Floods Swamp Deep South Prompting Mass Evacuations
The Deep South faced record floods after heavy rains, with 25 000 residents evacuated from New Orleans and wider Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama regions. Eight deaths raised the weekly toll to 16 as Governor Treen and Governor Winter declared emergencies and National Guard aid assisted evacuations. Street flooding hampered travel while communication lines and services were disrupted but gradually restored in New Orleans as water receded and power returned.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Mississippi
Alabama
David Treen
William Winter
National Guard
Lake Pontchartrain
Steve Campbell
Louisiana State Police
Mississippi River
Borhoods
Gail Purpura
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Long Lines
Bedminster
N.J
Watt backs Beach Boys after Reagan intervention at White House
Interior Secretary James Watt reversed his ban on rock groups for the capital Fourth of July celebration after Nancy Reagan urged reconciliation with the Beach Boys. President Reagan endorsed the move and delivered a plaster foot as a lighthearted reminder. Watt said he would proceed with bringing in a Las Vegas crooner for the event.
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Washington
James Watt
Capital
California
Nancy Reagan
Watt Reagan
Watt
Beach Boys
White House
Las Vegas
Senate panel cuts Reagan defense buildup in half
The Senate Budget Committee voted 17-4 to trim the Pentagon expansion by 5 percent over inflation for 1984, rejecting Reagan's 10 percent request. Chairman Domenici blamed White House intransigence as Reagan voiced deep disappointment and urged reconsideration.
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Washington
Senate Budget Committee
Reagan
Pentagon
White House
Defense Department
Larry Speakes
Department of Defense
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
Health cost measure advances to governor in Iowa
The Iowa House approved a health cost bill 92-0, sending it to Gov. Terry Branstad. It creates a health data commission to collect price data from hospitals doctors and insurers and requires hospitals to post rates. The measure limits director non physician members at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa and aims to confidentialize patient data while permitting outpatient surgery funding.
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Judy Daubenmier
Azette
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Iowa House
Senate
Robert Arnould
Davenport
Health Data Commission
Blue Cross
Blue Shield of
Iowa
House
Branstad
Spacewalk Tests by Astronauts in Challenger Repair Drills
Two astronauts in thick white suits exited the Challenger to simulate orbital repairs. They practiced rigging cables and handling tools in the cargo bay as NASA prepared for a satellite retrieval mission next April.
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Gazette Wire Services
Houston
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Story Musgrave
Donald Peterson
Musgrave
Peterson
Paul Weitz
Col
Karol Bobko
Air Force
Chuckle on Gross Income Definition
A joke notes gross income as the figure between what your wife tells friends you earn and what your boss believes you’re worth, framing it as a humorous measure of pay.
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