Bolivian climbers reach crash site of Eastern jet
Bolivian team ascends 21000 feet in heavy snow to the Simant One high peak and reports no survivors aboard the Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 crashed near La Paz. They confirm wreckage visibility and identify Americans among the 29 aboard while weather hampers retrieval efforts.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Eastern Airlines
Thuam Mountain
Asuncion
Paraguay
Simant
US Air Force
McGuire Air Force Base
Washington, DC
Felix Forestiers
Marian Days
Arthur Davis
William Kelly
Peace Corps
Jonathan Watson
Eastern
Larry Campbell
Kenneth Rhodes
Mark Bird
Miami
JB Loseth
Haywood H Hargrove Jr
Houston
Airlines
Paula Musto
Miam
U.S
Royce Fichte
Musto
U.S. Air Force
Glenn Parsons
Clairton Faces Budget Crisis as US Steel Cuts Hit City
Clairton struggles after US Steel reduces its payroll from 5,400 to 1,200, slashing $285 million in municipal taxes and forcing layoffs in police and city services. The city replaced its fire department with volunteers to save costs, but residents voted to keep full time protection. Mayor Pastore remains hopeful as the mill plans three new batteries and 200 hires, supported by commuter tax payments.
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Clairton
US Steel
Mocomo Utd
le Monongahela Valley
Daniel Pastore
Faith group vies for change amid plant layoffs
The Rev Garrett Dorsey of St Stephen Roman Catholic Church leads a pragmatic push with the Network and DMS to spotlight joblessness in the Pittsburgh area. They staged protests at Mellon Bank and a church, while calls grow for a Steel Valley Authority to broker plant deals, halt demolitions, or take over mills.
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Garrett Dorsey
St Stephen Roman Catholic Church
Rotary Clubs
DMS
Mellon
Clairton
Douglas Roth
Pittsburgh
Tri-State
Steel Valley Authority
Dorsey
Chernenko says USSR ready for urgent arms talks
President Chernenko told reporters the Soviet Union is prepared for urgent and effective measures to curb the arms race and urged the United States to adopt Soviet proposals for a nuclear arms freeze and a formal superpower agreement renouncing first use. He noted talks begin in Geneva with Gromyko and Shultz to set subjects and goals for future negotiations.
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Moscow
Konstantin U Chernenko
Soviet Union
United States
Chernenko
Geneva
Tass
Cochairmen
Churches of Christ
Avery Post
Karoly Toth
Hungary
Andrei A Gromyko
George P. Shultz
Yuri Zhukov
Communist Party
Pravda
VA boss seeks health care law s repeal
VA Administrator Harry Walters calls for repeal or revision of the law granting free VA medical care to all veterans at 65 and older. He argues the swelling veteran population and fairness require reconsideration, with means testing tightening for under 65s and non service connected care. Walters cites potential impact and plans to seek feedback from Legion and VFW groups before final rules.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Congress
Harry Walters
Walters
Robert Nimmo
Auto industry rides crest into 1985 with profit forecast
The US auto industry recovers from 1982 plunge with Detroit 1984 sales the best since 1979. Industry expects a record $10 billion profit in 1984 and cautious 1985 gains. Analysts warn a new recession could arrive by 1986 or 1987 as Ford projects a modest 1985 uptick and a plateau in demand.
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Detroit
David Healy
Wall Street
Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc
Ford Motor Co
Philip Benton
Benton
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Loran County Printing 4 Publishing Company
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Carer
Chronicle-Telegram
East Ave
Elyria
Lorain
Cleveland
Gromyko and Shultz
the Chronicle Telegram
PO Bay
Ohio
Wassid
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
ROT Acta
Michamps
Bastogne
Ardennes
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Britain
Bernard L. Montgomery
Germany
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