Phantom taxes charged by Carolinas utilities spark protest
A coalition accuses CP&L Duke Power and SCE&G of collecting hundreds of millions in phantom federal taxes in 1981 and over 3.7 billion nationwide. The groups urge Congress to end the practice, while utility officials defend the charges as proper and longstanding.
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Columpta
Carolinas
Duke Power
Sce&g
Michael Lowe
Palmetto Alliance
Charlotte
N.C
North Carolina
South Carolina
The
Foundation
Elisa Wolper
N.C. People’s Alliance
Betsy Levitas
Carolina Environmental Study Group
Ms. Levitas
Budget compromise calls for 1984 increases despite veto threat
Negotiators reach a compromise 859 billion dollar 1984 budget with 73 billion in tax hikes over three years and 268.6 billion in new military spending. President Reagan vows to veto any tax hikes and warns of battles with Congress as House Republicans oppose the plan. The measure faces hurdles in both chambers amid cross party discord and looming fiscal deadlines.
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Washington
House
Senate
Reagan
Congress
Vinee Reagan
Pete V. Domenici
R-N.m
Senate Budget Committee
Pope John Paul II Blesses Poland Workers in Wroclaw Mass
In Wroclaw, Poland the pope blessed the thirst for justice of workers and Solidarity supporters as about one million attended the mass at Hippodrome. Police maintained order while authorities limit political display to one banner reading Wroclaw Solidarity during the religious service.
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Wroclaw
Poland
John Paul II
Solidarity
Wroclaw Solidarity
Space Pharmacy Experiments May Lead To Disease Cures
Cape Canaveral reports space pharmacy experiments aboard Challenger as astronauts run pharmacological samples that could yield new treatments. Ground rehearsals for Friday's Florida landing proceed while Mission Control notes weather concerns and hopeful omen for clear dawn conditions.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Challenger
Florida
NASA
Orlando
Cape
Mission Control
N C Lt Gov Green Accused Of Conspiring To Receive Bribe
Raleigh AP Jimmy Green, North Carolina lieutenant governor, is accused in an indictment of taking a $2000 bribe from an undercover FBI agent and conspiring to receive $10000 monthly. Howard Watts, a Clarkton businessman, is named alongside Green in the bribery scheme involving a Detroit investor seeking a liquor license. The Wake County grand jury handed up the indictment, tying Green to a potential 1984 gubernatorial bid.
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N.C
Green
Raleigh
Jimmy Green
FBI
Clarkton
Howard F. Watts
Robert Drdak
Detroit
Wake County
Supreme Court to hear Edgefield elections case
The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on whether Edgefield County at large council elections can continue. The case dates back nine years with Tom McCain, Edgefield Democratic chairman, praising the court's review after suing since 1974. No argument date is set.
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Supreme Court
Edgefield Elections
Greenville
U.S. Supreme Court
Edgefield County
Edgefield
Tom McCain
McCain
Columbia
Herb Buhl
Woman A Living Lab Provides NASA Data on Body Temperature
Marcia Cates, 42, has a rare condition causing extreme temperature fluctuations with no awareness. Sensors monitor her physiology and feed data to NASA Ames researchers to study desynchronosis relevant to future space shuttle missions.
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Chatham
Marcia Cates
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Marcia
Williams
Corvallis
Ore
Environmental Protection Agency
Cates
Aerobics Becomes A Hit From White House To Georgetown
In New York City a growing fitness trend sweeps through gyms and church halls with six million Americans doing aerobic dance workouts. Nancy Reagan staffers join weekly sessions, while Harold Brown tried it but prefers swimming. Lisa Doblong teaches at Saga Club in Georgetown and leads sessions for prominent Washingtonians.
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New York
Washington State Women’s Prison
Nancy Reagan
Defense
Harold Brown
Nancy Mukamal
Manhattan
Upper East Side
Jacki Sorensen
Sorensen
Puerto Rico
Kenneth Cooper
New Jersey
Jane Fonda
New York Times
C. Carson Conrad
President’s Council On Physical Fitness and Sports
Conrad
Dodie Kazanjian
Lisa Doblong
Saga Club
Washington
Georgetown
Brown
Ms. Doblong
Coco Leaves Broadway After Wrenching Injury
James Coco, 53, injured a leg during a wrestling scene at the Plymouth Theatre in a Broadway revival of You Can’t Take It With You. Understudy Page Johnson performed the Sunday matinee as Ellis Rabb prepares to take over for a three week engagement.
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James Coco
Coco
Plymouth Theater
Keith Sherman
Page Johnson
Ellis Rabb
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