Plane Carrying $12 Million In Gold Forced Down In Macedon
A twin engine Britten Norman air craft carrying almost $12 million in gold bars made an emergency landing in a Macedon wheat field Wayne County. Sheriff deputies and local police guarded the craft for about three hours while the gold was moved to an armored car and taken to a Rochester bank. Pilot Joel Heil and courier Steve Marrone were uninjured. The plane owned by Colonial Airlines Inc was en route from Providence Rhode Island to Toronto. Police declined to identify the cargo until transfer.
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Macedon
UPI
Sheriff's Deputies
Wayne County
Joel Heil
Sandown
Steve Marrone
Cranston
R.I
Proviedence
R.1
Toronto
Colonial Airlines Inc
Manchester
N.H
Rochester
Macedon Police
Gordon Chapple
Begin Tells of Self-Defense After Israeli Raid on Iraqi Reactor
Begin said the 600 mile strike used American supplied planes and that the reactor destruction was an act of supreme legitimate self defense. He warned Iraq could deploy multiple 20 kiloton bombs and warned of massive casualties. Israel’s chief of staff Eytan said Iraq could retaliate and Israel would prepare. Western and Arab diplomats doubted oil embargos would succeed without Saudi involvement.
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Dan
Begin
United States
Egypt
Raphael Eytan
Israel
Iraq
Washington
Reagan
Noa
Pentagon
Henry Catto
State Department
Arab League
Baghdad
Middle East
Saudi Arabia
Mine Builders Picket Across Five States In Strike
Thousands of coal mine construction workers walk off the job in a 71,000 strong walkout across five states West Virginia Ohio Pennsylvania Alabama and Illinois. Pickets disrupted operations while talks in Washington recessed as contractors requested time to research issues. Union leaders warn of brother fighting brother amid renewed job security and wage disputes.
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Washington
Association of
Tom Toler
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Illinois
Toler
UMW Construction Local
Charleston
Washington, D.C
Oil Embargo Threat Spurs Price Cut by Scallop Corp
Scallop Corp, partner of Royal Dutch Shell, reduced heavy fuel oil prices by 2.50 to 3.00 dollars per barrel after Exxon’s move. Prices now range 25.50 to 33.90 dollars per barrel, with analysts skeptical of Kuwaiti assembly threats and Saudi adherence. US likely to endure a month or more as crude and refined product stocks run 44 days above normal.
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Scallop Corp
Royal Dutch Shell Group
Exxon Corp
Scallop
Exxon
Persian Gulf
Saudi Arabia
United States
Israel
Reagan lags in pledge to curb federal waste
Washington reports that Edwin L. Harper says waste, fraud and abuse in fiscal 1981 will total under one billion dollars, far below Reagan’s ten percent budget-cut pledge. Harper cites pervasive waste and notes a $2.1 million misused grant case as example, stressing tougher internal controls and penalties.
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Washington
Carter
White House
Edwin L. Harper
Office of Management and Budget
Harper
Congress
OMB
Domestic Council
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Federal
Small Business Administration
SBA
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Wallace International
Kirk-Stehff
Oneida
Boardman
Saxony
Richmark
E.genesee St
Whitehouse
Whitehouse Furniture
W. Salle
Helene Curtis
Uniperm
Norther Lights
Marine Midland
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Haneng
Erie Blvd
W. Genesee ST
Thompson Rd
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