozone shield. The finding, not yet peer reviewed, could affect UV exposure and climate patterns, NASA officials warn.
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Shelby Tilford
Washington
Tilford
Deacon on trial in slave labor and forced marriage case
A jury weighs charges against Jimmy Conyers a church deacon accused of holding eight teenagers in involuntary servitude from 1974 to 1978 and forcing marriages and unpaid labor. Testimony says youths were controlled through beatings fear and religious pressure within the Church of God and True Holiness, with mothers involved and funds taken from victims. The case links to leaders Robert Allan Carr and the Cains, already pleaded guilty in related counts.
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Allen
Conyer
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