Reagan Budget Sparks Senate Debate on Tax and Defense
The reader recalls Reagan winning a national election while criticizing his proposed budget. He argues Congress should accept the president's plan, cites calls for a Balanced Budget Amendment, and urges Congress to reject the budget or send it back balanced. He contrasts promises with actions and warns of deficits.
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Reagan
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H.L. Mencken
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Mandela rejects conditional release from jail
Nelson Mandela says he cannot accept conditional freedom while the African National Congress remains banned. In a statement conveyed by his daughter at a Soweto rally, he demands unbanning the ANC, dismantling apartheid, and guaranteed free political activity before any release.
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Congress
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Gasoline prices may rise as wholesale costs edge up
AP reports analyst Dan Lundberg says wholesale prices rose 0.3 cents while pump prices for all gas grades fell 0.7 cents over two weeks, risking a penny jump to offset lost margins. National averages from Jan 25 to Feb 8 show regular leaded at 1.01, regular unleaded 1.08, premium 1.23 per gallon.
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Los Angeles
Dan Lundberg
Stephen King hid Bachman alias decades ago reveal
Stephen King disclosed to The Bangor Daily News that five novels published under the Richard Bachman name were written by him. The works include Rage The Long Walk Roadwork The Running Man and Thinner with four rewritten from high school and college manuscripts.
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Stephen King
Richard Bachman
King
Bangor
Maine
Hopelessness Key Predictor In Suicide Risk Study
The University of Pennsylvania study found hopelessness strongest in predicting which patients hospitalized for contemplating suicide would later die by their own action. Of 207 followed five to seven years, 14 died, 13 with high hopelessness scores at admission. The Beck Depression Inventory identified the hopelessness scale.
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New York Times Service
New York
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Aaron Beck
American Journal of Psychiatry
Warplanes Hit Beirut Area Killing Woman and Child
Beiruti witnesses said airstrikes on a building used by a Palestinian faction in eastern Lebanon killed a woman and child and wounded the woman's husband. Radio reports added nine dead from car bombs in Beirut and Tripoli. Israeli command in Tel Aviv said three soldiers killed and three wounded in two southern Lebanon attacks. Since the 1982 invasion, Israeli casualties rose to 615.
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Lebanon
Tripoli
Tel Aviv
Israel
Lawmakers push Social Security cost‑of‑living freeze
House and Senate leaders signal a plan to freeze the annual cost‑of‑living adjustment for about 36 million Social Security recipients next year. They stress benefits will not be cut and frame the move as deficit reducing. Reagan would consider the plan if backed by both parties.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Thomas Foley
D-Wash
Alan Simpson
Wyo
Simpson
NBC
Reagan
Weinberger Defends Space Based Defense Plan
Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger spoke in Munich West Germany to a military studies congress arguing that space based defense systems would balance East and West militaries. He said Star Wars would render nuclear weapons obsolete on the ground and reduce the risk of nuclear war. The 150 attendees debated Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative as a key future defense issue.
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West Germany
Caspar Weinberger
Military Studies Congress
Weinberger
Reagan
Saudi King Fahds White House visit signals push for peacemaking
King Fahd of Saudi Arabia arrives at Andrews with aims to press U S aid for a more active Middle East peace role. Officials say Reagan will demand Arab willingness to negotiate directly with Israel. This visit, first by a reigning Saudi monarch in 14 years, precedes a White House meeting.
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Washington
Fahd
Saudi Arabia
Reagan
Middle East
U.S
Israel
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Bandar bin Sultan
White House
Infertility Up Among Young Women in U S Study Finds
A national study shows infertility among American women aged 20 to 24 rose from 3.6 percent in 1965 to 10.6 percent in 1982, while overall infertility among women 15 to 44 remains unchanged. Experts cite possible links to STDs and IUD use.
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Washington
National Center For Health Statistics
William D. Mosher
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