Americans To Be Evacuated From Battle Zone
In west Beirut fierce Israeli air and ground attacks pressured guerrilla lines as a seaborne evacuation of Americans Britons and other Europeans began. Tanks and jets targeted refugee camps and the embassy area while U S and allied ships ferried evacuees to safety.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Israel
West Beirut
Beirut- Damascus
Tel Aviv
Embassy Row
Fakhani
Yasser Arafat
Abu Shaker Street
Mediterranean
Pink Panthers
Bhamdoun
Damascus
Beirut-Damascus
Jounieh
Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Syria
Bekaa Valley
Aley
6Th Fleet
Nashville
Royal Prince
Larnaca
Cyprus
Pentagon
Henry Catto
Washington
U.S
Congress and Reagan clash over emergency funds bill
The AP reports President Reagan vetoed an $8.9 billion emergency funding bill citing red-ink spending, notably the housing provision. Congress failed to override by 17 votes. a leaner $4.5–$5.9 billion variant passed the House and Senate, with White House threats to veto. The fight centers on mortgage aid and keeping programs like student loans and food stamps funded through Sept. 30.
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Washington
Reagan
House
Senate
White House
Larry Speakes
Speakes
Congress
Thomas P. O'Neill
Jim Wright
Wright
Jamie Whitten
D-Miss
Appropriations Committee
Robert Michel
Manchin Joins Suit Against Doctors Over Disability Examinations
West Virginia Secretary of State A James Manchin joined a $2.5 million federal class action filed in Abingdon alleging Troy Michigan physicians A Neil Johnson Kenneth Byers and R H Halterman ran rapid disability determination clinics in Bluefield and Bridgeport. Plaintiffs seek compensatory and punitive damages plus an injunction stopping further reports from the doctors.
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Abingdon
West Virginia
A. James Manchin
U.S
Federal District Court
Troy
Mich
James W. McCoy
Tazewell
Ralph C. Beauvis
Volga
A. Neil Johnson
Kenneth Byers
R.H. Halterman
Bluefield
Bridgeport
Manchin
Richard Schweiker
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Secretary of State
Pennsylvania
John DiLeonardo
Pennsylvania Medical Board
Johnson and Byers
Byers
Johnson
Social Security Administration
DDS
Halterman
Rosalyn Mazier
S. Strother Smith III
Plantiffs
Indictment for Capital Murder in Tazewell
A grand jury returned a capital murder indictment in Tazewell charging a named defendant with the fatal offense. Details offered include the suspected timeline, scene, and involved parties as prosecutors pursue the case.
Court Rules President Has Absolute Immunity
The Supreme Court held that current and former presidents have absolute immunity from damages lawsuits for official acts. In a 5-4 ruling, the justices said Nixon’s actions during office fall within the immunity’s outer perimeter, while leaving open criminal charges for acts in office. Justice White dissented, warning presidents could cause harm without liability.
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Washington
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Supreme Court
Nixon
A. Ernest Fitzgerald
Congress
United States
Lewis F. Powell
Byron R. White
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Stanley J. Garrison
Virginia Beach
Falklands
Garrison
la Nacion
Argentina
America
Fitzgerald
Pat Cecil
Daily Telegraph
Virginia
Vineyard Street
Naomi Cloud
Telegraph
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