Pope urges Poland to reinstate labor pacts and reform
In Warsaw Pope John Paul II pressed Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski to restore the August 1980 labor agreements that birthed Solidarity. Large protests followed, with over 50,000 marching past the Communist Party HQ as martial law persisted and Western sanctions loomed.
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Warsaw
John Paul II
Solidarity
Union
Lech Walesa
Communist Party
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Belvedere Palace
Gdansk
Walesa
United States
Jaruzelski
John Paul
Europe
Americas
United States of America
Paul
St. John’s Cathedral
Senate approves 15 percent pay raise for members
The Senate voted 49 to 47 to raise its salary from 60 662 to 69 800 aligning with House pay. Chief sponsor Sen Henry Jackson says reforms should also limit earnings from speeches, aiming to balance Congress members homes in Washington and their states.
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Washington
Senate
House
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Congress
Blue Laws Relaxed in South Carolina Signatures
South Carolina Gov. Dick Riley signed legislation ending a 300 year old blue law regime to permit Sunday funerals and cultural events and raise Sunday retail limits. The measure also grants the governor emergency inmate release powers during prison overcrowding and immediately changes what may be sold on Sundays.
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Columbia
Dick Riley
South Carolina
Bar Commends Legislature on Intermediate Appeals Court
The South Carolina Bar praises the General Assembly for starting an intermediate court of appeals to ease the Supreme Court backlog but criticizes the law’s adopted method for rules of practice and procedure. A separate resolution denounces the rule making authority section and calls for amendments.
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Savannah
South Carolina
General Assembly
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Bar
House of Delegates
Appeals Court
Supreme Court
Senate votes to repeal tax withholding law delaying start
Washington AP The Treasury delays July 1 withholding of taxes on interest and dividends for one month as Congress moves to repeal the nine month old law. Senate 86 to 4 votes to end withholding and tighten penalties and reporting to catch up to 20 million tax filers. The substitute would raise about 4.9 billion instead of 13.4 billion over five years, with most funds going to IRS to bolster enforcement.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Congress
Senate
Internal Revenue Service
House committee shifts tax cut rules ahead of July pay
The House Ways and Means Committee voted 18 to 15 to cap this year’s tax cut, affecting about 8.1 million filers. Joint filers would receive up to 720 dollars, singles up to 637, as Reagan opposes the measure amid an election fundraiser.
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Senate
House
Ways and Means Committee
Reagan
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Doctor Says Transplants Superior to Artificial Hearts Now
Dr William C Devries, head of the team that implanted Barney Clark's artificial heart, favors heart transplants due to donor limits and tethering to machines. He noted future fully implantable devices may complement, not replace, transplantation.
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Charleston
Barney Clark
William C. Devries
Clark
Medical University of
South Carolina
Fred Crawford
MUSC
DeVries
University of Utah
Institutional Review Board
FDA
Extra Aid For Peach Farmers Sought In South Carolina
South Carolina lawmakers push federal help for frost battered peach growers. Rep. Campbell and Sen. Thurmond back legislation to provide direct emergency grants via ASCS, bypassing loan limits of FmHA. State officials report 340 peach farmers, 18 of 20 counties designated disaster areas, with peach yield projections dropping from 140 to about 120 million pounds.
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Greenville
South Carolina
Carroll Campbell
R-S.c
Strom Thurmond
S.C
John Spratt
Ds.c
Campbell
Spratt
Farmers Home Administration
Kline Cash
Spartanburg County
Cash
Peach Council and Promotion Board
Washington
Campbell, Thurmond
Federal Agricul
Ture
Fmha
Morris Monesson
W.K. Jordan
Thurmond
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
Dick Rile
Ridger Foster
Foster
House Appropriations Committee
S.C. Agricultural Experiment Station
Clemson University
Thatcher defends husband amid press criticism in interview
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher called Denis Thatcher "absolutely marvelous" and said the wounds from press attacks on him "don't matter so much" in a Barbara Walters interview on ABC. The retired oil executive has long been lampooned as a crusted Tory devoted to golf and private life.
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Margaret Thatcher
Denis
Barbara Walters
ABC
Aiken Standard Subscription Rates Announced
USPS rates show carrier and PBM prepaid options with three month, six month, and twelve month plans. Prices listed for mail subscriptions and all payments directed to Aiken Standard PBM Subscription.
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PBM
Aiken
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