House approves mutual no freeze arms pact amid split votes
The House passed a non binding resolution backing a mutual no freeze on US and Soviet nuclear arsenals by 129 votes. Democratic leaders hailed the vote as a milestone for arms control while Republicans sought linking reductions. The measure now heads to a Senate uncertain its fate.
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Washington
House
U.S
South Carolina
Butler Derrick
John Spratt
Robert M. Tallon Jr
Carroll A. Campbell Jr
Thomas F. Hartnett
Floyd Spence
Reagan
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
D-Mass
Senate
Senate remap plan faces House panel in reapportionment clash
Columbia AP The House J udiciary chief says Senate reapportionment won t fly in the House and a conference panel must decide. Rep Sheheen notes nine House changes and one major, one minor Senate agreement as the plan moves to a House vote. The Senate passed a 32 7 amendment backing nine black majority districts and restoring House drawn districts. The map includes new Pee Dee black district and coastal adjustments and will pit several incumbents in Charleston and Pee Dee. Senate President Grossette calls it a great day for South Carolina as he defers to the public vote and urges lawmakers to represent the state rather than race or party.
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Columbia
House
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Robert Sheheen
D-Kershaw
Sheheen
Senate Judiciary Committee
Upstate
Spartanburg
Laurens
Greenville
Pee Dee
Florence
Marion
Horry
Horry County
Georgetown County
Beaufort County
Charleston County
Orangeburg
Calhoun
Berkeley
Grossette
Marshall Williams
Rembert Dennis
Piedmont
York County
Chester
Fairfield
Newberry
Saluda
Lexington
Aiken
L. Marion Grossette
South Carolina
D-Calhoun
Arthur Ravenel
Paul Cantrell
John Land
Clarendon
T. Bruce Smith
D-Lee
Tom Smith
Reagan Questions Nicaragua Government Legitimacy
President Reagan doubts the legitimacy of Nicaragua's unelected government and says he would back the rebels with open support if Congress imposes no restrictions. He spoke to six reporters, hoping covert aid to the freedom fighters can continue despite Democratic resistance.
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Washington
Reagan
Nicaragua
Court okays literacy test for high school graduation
U.S. District Judge George C. Carr rules Florida may require a functional literacy test for graduation. About 3,000 Florida seniors face diploma denial this year. Black students argued the test is racially and culturally biased and plan an appeal.
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Tampa
Fla
Florida
U.S
George C. Carr
Autopsies Begin On Bodies Found In Sealed Barrels
In Golden Gate Park, investigators uncover three corpses sealed inside two 50-gallon drums marked Toxic Chemicals. A Black man in one drum and two nude White women in another are found fully clothed and stacked, with detectives treating the scene as possibly connected to revenge or a warning to others in crime.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
Submarine hunt continues off Sundsvalls Bay after mines detonate
Naval helicopters sweep waters off the north coast in a nighttime search for a suspected Soviet mini submarine. Two seabottom mines were detonated to force it to surface. Cmdr Bertil Dagefeldt said the submarine may be crippled underwater and the hunt would continue as more subs are believed present.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Navy
Cmdr
Bertil Dagefeldt
Sundsvall Bay
Ruckelshaus Earns Praise in EPA Confirmation Hearing
Senators lauded William D. Ruckelshaus for honesty and integrity as his Senate confirmation for EPA begins. Critics pressed for assurances of independence from Reagan White House while promising no political hit lists or sweetheart deals.
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William D. Ruckelshaus
Washington
Senate
Reagan
Ruckelshaus
Senate Environment Committee
Anne M. Burford
Reagan Administration
Clean
White House
Agency
Office of Management and Budget
Sen
David Durenberger
R-Minn
EPA
Breakthrough in Mass Producing Cancer Antibodies
Scientists at City of Hope in Duarte and Genentech in South San Francisco report using gene-splicing to mass produce monoclonal antibodies that target colon cancer cells. The engineered bacteria act as factories, yielding functional antibodies with potential for future disease fighting customization.
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Los Angeles
City of Hope National Medical Center
Duarte
Genentech Inc
San Francisco
City of Hope
Female Drill Sergeant Tops Fort Dix in 1983
Kathey Atchley, a 31-year-old staff sergeant from New Hope Alabama, was named Fort Dix drill sergeant of the year after finishing third in the nationals at Fort Monroe Virginia. She will move to desk duties as liaison between the post commander and other drill sergeants.
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Fort DIX
N.J
Kathey Atchley
Ms. Atchley
Fort Monroe
Virginia
West Germany
New Jersey
Atchley
New Hope
Ala
Sgt
Galen Grant
Fort Jackson
South Carolina
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