No tax bill till budget cuts OK'd
White House will delay submitting a tax simplification bill while Congress works on a $51 billion spending-cut package. Sen. Packwood says tax action could come by Aug. 1 if spending cuts advance, with defense trimming urged. House GOP leaders accuse Reagan of misleading about deficits.
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R-Ore
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Caspar Weinberger
James C. Wright Jr
Texas
Senate
Wright
Woman
National Democratic Club
Soviet Union
Clothes Make the Man Joke Turns on Tailor’s Trade
A lighthearted quip notes that clothes define the wearer unless a tailor alters the equation, hinting at the craft’s power to shape appearance and identity.
Wild children found in abandoned bus. Parents charged
Three nearly feral children ages 8 months 3 and 4 were found living in a rusted abandoned school bus near Berrien Springs Michigan. Parents Donald and Eva Monk were arraigned on three counts of felony child abuse and neglect with up to four years in prison and a $3000 fine per count. bond posted for her husband, while she remains jailed. Police received tip after sleigh riders spotted a child’s face in a broken bus window.
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Larry Seman
Michigan
Berrien Springs
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Eva Monk
5Th District Court
St. Joseph
Cindy Palma
Monk
Berrien County
Larry Krieger
Seman
Lottery bill gains ground despite hurdles in Iowa
Des Moines reports the Iowa Senate Ways and Means Committee advances a lottery bill with 45 percent prize payout and profits to the general fund. Gov Branstad signals support but House and Senate face debate this week before final passage targeted by March 1.
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Iowa Senate votes to curb school start before Sept 1
The Iowa Senate approved a bill 38 to 10 prohibiting any school district from starting classes before September 1. The measure, defended as protecting students and addressing uneven opening dates last year, now moves to the House with a provision for DPI exemptions if districts show need.
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Beirut kidnappers release videotape of American
A U S Embassy political officer William Buckley says he and two other Americans Benjamin Weir and Jeremy Levin are well in a Beirut videotape seen by CNN and Wisnews. Buckley says the government must act for their release while captors and demands remain unnamed. The 16 March 1985 kidnapping dates and prior abductions are noted with Buckley’s message dated January 22, 1985.
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Buckley
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