Rome man says missile at Griffiss won’t change life
A Rome resident near Griffiss Air Force Base comments that the new cruise missile does not alter daily life despite a ribbon cutting and protests. Demonstrators warn of greater nuclear risk, while officials tout deterrence as a road to peace. The event included speeches and mixed attendance as residents reacted to the milestone.
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Griffiss Air Force Base
Hank Lavarnway
Plaza
Lavarnway
Griffiss
Physicians For Social Responsibility
Redlener
Soviet Union
America
Clear and cold tonight with light winds at Hancock Airport
A National Weather Service forecaster says it will be mainly clear and cold tonight with a low of 10 to 15 degrees. Tomorrow should be mostly sunny with a high near 32. The outlook shows snow or rain Sunday, then a chance of flurries Monday and Tuesday, with lows in the 20s and highs in the 30s.
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National Weather Service
Hancock Airport
Lottery Winners and Oil Prices in Brief News
ALBANY AP reports the daily numbers draw winner with Win Four 630. In West Virginia, a missing medical evacuation helicopter remains lost as helicopters and a C 130 search remote mountains during poor weather for Alfred Shahan and two others bound for Charleston. Vienna AP notes OPEC Monitor says prices will not drop as UAE oil minister Mana Otaiba speaks at a committee meeting opening.
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W.va
UPI
National Guard
Charleston
West Virginia
Bill Stone
Carlos Dillon
Alfred Shahan
Parsons
Vienna
Austria
OPEC
Mana Saeed Otaiba
United Arab Emirates
B 52 crash prompts call for maintenance probe
Sacramento congressman urges investigation into B 52 maintenance after nine crewmen die when the bomber crashes into a muddy cow pasture just 18 days after another aging plane burned at the end of a runway. Air Force says Mather Base officials were in the dark about the accident as witnesses say the pilot tried to avoid populated areas.
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Sacramento
Calif
Air Force
Louis Figueroa
Mather Air Force Base
Doctor slain at hospital in Houston shooting
Dr. Fred G. Conrad, 52, vice president for patient care at M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, was shot dead in his first floor office between 6:30 and 7:00 a.m. Hospitals and police described the violence as unprecedented on their property. Police circulated a composite image as they investigated motives and any possible suspects.
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Houston
M.D. Anderson Hospital
Tumor Institute
Fred G. Conrad
Joan Chinn
Steve Stuyck
Conrad
Stuyck
Bus Stuck With Chilton County Girls Team Found In Mud
Police and parents searched through the night for a bus carrying Chilton County High School girls basketball team after it failed to reach a game in Weoguska. The bus from Clanton was found at 7 a.m. near Kelley's Crossroads, stuck in mud after heavy rains. 11 girls and Coach Lamar Cost were unharmed.
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Clanton
Ala
Roy Smith
Alabama Department of Public Safety
Kelley’s Crossroads
Alabama
Weoguska
Chi
Stopgap spending fight looms as Senate debates last minute bill
In a 24 hour plus session the Senate pressed to finish a stopgap funding bill vital to avoid a government shutdown. House Speaker O Neill warned Reagan would veto any measure with a jobs program, citing a $1.2 billion plan. He doubted veto override and hinted Congress may stay in session next week to seek a compromise before midnight.
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Senate
House
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Reagan
O'Neill
James Baker
Congress
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