Montana voters to decide on property tax repeal initiative
Gov Schwinden and opponents warn the initiative would abolish property taxes, force sales or income tax changes, and devastate schools and local governments. Backers say voter support reflects tax burden concerns amid a $100 million budget gap and a slated $1.3 billion revenue shortfall.
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Montana Association of Counties
Friends of the Constitution Inc
Corvallis
Naomi Powell
General Fund
Rail gun progress noted in SDI research
Washington reports progress on the electromagnetic rail gun as part of the Strategic Defensive Initiative. Pentagon data show large rail gun contracts going to University of Texas at Austin, General Dynamics, Boeing, Ford, and Rockwell with totals from 10 to 33 million dollars.
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Ford
Rockwell
Defense
Harold Brown
Foreign Affairs
Brown
Star Wars
Fred Seitz
Rockefeller University
Robert Jastrow
Earth Sciences
Dartmouth College
Jastrow and Seitz
Rare Soviet newspaper feud over new meningitis vaccine
In Moscow a public clash erupts between Soviet Russia and Literary Gazette over a meningitis vaccine. Burgasov supports the vaccine and Health Minister Burenkov, while the Literary Gazette accuses Burgasov of discrediting rival scientists amid glasnost era infighting.
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Los Angeles Times
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Literary Gazette
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Russia
Pyotr N. Burgasov
Sergei P. Burenkov
Burgasov
Back seat riders safer without belts says NTSB report
National Transportation Safety Board staff urge a shoulder harness and lap belt in rear seats while noting some data suggest rear passengers with only lap belts may fare worse than unbelted in certain crashes. Officials caution against misinterpretation and urge belt use in all seats.
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New York Times
Ashington
National Transportation Safety Board
Safety Board
Ira Furman
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Diane K. Steed
Highway Safety Agency
Agency accused of undermining seat belt recalls
The Center for Auto Safety charged the Transportation Department with delaying promotion of seat belt use by not pressing Honda and Toyota to recall about 1.17 million cars. Diane K. Steed said no safety defect was officially found, while NHTSA had urged recalls for 938,830 Hondas and 234,159 Toyotas. both probes were dropped in May.
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Ss Transportation
Honda
Toyota
Center For Auto Safety
Diane K. Steed
Transportation Department
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
American Honda Motor Co
Toyota Motor Corp
U.S. Ties Civil Defense Funds to Nuclear War Prep
The Reagan administration told states they may not receive Civil Defense Act funds for natural disaster planning unless they also prepare for nuclear war. FEMA emphasizes national security planning, urging shelters for officials and citizen self help, with some officials criticizing the shift.
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Washington Post
Washington
Reagan Administration
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Congress
Julius W. Becton
Wisconsin
Anthony S. Earl
Colette Blum-Meister
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House
Senate Armed Services Committees
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