Senate rejects limit on Reagan tax cuts in final installment
Senate vote 55 to 45 defeats House plan to cap the third and final Reagan tax cut. The ruling would keep the full reductions, with average nationwide cut around 10 percent this year. Impact varies by income, with higher earners receiving larger savings, and withholding changes begin Friday.
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Washington
Senate
Reagan
Louisville
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
O'Neill
Bill Bradley
D-N.j
America
Acid Rain Study Boosts Push for Emission Cuts
Washington AP report on the National Academy of Sciences finding that sulfur dioxide from coal-fired boilers drives acid rain harming lakes in the United States and Canada. The study notes a potential 50 percent emission cut could reduce acid rain similarly, while EPA chief Ruckelshaus cautions against immediate action. Environmentalists and lawmakers press for controls, with ongoing debates over who should bear costs and how quickly to act.
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Washington
United States
Canada
National Academy of Sciences
Environmental Protection Agency
William D. Ruckelshaus
Congress
Midwest
North America
Academy
National Research Council
Dubbard Brook
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Jack Calvert
National Center For Atmospheric Research
America
Smithsonian completes inventory finds 100 million items
The Smithsonian announced the first shelf by shelf inventory yields about 100 million items, far above the 78 million expected. The tally spans nine museums with items ranging from 7 million beetles to 1,545,000 stamps, plus artifacts, artworks, and historic objects.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Pierce
Smithsonian
Warren Harding
Space
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Denver
National Zoo
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles Lindbergh
Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Joseph Hirschhorn
Davy Crockett
Time Magazine
John Glenn
Air Force
Packard
Wright Brothers
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Probe into Reagan briefing book in Carter materials
A House subcommittee chairman opened a formal inquiry into how the Reagan campaign obtained briefing papers prepared for Carter. Rep. Donald Albosta warned of possible subpoenas to testify under oath as Democrats press for full disclosure and possible connections to a “mole” inside the Carter administration.
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Washington
House
Reagan
Carter
Donald Albosta
D-Mich
State jobless rate drops in May in West Virginia
West Virginia unemployment eased to 13.4 percent in May from 13.6 percent in March and April. Unemployed totals fell to 99,200, with construction adding 3,600 jobs and government hiring up 1,400 for seasonal parks work.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
Jay Rockefeller
Department of Employment Security
West
Jack Canfield
Canfield
Rockefeller
U.S. Labor Department
West Virgina
Kenya Kidnapped Missionaries Reported Fine in Sudan
Two American missionaries and three other Westerners held by Sudanese guerrillas were described as fine and in good spirits. Officials warned against a risky armed rescue, while a Canadian embassy officer noted radio contact confirming their well being. The captors, demanding 95 000 dollars and clothing by July 6 to release them, threatened to shoot if unmet.
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Nairobi
Kenya
U.S
State Department
Juba
Sudan
Boma
Barbara Rosenes
Liberation Front
Front
Boma’s
British Broadcasting Corp
Voice of America
Alan Romberg
Washington
State wins work search argument over unemployment rules
Gov. Jay Rockefeller announced that West Virginia won a dispute with the federal Labor Department over work search requirements for unemployment benefits. The federal agency had proposed at least two employer contacts per week, a rule the state argued was not mandated by law.
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Charleston
W.va
Jay Rockefeller
U.S. Labor Department
West Virginia
Labor Department
Rockefeller
Jack) Canfield
Department of Employment Security
Department of Labor
State Department of Employment Security
Employment Security Board of Review
Canfield
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Iowa
Rai
National Weather Service
Bulletin Board
Society
Old Dominion
Philip Leslie
Museum of American History
Air and Space Museum
Museum of Natural History
Institution
Charles T
Manatt
National Security Council
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