Constitutional Flaws Seen in Balanced Budget Bill
The Justice Department urged Congress to dismiss congressmen suit over sections 251 and 252 of Gramm Rudman Hollings act citing unconstitutionality. It says the provisions usurp budget powers from the president while defenders argue over different grounds. Reagan favors expedited review and seeks clarification while remaining supportive of the bill.
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Justice Department
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Department
George Bush
Senate
House
Thomas P. O’neill
D-Mass
Edwin
Meese
Gramm
Comptroller General
General Accounting Office
Congressional Budget Office
Palm Springs
Calif
White House
Larry Speakes
Speakes
Mike Synar
D-Okla
Silvio Conte
R-Mass
Federal District Court
Administration
Synar
Legislative Branch
Radiation leak at Three Mile Island injures nine workers
Nine workers at the Three Mile Island plant were contaminated when a pump seal leaked. An unusual event was declared and gas venting occurred as 300 gallons of filtered water escaped. All nine returned to work after decontamination. highest exposure 15 millirems.
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Three Mile Island
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GPU Nuclear Corp
Bedell
TMI
Lisa Robinson
Soviet US couple reunited after six year separation in Los Angeles
Hello Frejus, a 50 year old Soviet wife, arrived at LAX with her 82 year old husband Kazimierz Frejus of Pomona, marking a reunion after she was granted permission to leave the USSR. The couple married in 1979 and had not seen each other since 1981 amid emigration reforms tied to the Geneva summit.
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America
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Pomona
Calif
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West Germany
California
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New York
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Dianne Feinstein
San Francisco Chronicle
Valentin Kamenev
Minnesota
Mikhail Gorbachev
Moscow
Reagan
U.S
Helle
Missing girls return home in Stapleton abduction case
Two 12 year old girls vanished on December 22 while riding bicycles near Stapleton and returned home at 7:30 a.m. after more than a week held by two men in an abandoned house. They described a white pickup truck and said they were held captive. Hundreds aided the Christmas search. investigators pursued several leads. The girls were treated at Jefferson County Hospital in Louisville in stable condition.
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Jessica Barrow
Elizabeth Tanner
Barrow
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Robbie Hamrick
Jefferson County Hospital
Louisville
Ralph McGahee
Mary Carter Barrow
Jessica
Seattle
the Order
Mary Ball
U.S
Gene Wilson
Andrew Barnhill
Archie McBrearty
Randall Evans
Neil Halprin
McBrearty
Martial law lifted in Pakistan to restore democratic rights
President Zia Al-Haq lifted 80 years of martial law in Pakistan and said a new democratic order extends the outgoing system. He heads the army and urged Parliament to cooperate as Prime Minister Junejo pledged to maintain the course and warned against derailing the new setup. Opposition calls it psychological relief with uncertain duration.
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Pakistan
Zia Al-Haq
Zia
Mohammad Khan Junejo
54 Hurt In Hoboken Train Crash At Terminal
A New Jersey Transit commuter train failed to stop entering Hoboken terminal during the Monday rush hour. Thirty-seven passengers and crew were injured as the three middle cars derailed after striking a concrete bumper, with none sustaining serious injuries. Investigators probed possible brake failure.
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NJ Transit
Autopsy Fails to Determine Cause in Miller Spy Trial Witness
Ludmila Kondratieva, 38, was found dead in a car overturned at Malibu surf line near Pacific Coast Highway. Coroner aide said Monday autopsy did not reveal a cause of death. The case involves prosecution witness in the espionage trial of former FBI agent Richard W. Miller. Anchorage, Palmer and Wasilla area, Sokolowski said.
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FBI
Richard W. Miller
Ludmila Kondratieva
Santa Monica
Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu
Mandela Arrest in Johannesburg After Airport Confrontation
Winnie Mandela was arrested after police forced her car off a highway near Johannesburg and pulled her from the vehicle. She faces charges of defying a ban on entering the city and was held overnight in Krugersdorp ahead of a court appearance.
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South Africa
Winnie Mandela
Mandela
Krugersdorp
Jan Smuts
Soweto
Cape Town
African National Congress
Nelson Mandela
Zinzi
Grandson Zondwa
Alaska quake rattles Anchorage area early Monday
An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale struck about 20 miles northwest of Anchorage at 3:41 a.m. Alaska Standard Time. The Tsunami Warning Center reported no damage and said the quake was felt strongly in the Anchorage region.
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Palmer
Alaska
Anchorage
Tsunami Warning Center
Tom Sokolowski
Reagan Forecast Favors U.S. Economy After Small Gain
The Commerce Department said its Index of Leading Indicators rose 0.1 percent in December, marking the seventh consecutive increase but the poorest performance since June, while the Reagan administration projected an improving economy in the new year.
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Washington
Commerce Department
British Army to Send 550 Troops to Northern Ireland
The British army announced 550 soldiers will be deployed to Northern Ireland this week to strengthen border security and protect the rebuilding of six police stations damaged by IRA attacks. This marks the first emergency battalion deployment since the 1981 hunger strike era, amid heightened tensions after the Nov. 15 accord and recent IRA actions and political arrests.
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Northern Ireland
Maze
Republic
Irish Republican Army
the Maze
Bodies of cave divers recovered in Florida incident
In Deland Florida two Orlando men Rudy Travaglini 28 and Steven Gregg 34 disappeared during an underwater cave dive. Their bodies were recovered near 5 p.m. by a volunteer team from the National Speleological Society after firefighters halted the search due to dangerous conditions.
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Fla
Rudy Travaglini
Steven Gregg
Orlando
Roy Ogles
DeLeon Springs State Recreation Area
Ed Duff
Lewis Walker
Sid Massey
National Speleological Society
Ogles
Walker
Clifford
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