Scalia defends lack of agenda in abortion debate
Senate hearing opens with Antonin Scalia after Reagan nominates him to the Supreme Court. He says he has no program to overturn precedents and would judge as a good jurist. Senators press on abortion rights while some critique his stance and background.
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Antonin Scalia
Reagan
Supreme Court
Scalia
Senate Judiciary Committee
William Rehnquist
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Sen
Joseph Biden
Delaware
Biden
Orrin Hatch
Utah
U S withdraws subpoenas of Israelis in arms inquiry
The Justice Department withdrew subpoenas of eight Israeli citizens linked to a probe into exporting U S technology for cluster bomb manufacture. Israel pledged cooperation while immunity was sought. Subpoenas were served on Israel Military Industries in New York and three U S firms including Vector Corp Cedar Rapids area firms and Assembly Machines Inc Erie Pa.
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Washington
Justice Department
U.S
Israel
Stephen Trott
United States
Lebanon
Trott
U.S. Customs Service
Israel Military Industries Office
New York
Cedar Rapids-area
Vector Corp
Marion
Bexco International
Cedar Rapids
Plus Assembly Machines Inc
Erie, Pa
Israel Military Industries
Bond Woods nominated in Missouri Senate contest
Missouri voters nominated Democratic Lt. Gov. Harriett Woods and former Republican Gov. Christopher Bond to contest retiring Sen. Eagleton's seat. In Kansas Dole won the GOP nomination for a fourth term. Blanchard led Michigan governor GOP primary with 91 percent of early returns. Lucas and Chrysler led in Michigan GOP delegate votes.
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Harriett Woods
Christopher Bond
Thomas Eagleton
Kansas
Senate
Bob Dole
Michigan
James Blanchard
Lyndon LaRouche
Wayne County
William Lucas
Richard Chrysler
George Bush
Jack Kemp
New York
Pat Robertson
Dole
Tom Docking
John Carlin
Blanchard
Henry Wilson
Detroit
Lucas
Chrysler
Colleen Engler
Oakland County
Daniel Murphy
Woods
Oren Lee Staley
National Farmers Organization
Bond
Philippines and Kenya Plague Talk Amid Global News Roundup
Agriculture Minister Ramon Mitra and rebel delegates begin talks to end the 1969 insurgency in a cordial breakfast meeting in Manila. FAO warns Africa faces a four to five year locust and grasshopper plague threatening Mali Chad and Ethiopia amid rains ending drought. OPEC agrees to cut production to raise prices starting Sept 1. The UN Tree of Peace dies two months after transplant. Preston Tisch named next postmaster general as Albert Casey exits.
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Manila
Philippines
Ramon Mitra
Mitra
Satur Ocampo
Antonio Zumel
Nairobi
Kenya
Africa
U.N
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
Mali
Botswana
Chad
Ethiopia
Sudan
FAO Plant Production and Protection Division
Geneva
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Iran
United Nations
Costa Rica
Joe Sills
Afghanistan
Central America
Iraq
Lebanon
Ali Mojtahed
Washington
Preston Robert Tisch
Loew's Corp
Tisch
Postal Board of Governors
Congress
Albert Casey
Contras Aid Campaign Wins Narrow Senate Vote
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved 15 to 14 a $100 million aid package for the Nicaraguan contras and $300 million for fledgling democracies in Central America. The split vote shows deep cross party concern over the rebel support.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Reagan
Central America
Alleged drug dealer slain in Chicago shooting outside payphone
Willie Chapman, 31, a reputed drug dealer recently returned from Los Angeles, was killed by 23 shots in the back and head outside a West Side restaurant while using a payphone to inquire about his Rolls Royce. Officials cited automatic weapon fire.
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Chicago
Willie Chapman
Los Angeles
Ray Rice
Tax bite rises for lower incomes in 1984 report
A Census Bureau study shows the four major U.S. taxes take an average 21.90 of every 100 earned, up slightly from 1983. It notes higher rates for lower incomes and falling rates for the wealthy, with 92.4 percent of households paying at least one major tax.
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Washington
Census Bureau
U.S
Gazette Wire Services
Newman Sues Two Men Over Drugs and Rent at Laguna Seca
Paul Newman files a damage suit in California against Mark Pirec and Randolph Barsotti alleging they damaged his reputation by dealing drugs while leasing space from his Newman Racing Corp at Laguna Seca in 1983 and that they failed to pay rent on an office building and garage subleased from him. The suit claims unlawful activities including drug dealing.
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Paul Newman
California
Mark Pirec
Randolph Barsotti
Newman Racing Corp
Laguna Seca
Newman
Kasparov
Garri Kasparov
Anatoly Karpov
London
Sting
Israel
Soviet Union
Israel Radio
Benny Dudkevitz
la Serre
Sherman Oaks
Calif
Huston
Associated Press
U.S. and Soviet Union sign 13 exchange program pacts
Washington announces 13 agreements renewing exchanges with the Soviet Union across high school students medical experts sports teams and art displays. Programs include Andover Phillips Academy and Novosibirsk high school students health care neurosurgery research increased athlete delegations and museum art exhibits at Smithsonian and Soviet venues.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Afghanistan
Geneva
Reagan
Mikhail Gorbachev
White House
Larry Speakes
Phillips Academy
Andover
Mass
Physics-Mathematics Institute
Novosibirsk
South Africa defies sanctions with new trade levies
In Pretoria Foreign Minister Roelof F. Botha rejected Commonwealth sanctions and announced levies on goods passing through South Africa to Zimbabwe and Zambia. He warned of border checks and said South Africa would not tolerate the pressure over apartheid while noting a possible to adjust living standards. Zimbabwe is a major South African trade partner, exporting about 20 percent of its goods there.
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Pretoria
South Africa
Commonwealth
Zimbabwe
Zambia
Roelof F
Pik” Botha
Botha
Mozambique
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