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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1983
Page
2
Washington ap report notes a bitter fight over withholding taxes from interest and dividends delaying a 165 billion bill to shore up Social Security. Sen. Robert Dole says repeal efforts may win but not on this bill, making Easter deadline unlikely as lawmakers plan a weeklong recess.
Congress moves toward final passage of a $4.6 billion aid and public works package for the unemployed and needy. The measure includes $5 billion for direct payments and loans to states, aiming to keep unemployment benefits flowing in 27 states and D C, with a vote hoped by Wednesday.
President Reagan intensifies effort to defeat a Democratic budget plan trimming the military buildup. He schedules three lobbying meetings with Republicans as House debate on the plan looms. House Republican Leader Robert Michel warned Reagan Democrats likely hold the edge.
State officials told the House Ways and Means Committee that earlier revenue forecasts for the current fiscal year and the 1983-84 year starting July 1 will not change. Eugene Laurent said revenues should grow about 6 percent this year and 8 percent next year as the economy recovers, despite past misses that caused spending cuts to avoid deficits.
Nicaragua reports near war with Honduras over intensified fighting with rebels. Defense Minister Humberto Ortega says troops and armament are ready as clashes widen from Jinotega to Matagalpa. Rebel organizer Adolfo Calero Portocarrero named. plant seizures connected to counterrevolution funding.
U S backed government of interim President Alvaro Magana seeks general elections and a guerrilla amnesty to pacify El Salvador. Rebels question timing and terms while Magana moves the 1984 election date to December and studies the peace plan.
AP reports William D. Ruckelshaus is poised for quick Senate confirmation as EPA administrator. Senators from both parties expect a careful review to ensure the agency changes with the new leadership. Reagan praised him while noting his prior EPA service and Watergate era history.
U.S. District Judge Charles E. Simons Jr. denied former state Sen. Eugene Carmichael’s request to stay free on bond while he seeks a retrial on vote-buying charges. The hearing in Aiken also addressed whether to schedule a retrial on vote fraud claims as a prosecution witness recanted. Carmichael’s lawyers plan to appeal, while the judge indicated a prompt ruling on the retrial-eligibility motion. The appeals court and Supreme Court have left convictions in place, and prosecutors say he could begin serving a 10-year sentence once the Supreme Court mandate is issued.
David Bowie, once Ziggy Stardust and a Los Angeles cocaine figure, appears suntanned in a Claridge's reception and announces a worldwide nine city tour. He says he has cleaned up and seeks a future as a person, not a commodity, with new films The Hunger and Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence and a Let’s Dance album. He outlines a return to Earthy material and basic storytelling while shifting from RCA to EMI.
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