Multimillion dollar push to back nuclear power policy
Rep Richard Ottinger accused a Department of Energy memo of detailing a multimillion dollar propaganda campaign to win support for nuclear power under Reagan. He cited plans for public appearances media training ghostwritten articles and sponsored studies and asked for explanations at a hearing.
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Washington
Energy Department
House Subcommittee
Richard Ottinger
D-N.y
House Energy Subcommittee
Internal Department
Shelby Brewer
Ottinger
Department
Hugh Sidey
George Will
William Buckley
James Reston
Carl Rowan
Warsaw raises prices as Solidarity urged to join talks
Poland's Communist Party plans price increases despite labor movement opposition and invites Solidarity to join a commission on food supplies and prices. Solidarity locals staged regional strikes in Piotrkow Trybunalski and Suwalki over the deteriorating food situation amid a cigarette price double. Government says fuel, power, heat, gas, sugar, milk and meat will rise by mid November.
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Warsaw
Poland
Communist Party
Independent Labor Movement
Solidarity
Independent Labor Federation
National Congress
Piotrkow Trybunalski
Suwalki
Reagan plan seeks 18 billion for wartime comms
The New York Times reports the Reagan administration aims to spend 18 billion over five years on strategic military communications to widen the United States’ capacity for nuclear war. Officials say the program would enable four possible responses, including retaliatory options and rapid satellite backups, with secure two way links and flexible targeting.
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New York Times
Reagan
United States
Richard D. DeLauer
Soviet Union
Thatcher slams American IRA supporters at London bombing scene
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher condemned American donors to the IRA after a nail bomb attack in London near Chelsea Barracks. She urged two Americans met at the hospital to tell supporters not to fund Noraid. The blast killed Nora Field and wounded 38, including 22 Irish Guards, as a bus neared Buckingham Palace.
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Margaret Thatcher
Irish Republican Army
England
Belfast
IRA
Robert Tassano
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