Bork Fight Shapes Senate Strategy As Debates Stretch
Senate Dems and Republicans plan strategy sessions on Bork's Supreme Court nomination weighing quick debate versus lengthy delay. With 54 senators opposed, Byrd hints at tabling the nomination while War Powers Act issues threaten a timetable. Pro-Bork camp aims for three days of debate. opponents unspecified.
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Senate
Robert H. Bork
Supreme Court
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Bork
Gordon Humphrey
R-N.h
Congress
Alan K. Simpson
Wyoming
Jurors Question Impartiality in Deaver Perjury Trial
In Washington US District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson screens 100 prospective jurors for beliefs on alcoholism and attitudes toward the Reagan administration as former aide Michael K. Deaver faces perjury charges. Jurors complete a 10 page background questionnaire before individual questioning. The proceedings may take a week to two for selection and three to five weeks for trial.
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Michael K. Deaver
Deaver
White House
House
Thomas Penfield Jackson
Jackson
T H Bell recounts racist remarks by mid-level Reagan aides
Washington AP Ronald Reagan's first education secretary T H Bell says mid level White House and OMB staffers made racist jokes during civil rights talks in the White House. He cites slurs about King and Arabs and details clashes over education policy in his memoir The Thirteenth Man.
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Reagan
Reagan Administration
White House
T.H. Bell
Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Lucifer Coon
Bell
Ronald Reagan
OMB
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
King
State Department
Middle East
Edwin Meese
Gramm-Rudman Cuts Start As U S Budget Talks Stagnate
The Gramm-Rudman automatic cuts begin today amid stalled talks between Congress and President Reagan over how to trim the federal deficit. About 23 billion in across the board reductions hit both domestic programs and the Pentagon, with Social Security and veterans benefits exempt. If no agreement is reached, the cuts could become permanent and are aimed at reducing the 1988 deficit toward a 1993 balance.
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Congress
Reagan
Gramm-Rudman
President’s Office of Management and Budget
Pentagon
Congressional Budget Office
CBO
U.S
White House
Treasury
James A. Baker III
Democrats
House
Jim Wright
Texas
Baker
Balderdash
Wind Equipment To Be Installed At Two Airports
Wind shear detection gear will be added at Charlotte and Charleston airports next spring. Officials note no crashes are linked to wind shear at these sites, though a Charlotte incident involved a runway overshoot after pilot response to a non occurring shear.
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Charleston
S.C
Credit Corporation Leasing and Financing Options
A promotional snippet from Credit Corporation invites readers to consider a wide range of leasing and financing options and asks if they can afford not to choose the right option, offering a free brochure.
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