Multibillion Dollar Jobs Bill Near Final Passage
Washington AP A multibillion dollar jobs bill advances toward enactment after the Senate approves 82-16 the $5.1 billion version with a withdrawal tax amendment dropped. House Senate conference to reconcile with the earlier $4.9 billion House bill. Reagan opposition to withholding repeal noted. Senate set to debate Kasten proposal on April 15.
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Canadian Singer Indicted in Belushi Death Case
Los Angeles AP report states Cathy Evelyn Smith faces murder and drug charges in connection with John Belushi's death. Smith, once quoted about injecting Belushi with a speedball, was believed to be the last person to see him alive before his death at age 33 on March 5, 1982.
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Cathy Evelyn Smith
John Belushi
Brian Greenspan
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Ms. Smith
Belushi
United States
Sunset Strip
Enquirer
Gaskins Named Plot Leader In Tyner Killing Debated in Trial
In Columbia AP report Jack Martin testified that Donald Pee Wee Gaskins led a plot to murder Death Row inmate Rudolph Tyner. Martin said Tyner was to be poisoned, though Tyner died when a prison blast destroyed his cell on September 12.
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Columbia
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Pee Wee
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Tyner
Jack Martin
Martin
Jack Swerling
Legislation Revamping PSC Clears House Committee
The House Judiciary Committee endorsed a bill to extend the Public Service Commission for six more years and limit rate actions. It forbids most rate increases under bond and restricts utilities to one rate filing per year, with PSC decisions due within six months of filing. Duke Power praised the deadline but warned of reduced regulatory lag harming utilities.
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Diana praised for style as Charles enjoys German birthday party
Princess Diana is hailed for boosting British fashion at the Better Made In Britain exhibit in London. In Kronberg, West Germany, Prince Charles attended the 70th birthday celebration of Princess Margaret von Hessen und hei Rhein, arriving in a royal blue Mercedes and mingling with about 50 guests at Kronberg Castle.
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Britain
London
Basil Feldman
Clothing Economic Developments Committee
Kronberg
West Germany
Margaret von Hessen Und
Queen Victoria
Australia
New Zealand
Wholesale prices edge up in February amid food jump
The Labor Department reports a 0.1 percent rise in the February Producer Price Index for finished goods, as a 0.6 percent food increase and 2.9 percent energy decline offset ongoing declines in fuel oil and gasoline. Energy costs fell for a third straight month while food and select meat prices rose.
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Labor Department
OPEC
EPA Official Testifies Over Altered Dioxin Report
Valdas Adamkus, head of EPA Midwest office in Chicago, testifies to Congress about altering a 1981 dioxin contamination report blaming Dow Chemical Mich plant. He cites pressure from Washington and says the action was improper, while EPA acting administrator Hernandez denies ordering deletions. The draft blamed Dow for contaminating the Tittabawassee Saginaw Rivers and Lake Huron and urged fish consumption warnings.
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Valdas Adamkus
EPA
Midwest
Chicago
House Energy and Commerce Investigations Subcommittee
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Dow Chemical Co
Midland
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Dow
John Hernandez
House
Hernandez
Chemical Company
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Saginaw
Lake Huron
J. William Clark
Black Coalition Seeks Nine Senate Seats in SC
A South Carolina black coalition says blacks, about 30 percent of the population, deserve nine of 46 Senate seats and urges Democrats to back a remap plan. They cite past party support and demand electable districts with clear black majorities, noting no black senator since 1888.
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Crawford
Cheraw
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Fonda Reynolds Favorite At People's Choice Awards
Jane Fonda named nation's favorite actress for the fourth year running. Burt Reynolds repeats as favorite all around male entertainer and favorite motion picture actor, with Kenny Rogers also repeating as favorite country music performer. Barbara Mandrell wins favorite all around female performer, M A S H named favorite TV comedy, Hill Street Blues favorite TV drama, ET named favorite film, and The Blue and the Gray favorite new TV miniseries. The Gallup poll determined the ninth annual awards on CBS.
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Jane Fonda
Burt Reynolds
Kenny Rogers
Barbara Mandrell
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Reynolds
Rogers
Romance Ends in Tragedy as Officer Kills Ex-Detective
In Pittsburgh, policewoman Caroline Stonehouse, 40, reportedly tried to end an affair with retired officer William Welsh, 49, filing complaints before a fatal shot felled him on her Mount Washington lawn. Stonehouse was arrested on murder charges after Welsh was found dead with a .38 caliber bullet wound.
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William Welsh
John McGlaughlin
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Mount Washington
Allegheny County
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