Reagan Wins Vote to Keep Budget Cuts On One Package
The House rejected splitting Reagan's 1982 budget cuts into six amendments by a 217-210 vote, allowing a single package totaling 5.2 billion dollars atop 37.8 billion already sought. Reagan hailed the outcome from Los Angeles as crucial to achieving a balanced budget by 1984 amid ongoing battles over procedural strategy and party lines.
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Court Affirms Women Exempt From Draft
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that women are exempt from registration and the draft under the Military Selective Service Act, upholding Congress’s authority to require only men to register. The decision, led by Justice Rehnquist, preserves combat-exclusion policies and drew strong reactions from both supporters and opponents of gender equality.
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Senate Panel Backs Tax Cut Plan Amid Alternatives
The Senate Finance Committee approved Reagan’s historic tax cut plan by a 19 to 1 vote, with a Democratic counterproposal favoring low and middle income earners. A four person family earning 30000 would receive 499 in 1982 under Reagan and 687 under Democrats. higher income families would see larger cuts. The plans differ on duration and depth, with Reagan pushing a 25 percent rate cut over three years and Democrats proposing about 15 percent over two years. Both include inflation indexing discussions. House Democrats detail a reform tilting relief toward sub 50,000 income.
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Weather forecast overview with weekend warmth
Friday brings partly cloudy cooler weather with clearing tonight. Saturday will be sunny with highs from 70 to 80 and weekend nights in the 40s to 50s. The National Weather Service predicts fair Monday, a chance of showers Sunday, with highs in the 80s and mountain lows 5 to 10 degrees cooler.
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Reagan Delighted by Unexpected House Victory on Spending Cuts
President Reagan applauded Republican congressmen and a cross-party group of 31 Democrats for approving a hastily crafted austerity package. He lauded the House vote despite earlier expectations of defeat and urged a prompt, decisive move to battle runaway spending.
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Bobcat Rising From Southern West Virginia Hills
Jerry Conner and Sam Hawley plan a Appalachian based superhero called Bobcat a shadowy vigilante who fights crime in Southern West Virginia His partner David Craig joins to film a Bobcat episode for conventions and possible movie The hero Stan Holley a Bramfield police officer designs the brown costume and fights crime with wit and conditioning rather than gadgets, aiming for a summer videotape release.
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