Word: florida
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Even so, the Reagan Administration can claim some victories, notably in starting to control the growth of trafficking in the cocaine corridor of Florida and the Caribbean. "We are having a major impact on the supply side," declares John Lawn, chief of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration. The South Florida Task Force, launched by President Reagan in March 1982 and headed by Vice President Bush, has brought more personnel and high-tech gear to the task. AWACS-type aircraft and three tethered balloons --soon to be eight--provide radar to help authorities keep track of nearly every plane and ship...
...show of force in South Florida has resulted in much faster growth of the smuggling business at other border crossings and landing strips from San Diego to Portland, Me. Smugglers' jets equipped with long-range fuel tanks now bypass Florida's notorious narcs and land instead in South Carolina, Tennessee or even New York's Long Island, which puts the product only a few miles from Manhattan's penthouses and discos. The influx has prompted New York Governor Mario Cuomo to assign 200 more officers to drug-enforcement squads...
Young, who urges that all future shuttle landings should be at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., says in his memo that the weather, runway surface and water surrounding the Kennedy Space Center all make the Florida site dangerous...
Another potential problem is that the Government could challenge the merger on antitrust grounds. New York Air and Eastern are currently direct competitors on heavily traveled routes from New York to Boston, Washington, and Florida cities. While the Justice Department is studying the deal, other airlines could come forward to top Texas Air's bid. Says Robert Joedicke, an airline analyst for the Shearson Lehman Bros. investment firm: "The merger is not a fait accompli yet. A lot of things can happen...
...University of Florida in Gainesville, members from all 50 of the school's flourishing fraternities and sororities ran marathons for money and shook tin cups until they raised some $10,000 for the Stop Children's Cancer Fund...