Word: moratorium
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Residents of the affected islands in Micronesia have called for compensation for the damages caused for testing and have asked President Reagan to declare a moratorium on testing missiles at Kwajalein Atoll. To date, nothing has come of the discussions...
...threat came from an unusual alliance between two Senators who are normally opposed on oil issues. Louisiana's J. Bennett Johnston, who proudly calls himself "a friend of oil," and Ohio's Howard Metzenbaum, a persistent industry critic, united behind a bill to impose a six-month moratorium on acquisitions by the 50 largest oil companies. Because the measure would be retroactive, it could put on hold both the Socal-Gulf and Mobil-Superior deals...
...launched a counterattack. At a congressional hearing last week, oil company executives denounced the measure. Said Gulf Chairman James E. Lee: "The moratorium would be devastating for Gulf. It would put us in limbo." Added Socal's Keller: "It would be a case of trying to solve a nonproblem with a sledgehammer." Mobil's Tavoulareas sent telegrams to all 535 members of Congress urging that Mobil's purchase of Superior Oil not be stopped...
...death, some Soviets have privately hinted that a freeze on the further installation of new U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe (a total of 572 are scheduled to be deployed by the end of 1988) might help get talks going again. But Reagan ruled that out last week. A moratorium, he said, "would be a retreat, and it would not do anything to speed up negotiations if we now fell back and delayed deploying...
Presidential candidate George S. McGovern yesterday reiterated his commitment to establishing a unilateral moratorium on nuclear weapons, and called for an immediate halt to all U.S. military operations in Central America...