Congress Fights to Finalize Spending Bill Amid Snowstorm
The conference committee to finish the spending bill worked late into Sunday night as the House and Senate planned votes today. A Washington snowstorm delayed proceedings and risked missing Reagan’s deadline to avert a government shutdown. An OMB spokesman warned that if a continuing resolution isn’t completed by morning, workers will be told to clear desks and close nonessential services. The Senate moved to end a conservative filibuster.
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House
Washington
Reagan
Office of Management and Budget
Congress
John Halsted
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
Congress Tackles Funding, Gas Tax, and Pay Provisions
Senate and House debate a gas tax measure aimed at funding bridges while reviving a 5 cent per gallon levy and freezing senator salaries as House members receive a 15 percent pay raise. The Clinch River breeder reactor funding continues unresolved amid a multiday conference.
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Clinch River
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Israel and Lebanon discuss staged pullback plan with pact aims
Israeli officials report a three point agreement to secure Lebanon borders, normalize relations, and withdraw troops. The plan proposes a two stage pullback with a buffer zone and U S involvement, while the PLO is required to exit first and Syrians to retreat to the Bekaa Valley.
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Sharon
United States
Middle East
Newsweek Magazine
Israel
Foreign Ministry
U.S
Lebanon
Bekaa
PLO
Federal workers in Iowa brace for pay gap as shutdown looms
Des Moines reports federal employees face uncertainty while postal workers, air traffic controllers, and weather service staff plan to work. ASCS offices close for a day, threatening farmers awaiting set aside loan payments. officials cite continued pay status varies by agency.
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UPI
Iowa
Postal Service
Weather Service
Congress
Agriculture, Stabilization and Conservation Service
Graydon
Hank) Anderson
Anderson
ASCS
U.S. Postal Service
Koeberg Nuclear Plant Attack Signals ANC Sabotage Claim
The African National Congress claimed responsibility for an act of sabotage at Koeberg near Johannesburg in June 1980 that caused about 4 million dollars in damage. The ANC said the strike was a salute to fallen comrades as it warned the apartheid regime. South Africa plans a nuclear energy program amid oil embargo pressure.
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Johannesburg
ANC
Dar Es Salaam
Tanzania
Koeberg
Maseru
Lesotho
South African Electricity Commission
Cape Town
South Africa
Michigan finds PCB contamination in silos across state farms
A two year Michigan Agriculture study confirms PCB in at least 150 silos on about 3 percent of 9,200 farms with tests to cover 10,000 to 12,000 more. Officials urge not to use silos and seek authority to ban usage as contamination risks spread to milk and meat.
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Mich
Michigan
Michigan Department of Agriculture
Burton Cardwell
Cardwell
Michigan Silo Co
Charlotte
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