Budget plan to avoid automatic spending cuts in 1987
The nearly 1 trillion 1987 spending plan approved by Congress aims to save about 40 billion to avert automatic cuts later this year under a new budget balancing law. Lawmakers warn the package uses many devices to meet a 144 billion deficit target while raising the debt limit and shifting Pentagon and domestic spending.
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Congress
William H. Gray III
D-Pa
House Budget Committee
Bill Frenzel
R-Minn
Senate
House
Treasury Department
Reagan
Pentagon
U.S. trade deficit widens as agricultural gap grows
May trade figures show the U.S. deficit at 14.2 billion dollars up from 12.1 in April. Agricultural imports exceeded exports for the first time in over two decades, with imports at 2.2 billion and exports at 1.9 billion. Analysts cite a weak world market and a strong dollar slowdown as factors.
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U.S
Washington
Commerce Department
Airlines protected from federal aid cut for discrimination
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that airlines cannot be penalized under a 1973 anti discrimination law via federal aid cuts, since they do not directly receive federal funds. Handicapped-rights groups warn the decision leaves enforcement uncertain as airports and air traffic control are funded federally.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Lewis F. Powell
Congress
Douglas Parker
U S Steel Gary mines cut 235 more jobs amid weak demand
In Gary McDowell County, U S Steel Mining Co laid off 235 workers at the No 4 mine and Alpheus Preparation Plant due to reduced orders for metallurgical coal. The mine idled indefinitely and the plant will cut operating levels, with construction and maintenance staff also affected. Mayor Estep warns of revenue and possible further layoffs for the town.
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Gary
McDowell County
U.S. Steel Mining Co
Alpheus
Michael Koff
Koff
Alpheus Prep
Ron Estep
U.S. Steel
Wyoming County
U.S
Europe
West Virginia
Saturday Outside Weather Outlook
A mix of sunshine and clouds will bring warm humid conditions with a possible thunderstorm. High around 85. Tonight remains partly cloudy with a chance of storms and an overnight low near 68. Weather A-12.
Ireland votes to keep constitutional ban on divorce
The Irish electorate decisively rejected ending the divorce ban, preserving the republic as Western Europe’s strongest Roman Catholic influence. The rest of the page questions federal and local inefficiency, suggesting study as a possible path forward.
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Republic
Western
Europe
Cancer Arrest Day raises over forty thousand for cancer society
Mercer County unit of the American Cancer Society raised 40176.32 dollars on Cancer Arrest Day, the third annual event closing the 1986 fiscal year. Brenda Riddle, executive director, praised volunteers, police, and sponsors for a highly successful fundraiser with 170 participants in a mock jail to boost donations.
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Mercer County
The
American Cancer Society
Brenda Riddle
Dave Pedneau
Andy Clark Ford
Lincoln-Mercury Inc
Route 460
Princeton
Riddle
Parents test kit promises drug checks for 24.95 in Chicago
Parents worried about teens can buy a 24.95 kit with a specimen bottle and mailing tube to mail urine samples for lab testing by the American Institute for Drug Detection in Rosemont. American Drug Screens markets the kit, Aware, with testing for kids seeking proof they are not involved with drugs.
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Chicago
American Drug Screens
Dallas
American Institute For Drug Detection
Rosemont
Don Shattuck
American Drug Screening
Institute
Eees
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Pluew Ll
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