Waste cleanup may take 50 years and cost $100 billion
The OTA report to Congress says cleaning up abandoned toxic waste dumps could take about 50 years and cost roughly $100 billion, advising EPA to focus on preventing deterioration at 90 percent of priority sites for now. Long-term tech gains and data gathering should guide future efforts.
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Congress
Office of Technology Assessment
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
General Accounting Office
William N. Hedeman Jr
OTA
Hedeman
Senate Environment Committee
House
Senate
Reagan Declares Health Fine After Comprehensive Checkup
President Reagan, 74, says he is just fine after a three hour medical checkup at Bethesda Naval Hospital. Doctors will release test results early next week, while Nancy Reagan rates his health as 11 on a 1 to 10 scale. Reagan and his wife then went to Camp David for the weekend, with crowds watching and officials calling him healthy as a horse.
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Reagan
Nancy Reagan
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Maryland
Camp David
Lucky
Reagans
White House
Larry Speakes
Tax study backs Reaganomics as upper earners rise
An IRS report shows the number of Americans earning over 75,000 dollars a year rose 50 percent since 1980 and their share of federal income taxes climbed to 25.6 percent in 1983 from 20.5 percent in 1980, while overall tax burdens shifted. Analysts note inflation and growth influence the rise, with Democrats calling the cuts unfair to lower earners.
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Washington
Reagan
Internal Revenue Service
Chris Frenze
Congress
Joint Economic Committee
Rachelle Bernstein
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Japan urged to open telecom markets or face U.S. retaliation
Washington lawmakers press for Japan to grant market access for U.S. telecom firms ahead of April 1 regulatory changes. Sen. John Danforth warns action may come if talks fail, while Commerce official Lionel Olivier notes Japan’s chance to open the market but signals continued barriers.
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Washington
Japan
U.S
John Danforth
Rmo
Senate Subcommittee On International Trade
Lionel Olivier
Defense contracts crackdown sparks GOP critique and probes
Rep. Jack Brooks assails Pentagon crackdowns as cosmetic while Defense Secretary Weinberger cuts 40 million of 700 million in monthly payments to General Dynamics amid probes into improper billings. Boeing faces political contribution scrutiny as General Dynamics defends practices and audit probes flag 4.5 million in 1982 public relations billings.
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Jack Brooks
D-Texas
House
Government Operations Committee
Brooks
Defense
Caspar W. Weinberger
Congress
Pentagon
Weinberger
General Dynamics
Testi
Boeing Co
Boeing
David S. Lewis
Defense Contract Audit Agency
Barlow
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