Budget Vote Sets Stage for Deficit Cuts and Social Security Freeze
The Senate Budget Committee backed an 18 to 4 vote to cut 79 billion from Reagan’s defense buildup over three years, proposing a one year real spending freeze. Leaders expect final budget action, with a pattern of across the board restraint including potential Social Security cuts.
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Washington
Senate Budget Committee
Reagan
Senate
Pentagon
Pete V. Domenici
R-N.m
Charles Grassley
R-Iowa
Grassley
Defense Department
Ernest F. Hollings
D-S.c
Defense
Hollings
Geneva
Thai jets strike hills near Cambodia border in Vietnam clash
Thai air force jets strafed three hilltops near the Cambodia border to flush out Vietnamese troops. Sixty Vietnamese soldiers were killed in the air strike and subsequent hill battle, as Thai forces sought to encircle Cambodian resistance headquarters tied to Prince Norodom Sihanouk.
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Aranyaprathet
Thailand
Cambodia
Naruedol Dejpradiyuth
Hanoi
Prince Norodom Sihanouk
Sihanouk
Pentagon Probes 40 Million Monthly Payments to General Dynamics
The Pentagon halts 40 million in monthly payments to General Dynamics while investigating alleged improper charges. Defense Secretary Weinberger says contractors use loopholes to add nonbeneficial costs such as club memberships and political contributions. He orders future contractor billings certified under penalty of perjury to include only government related expenses.
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Pentagon
General Dynamics Corp
Defense
Caspar W. Weinberger
National Security
Congress
Weinberger
General Dynamics
Peter K. Connolly
Witt Executed in Florida Electric Chair for 1973 Slaying
Former choirboy Johnny Paul Witt was put to death at 7 10 a m in Starke Florida for the killing and sexual assault of an 11 year old boy in Tampa on Oct 28 1973 Witt was the 12th inmate executed in Florida since 1976 and the 39th in the nation since then Co defendant Gary Tillman testifed against him and received life in prison Witt had one visitor his mother Dorothy Witt of Knoxville Tenn who had sought clemency for years
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Department of Corrections
Vernon Bradford
Witt
Oak
Supreme Anet
Dorothy Witt
Knoxville
Tenn
Bradford
Gary Tillman
Jonathan Kushner
Tampa
Tillman
Ead Ey
William Middleton Jr
U.S
Alice Hastings
Miami
Florida
Change In Execution Method Clears Panel
South Carolina House Judiciary Committee cleared bills to switch from electrocution to lethal injection and to require lobbyist registration with expenditure disclosure. The death penalty measure would mandate continuous intrav venous administration of ultrashort acting barbiturate with a paralyzing agent until death. The panel also adopted amendments to refine lobbyist reporting before sending both measures to the full House.
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Columbia
South Carolina
State House Judiciary Committee
Tom Huff
D-Aiken
Bob Sheheen
Chershaw
Jean Toal
Drichland
Sheheen
Toal
Huff
Joyce Hearn
R-Richland
Emergency Numbers Provided by Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard offers a quick reference of local emergency numbers for police fire medical services and other critical contacts. This service aids residents and visitors in locating rapid assistance across Aiken County and surrounding areas.
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Aiken Community Hospital
Aiken County
Widowed Persons Association
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