Senate Panel Bolsters Nondefense Spending Over Reagan Plan
The Senate Budget Committee, led by Sen. Pete Domenici, rejected major GOP cuts to welfare, food stamps, and housing while proposing $11.3 billion more for non-defense programs and delaying federal pay raises. It would trim health program reductions and seek possible tax increases, with Democrats pressing for higher taxes and Republicans wary of cutting rates.
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Arafat signals readiness to resume Mideast talks
PLO chairman Yasser Arafat told a Stockholm news conference he is ready to renew joint talks with Jordan and that discussions are under way to define how Hussein would represent the Palestinians in peace talks with Israel. Lebanon's foreign minister predicted a gradual revival of negotiations, while U.S. officials say Reagan’s peace plan remains on the table. Arafat also noted an upcoming PLO executive meeting to review recent statements by Jordan and Washington.
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Socialist International
Washington pledges unity as Epton skips unity lunch
Chicago elected Harold Washington the first black mayor with 51.4 percent of the vote as Bernard Epton, his defeated Republican rival, sent a note of congratulations and sent his brother to a reconciliation event while he vacationed in Florida. Washington urged an open handed healing approach to unite the city.
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Snowbound I-25 pileup leaves drivers wary
Up to 60 vehicles collided on southbound Interstate 25 near Monument Hill as a winter storm struck Colorado with blowing snow and ice. Nebraska reported a fatal crash on a snow covered road while Colorado state patrol noted no confirmed serious injuries though many were hurt. NWS said Monument Hill was among the last Colorado locations to receive snowfall and travelers advisories were dropped.
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Leftist influence in China’s army sparks party clash
Li Desheng, a Politburo member commanding units in northeast China, warned in People's Daily that segments of the armed forces retain leftist thinking conflicting with Communist Party policies. He cited opposition to foreign investment, private enterprise, consumer goods production, and looser artistic controls, marking a rare public description of intra military disputes since Mao’s death.
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Ministers urge pullout of foreign advisers in Central America
Venezuelan, Colombian, Mexican, and Panamanian foreign ministers call for immediate withdrawal of all foreign military advisers from Central America as a first step to peace, urging bilateral talks and a regional conference after a two day tour of five capitals. The OAS endorsed the plan, while the Reagan administration had no immediate reaction.
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Ruling Finds Discrimination Against Haitians in Detention
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the government discriminated racially against 1,771 Haitians held in federal camps for about a year. The decision orders review in a lower court and prompts INS scrutiny, hailed as a potential breakthrough by Haitian refugee advocates.
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Ira Kurzban
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Vern Jervis
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Washington
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Death by own action rise tied to handgun sales
A federal study in the New England Journal of Medicine links dramatic increases in death by own action with firearm use and cites handguns as responsible for about 83 percent of such deaths. The report suggests restricting handgun sales could lower the rate. In New Jersey, Salvation Army commander John D. Needham, 65, died of cancer at Mountainside Hospital in Montclair.
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