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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1981

Page

8

Viet vets urge US help to search for missing in Vietnam

Four Vietnam War veterans meeting Hanoi officials urged Vietnam to invite US personnel to assist in locating the 2,500 missing Americans. They argued such aid could ease tensions and improve relations, despite hostile village attitudes and Vietnam’s denial of POWs alive.

New York Times Hanoi Vietnam United States Southeast Asia Robert O. Muller Vietnam Veterans of America Laos Cambodia Reagan Administration Vo Hoang Hoang Muller Michael Harbert Air Force Tom Bird 1St Air Cavalry Division John Terzano Navy Ho Chi Minh

Illinois man rams gate at White House

Walter H. Witwer, 21, of Grayslake Illinois, is held on destruction of government property charges after ramming his car into the northeast gate of the White House. He was arrested by U S Park Police and treated at George Washington University Hospital for minor injuries.

Illinois White House Walter H. Witwer Grayslake Executive Mansion Secret Service Dick Hartwig Witwer U.S. Park George Washington University Hospital Hartwig

CPSC probes Federal Pacific circuit breakers over safety issue

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigating potentially unsafe home circuit breakers made by Federal Pacific Electric, now owned by Reliance Electric after Exxon buyout. Documents are confidential at Reliance’s request. a related lawsuit accuses UV Industries of fraud and deceptive practices in the sale.

Washington Exxon Corp Consumer Product Safety Commission Federal Pacific Electric Company Lou Brett Federal Pacific Reliance Electric Company Exxon Brett Commission Reliance CPSC Eric Stone Congress U.S. District Court Cleveland UV Industries Underwriters Laboratories, Inc Underwriters Laboratories

Employment tops inflation as main worry in AP-NBC poll

The AP-NBC News poll shows unemployment now the public’s chief economic worry, with 41 percent naming it as the top problem for government action in the next three years. Inflation follows at 29 percent, with 24 percent citing high interest rates.

New York Associated Press NBC News Reagan Ap-Nbc News

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