California Leads Way in Methanol Oil Alternative
California energy officials cite methanol as a path to energy independence as Arco and Chevron plan expanded methanol fuel use. The state has already logged 12 million miles with methanol vehicles and aims for 100000 methanol cars by 1992, backed by flexible-fuel designs from Ford GM and Chrysler.
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Energy Commission
Commission
Arco
Chevron
Ohio
State Air Resources Board
United States
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
General Motors
Chyrsler
Celeste Believed Likely to Skip Presidential Run
Washington reports Ohio figures question Gov. Richard F. Celeste as a possible presidential candidate after Hart’s exit. Tim Hagan Ed Feighan and Cleveland Democrats signal weakness by backing John Glenn or Mondale in 1984.
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Ohio
Richard F. Celeste
Gary Hart
Celeste
Cuyahoga County
Tim Hagan
Hagen
Ed Feighan
Cleveland
Hagan
Walter F. Mondale
Who uses Swiss banks according to a hearing on the Tran Contra affair
The article recounts Sen Daniel Inouye asking about Swiss bank accounts and explains three main user groups. It cites a former Senate Subcommittee associate counsel who described numbered accounts as useful for tax avoidance, arbitrage, and notably for American politicians to hide funds. He warns of dangers of the shoebox method and hints at political entanglements.
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Howard Baker
White House
William E. Dannemeyer
California
Baker
House
Robert Michel
Daniel Inouye
Hawaii
Robert McFarlane
Inouye
Tran
Geneva
Oliver North
Richard Secord
Congress
Sen. Inonye
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Soviet Union
New York
Alcohol and Breast Cancer Risk Unveiled in Recent Studies
Opinion asserts alcohol doubles or more breast cancer risk for women based on 16th and 17th studies confirming earlier results. The piece condemns alcohol as addictive poison, links even small daily amounts to cancer, liver and brain damage, and urges acknowledgment of alcohol’s harms beyond heart benefits.
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Chateau Lafite-Rothschild
Do Americans accept burden of empire
A columnist argues about Americans bearing an imperial burden amid Gulf tensions and attacks on US forces. It recalls USS Stark, USS Liberty, and Beirut losses, and questions if the United States truly wants global empire responsibilities and influence in the Gulf and Iran-Iraq war context.
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British Imperial War Museum
London
Stark
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Liberty
Kuwait
Iraq
Iran
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