News stories from Sunday February 28, 1982

Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:

A reversal of an outright ban on burying drums of hazardous liquid wastes at waste disposal landfills and permit such sites to fill up to 25 percent of their capacity with toxic liquids is proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency. The agency also said it is suspending the ban for 90 days while comments are heard, permitting any hazardous liquids in barrels to be dumped at the landfills. [New York Times] Ford employees traded concessions in wages and benefits for assurances of increased job security in a new labor contract they overwhelmingly approved. This was the first time in the history of the automobile industry that union members made such concessions. The new agreement becomes effective Monday and lasts until Sept. 14, 1984. In return, Ford has promised to share profits, not to close any plants as a result of shifting work to outside suppliers for two years and to guarantee an income until retirement for workers with over 15 years' seniority who are laid off. [New York Times] The disbanding of a special panel in Atlanta that worked with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in attempting to solve the slayings of 28 young blacks in Atlanta is expected to come this week, after the conviction of Wayne Williams Saturday of charges that he murdered two of them. The inquiry panel and the F.B.I. reportedly linked Mr. Williams to at least 24 of the slayings. [New York Times] At least four bombs exploded in Wall Street, damaging both the New York and American Stock Exchanges and the Merrill, Lynch and Chase Manhattan Bank buildings. Damage to the buildings was light. A caller told the Associated Press where a communique from the F.A.L.N., a Puerto Rican nationalist group, could be found. [New York Times] An Irish arms-buying group has been broken up, according to federal immigration officials. In the past two months, seven men connected with the Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army have been arrested as they tried to cross illegally from Canada to the United States. The group had been sneaking its members into the United States to purchase weapons for shipment to Dublin and Belfast, authorities said. [New York Times] Jordan will request U.S. arms sales, King Hussein said. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger said that the Reagan administration was considering the request, which is for advanced weapons. King Hussein said the request will be presented to the United States at a meeting of the joint military commission, set up in 1974 in an effort to improve military relations between the two countries. [New York Times] El Salvador's election next month is regarded gloomily by President Reagan's senior advisers. They are also doubtful about the ability of the Salvadoran government to achieve a military victory over the rebels. Administration officials said President Reagan had been receiving increasingly pessimisitic reports that the guerrillas would succeed in reducing participation in the March 28 election by threats and confiscatng voter identification cards at gunpoint. [New York Times] Central America's problems are being exaggerated by the international press and by some United States politicians, the President of El Salvador's junta, Jose Napoleon Duarte said in an interview. He said the international attention is harming the "little countries," including Nicaragua and El Salvador. He also said that if his Christian Democrats win the March 23 elections they will not negotiate with the "extreme left" or the "extreme right" over a share of the power. [New York Times] The first face-to-face talks between the Polish leader, Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, and Soviet officials are scheduled tomorrow in Moscow. The Polish leader's visit was announced by the official Soviet press agency Tass, which said that "the Soviet people" were confident the visit would "facilitate further consolidation" of the ties between the two countries. [New York Times] Israel will not extend an invitation to President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt if he refuses to include Jerusalem in his itinerary. The cabinet decision reflected the deepening concern in the government over the direction being taken by Egyptian policy as Israeli withdrawal from Sinai approaches. President Mubarak is reported to have expressed reluctance to visit Jerusalem during his prospective visit to Israel in March. [New York Times]