Poland Strikes Spread as Unrest Deepens Across Regions
Workers in Warsaw factories and Silesian coal mines join nationwide protests against Poland's new regime. Haig suspends a $200 million food package pending clarification, while humanitarian aid proceeds. Police and troops intervene at several plants. Katowice arrests follow an occupation incident.
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Katowice
Defense bill faces test as largest spending measure
The 1982 defense appropriations bill, a $200 billion package backing Reagan’s military buildup, heads for final congressional action. Conference agreement blends House and Senate totals, funding for B-1 bombers, MX missiles, stealth tech, and new warplanes, ships, subs, and helicopters.
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Ted Stevens
Minimum Social Security benefit kept for 3 million
House and Senate negotiators agree to retain the $122 a month minimum for current recipients rather than end it in 1982. New entrants on this minimum would be blocked after Jan 1 1982, with religious order members allowed 10 years. Borrowing among the three trust funds through Jan 1983 to steady finances.
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J.J. Pickle
Texas
Reagan
Israel annexes Golan Heights defying world protests
Israel's Knesset approved a bill to annex the Golan Heights, a move condemned by Syria as a declaration of war. Prime Minister Menachem Begin steered the measure through amid international protests and U.S. objections. The action follows decades of conflict over the occupied territory.
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Supreme Court bans pre class prayer meetings in public high schools
The court barred a group of Guilderland High School students from using a vacant classroom for before school prayers. The decision follows recent rulings on campus religious access and maintains the 1962 prohibition on organized prayer in public schools.
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Eastern Iowa Prayer Groups Face School Policy Test
Bob Dye of Eastern Iowa Youth for Christ says local principals will shape any response to a Supreme Court action on school prayer groups. The group, about 400 students in 10 schools, aims to avoid disruption and would simply meet elsewhere if asked to leave.
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Supreme Court
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Santa Claustrophobia in Toy Aisles
A witty reflection on holiday shopping anxiety as parents fear crowds and loud toys in stores. The piece likens crowded aisles to a claustrophobic scene with Santa imagery.
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