Pope John Paul II Receives U.S. Security Adviser McFarlane
Vatican says Pope John Paul II held a 30 minute private audience with U.S. National Security Adviser Robert C. McFarlane. McFarlane briefed the pope on the November Reagan Gorbachev summit and earlier Geneva arms talks.
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John Paul II
U.S
Robert C. McFarlane
Vatican
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Reagan
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
John Paul
Geneva
House Ways and Means approves Reagan tax overhaul plan
The committee backed a bill that cuts individual taxes by about 8.4 percent on average while raising taxes on businesses. It preserves state and local tax deductions and keeps fringe benefits tax free, aiming to remove roughly 6.3 million low income filers from the tax rolls and target wealthy investors and profitable companies. Chairman Dan Rostenkowski said the measure was successfully completed.
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House
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Reagan
Dan Rostenkowski
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Vatican Reports 50 Million Dollar Deficit for 1985
The Vatican forecast a record budget deficit of 50.2 million dollars for 1985, blaming inflation and 15 percent wage hikes for its 3,000 employees. Officials urged greater contributions to avert spending cuts that could impede worldwide activities amid currency-driven rises from the previous year.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Holy See
Oil spill containment after barge sinks in Long Island Sound
In New London Connecticut crews fought to contain a two mile long oil spill after a 240 foot barge carrying 800000 gallons of heating oil and diesel sank in the eastern end of Long Island Sound. Two crewmen were rescued from the freezing waters as the vessel began taking on water and leaking its cargo, the Coast Guard said.
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New London, Conn
Long Island Sound
Sound
Coast Guard
Six Die In Florida Plane Crash In Boca Raton
A twin-engine Beechcraft plummeted into two backyards in an exclusive Boca Raton neighborhood after takeoff from Boca Raton Airport killing all six aboard. One person died 90 minutes later in a separate crash at a nearby airport.
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Boca Raton
Fla
Phyllis Dixson
Astronauts Prepare Space Shuttle Walk to Test Station Beam
Two American astronauts plan a space walk from Atlantis to install a 45-foot beam and a small pyramid test structure. Ed Valentine of Marshall Space Flight Center calls the outing a first step toward assembling a future space station and directs the experiment.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Ed Valentine
Marshall Space Flight Center
Former Secretaries Of State See Gorbachev Power As Key
Former U S secretaries of state say Gorbachev must consolidate power and manage domestic issues to shape arms control prospects with the United States. They predict Feb party congress will reveal his strength, while urging continued U S openness and a focus on Soviet internal pressures.
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Vance
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William P. Rogers
Dean Rusk
Rogers
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Reagan challenges Soviets on Afghanistan withdrawal timetable
President Reagan using his weekly radio address from the White House pressed Moscow to set a timetable for pulling out of Afghanistan. He said talks under UN auspices next month must yield a concrete deadline and warned the Soviet side that freedom fighters will not be conquered.
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Reagan
Mikhail Gorbachev
Geneva
Afghanistan
Oval Office
White House
Gorbachev
United Nations
Thomas J. Downey
D-N.y
Mandela Back In Prison Amid Rioting and Deaths
Nelson Mandela was moved back to prison from Volks Hospital as South Africa endures widespread violence. Three black men were killed in the weekend unrest, raising weekly fatalities to 30s, with most deaths attributed to police. Mandela, 67, remains a central ANC figure and symbol of resistance to apartheid.
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South Africa
Nelson Mandela
Mandela
Man- Mandeladela
African National Congress
ANC
Montazeri Chosen as Khomeini's Successor
IRNA reported Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazeri 63, a leading theologian, chosen as Iran's future leader after Ayatollah Khomeini's death. He has long been regarded heir apparent though holds no current official post. An IRNA update in Nicosia noted the 74 member assembly of experts voted for him.
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Cyprus
Ayatollah
Hussein Ali Montazeri
Iran
Ruhollah Khomeini
Islamic Republic
Montazeri
Tehran
Khomeini
Aiken Standard Subscription and Contact Details
The notice lists subscription rates and contact numbers for Aiken Standard classified ads and news tips. It notes customer service hours and states the paper is published weekday afternoons by Aiken Communications Inc with mailing address in Aiken South Carolina and second class postage paid.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken Communications Inc
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Rutland Drive
Aiken
S.C
Aiken, S.C
Senate approves compromise 1985 farm bill after long talks
The Senate passed a contested 1985 farm bill 61 to 28 after farm state Democrats and Republican leaders brokered concessions to soften future income subsidy cuts. The deal followed over a month of tense negotiations and back room meetings among competing farm groups. Senators Exon and Black weighed in on the bill's mixed merits.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. J. James Exon
D-Neb
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