Reagan aides clash with deficit critics over budget
Budget Director David Stockman argued few feasible options exist to cut deficits in Reagan's plan and warned Congress bears substantial responsibility if the budget fails and the economy stalls. Meese floated possible early tax cut timing to speed recovery, with debate over its effect on 1982 deficits and interest rates.
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David Stockman
Reagan
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Stockman
Wall Street
Edwin Meese
Meese
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David Brinkley
Federal Reserve Board
Fed
Paul Volcker
Volcker
Tokyo Hotel Fire Kills 32. Many Hurt In Predawn Blaze
A predawn fire on the top floors of the Hotel New Japan in Tokyo killed 32 and injured more than 60. Two Americans were among the injured, and a South Korean official said former minister Kim Tae-dong was among the dead. Several others remained unaccounted for as firefighters brought the blaze under control.
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Tokyo
Kim Tae-dong
Mal Kravit
California
Sharon Poff
Okinawa
Your share of new debt: About 400 dollars per person
Economist David Hammond of the Iowa State Extension Service explains that the proposed 91.5 billion deficit would place about 400 dollars on each American share of the national debt. He notes a 4,300 dollar per person burden from the current 985 billion debt and discusses interest rates and tax-cut effects.
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the Gazette
Hammond
Iowa State Extension Service
Ronald Reagan
Weinberger cites Soviet bio weapons in arms talks strain
Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger charges the Soviet Union with violating the 1975 Biological Weapons Convention including an alleged 1979 anthrax release at Sverdlovsk. He urges cutting Western tech trade to hinder Soviet totalitarianism and says future arms deals must be balanced and verifiable.
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Caspar Weinberger
Soviet Union
Congress
Weinberger
United States
Reagan
Sverdlovsk
Chairman Tells Board No Yes Men Around Here
The chairman of the board asserts strict leadership and demands clear understanding, stressing intolerance for insincere agreement and pressing for decisive direction within the organization.
Reagan rights report Downgrades economic social rights
The first worldwide U S rights report to Congress omits economic and social rights but keeps analysis of abuses by friends and foes. It mirrors the Carter document in scope while shifting emphasis to political criticisms of the Soviet Union and allies.
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Reagan
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U.S
Alexander Haig
Young unwed mother dies after birth of morphine addicted infant
Susan Cummings, 17, doctor says cancer doomed her, chose to bear her baby despite dying. Born Nov 25, Brian fought for life at Children’s Hospital after morphine exposure. Grandparents Bernard and Marilyn Cummings pledge to raise him until father can provide.
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Children’s Hospital
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Marilyn
Cummings
Alcoholics Anonymous
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