White House abandons plan to replace forced busing
The Reagan administration dropped its bid to replace court ordered busing after East Baton Rouge Parish school board rejected a voluntary desegregation proposal. The 10-2 vote cited cost and increased busing. Reynolds urged canceling a hearing, signaling no talks unless a board backed a feasible desegregation plan.
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Washington
Reagan Administration
East Baton Rouge
Justice Department
U.S. Supreme Court
Nashville
U.S. District Court
Chicago
Reagan
East Baton Rouge Parish
William Bradford Reynolds
Justice Plan
Reynolds
U.S
John V. Parker
Baton Rouge
John
V. Wilson
Social Security deficit projection raised by actuaries
Social Security actuaries said the 75 year deficit rose to 2.09 percent of payrolls from 1.8 percent. Senator Jesse Helms called for eliminating the system and replacing it with private accounts while President Reagan backs a bipartisan rescue plan. The forecast also lowers average births per woman to 2.0, reducing future payroll tax revenues.
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Social Security
Senate
John A. Svahn
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Helms
Reagan
Census Bureau
Father dies saving children in Ohio house fire
Harold Spencer perished after entering his burning McDermott home to rescue his three children Jennifer 4 Amanda 3 and Harold Jr 2. His wife Sharon 23 was held back by a neighbor. Fire officials suspect an overheated wood stove caused the blaze near Rush Township.
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Homer Hubbard
Hubbard
Bernice Goodson
Spencer
Jennifer
Amanda
Harold Jr
Newark Leads Nation in City Poverty Rates in 1979
Census data show Newark New Jersey had 32.8 percent of its 326 105 residents at or below the poverty line in 1979, the worst poverty record among large cities. Livonia Michigan had the lowest rate at just over two in 100. Des Moines Cedar Rapids Davenport and Cedar Rapids ranked among others with lower shares.
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Washington
UPI
Newark
N.J
Census Bureau
Livonia, Mich
Iowa
Des Moines
Davenport
Amarillo
Texas
Cedar Rapids
Bureau
West German and British arrests target right wing terror plot
Five ultra rightists were detained in West Germany and Britain over December car bomb attacks injuring two U.S. soldiers. A sixth suspect remains at large for the Aug 9 Paris synagogue bombing that killed six. Extradition talks were reported as police linked the arrests to the attacks.
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West Germany
Britain
Die Welt
Paris
Justice Ministry
London
Walther Kexel
Ulrich Tillman
Parkstone
Poole
Independent Television News
U.S
Bomb injures 76 in South Africa government building
A Friday blast at a Bloemfontein provincial government building injured 76 people, 18 seriously, with authorities attributing the attack to the outlawed African National Congress amid its campaign against white minority rule.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
African National Congress
Bloemfontein
Orange Free State
Marines to patrol East Beirut as clashes flare across Lebanon
U S Marines join peacekeeping alongside the Lebanese army in East Beirut while fighting rages elsewhere. A rocket propelled grenade hits an Israeli column on the Beirut to Damascus highway near 10 miles east of the city. In Sidon unknown assailants kill a man and kidnap his wife and daughter as Israeli troops clash with villagers and a curfew is imposed.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.S
Beirut-to-Damascus
Sidon
East Beirut
Teen charged with arson in Australia fires
A 19 year old unemployed man was charged with unlawfully and maliciously setting a shrub fire linked to the southeast Australian blazes. Firefighters in Victoria fought two fires still out of control while a high fire weather weekend loomed. The casualty toll reached 70. The suspect Andrew Mervyn Davey appeared after the charge in Kersbrook near Adelaide with the magistrate ordering custody for his protection.
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Sydney
Australia
Victoria
Andrew Mervyn Davey
Kersbrook
Adelaide
South Australia
Andrew Moss
Protests Erupt Across Poland Over Economic Strife
About 2,000 youths protested anti government sentiment in Krakow, the fourth such rally in a week. The demonstrations reflect anger over economic woes and Solidarity’s ban last October, according to official and eyewitness sources.
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Warsaw
Poland
Krakow
Solidarity
Gazette Wire Services
Crippen to Command 13th Space Shuttle Mission
AP reports Robert L Crippen named commander of the 13th space shuttle mission set for April 1984 making him the first astronaut to fly the shuttle three times. The flight will test retrieval and repair capabilities on a satellite and includes a San Francisco International Airport redeployment ceremony.
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Robert L. Crippen
Knapp Sets Around the World Speed Record in Jet
Brooke Knapp landed in San Francisco after a 50 hour flight in a Lear 35 named The American Dream. She completed a 23 500 mile journey unofficially in 50 hours 32 minutes 45 seconds and was greeted by her husband Charles Knapp with roses. She requested an ice cold beer and rest.
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San Francisco
UPI
Brooke Knapp
Charles Knapp
SSA to Open More Records for Immigration Tracking
The Social Security Administration will routinely share more records with immigration officials to locate illegal aliens. Applications for Social Security numbers already go to the INS, and now files on aliens' benefit claims may be provided upon request to aid fraud investigations.
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Washington
UPI
Social Security Administration
Social Security
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Jim Brown
Verne Jervis
INS
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