Committees complete work on spending cuts and tax vote delay
Senate committees finish plans for 29.5 billion in three year spending cuts including a 4 percent annual cap on government retiree increases affecting 3 million retirees and 1.3 million military personnel. A separate debate over airport funding delays a tax withholding vote tied to Reagan’s tax plan.
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Spielberg tops box office with three films earning near twenty million
Steven Spielberg's three releases grossed nearly 20 million with E T The Extra Terrestrial at 12.8 million Raiders of the Lost Ark 4.3 million and Poltergeist 2.6 million Daily Variety notes E T could topple Star Wars earnings while totaling 129 673 820 in 38 days and averaging almost 3 5 million daily John Denver and wife Annie separate on a trial basis in Aspen no legal action reported Shuttle astronauts Hartsfield and Mattingly attend World's Fair previews and viewed a film about Columbia while thanking the crowd for aviation progress
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Grain caucus targets defense spending in Congress
Congressman Cooper Evans joins 14 Republicans to form a grain caucus aiming to trim billions from the Defense Department budget. The group seeks amendments to the 183.4 billion defense authorization, targeting MX missiles and ship programs while pressuring Weinberger over grain sales to the Soviet Union.
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Iraq halts Iranian troop advance near Basra
Reports from both sides describe fierce artillery and tank duels near Basra with Iraq claiming to have halted the Iranian advance. Iraqi outlets said about 1,500 Iranians killed and 4 tanks destroyed, raising Iranian losses to 1,849 soldiers and 15 tanks since Monday night. Tehran radio said Iran repulsed two enemy counterattacks.
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Brady sues gun makers in $590 million action
White House press secretary James Brady names Roehm GmbH of West Germany and R.G. Industries Inc. of Miami as defendants in the suit over the 1981 shooting of Brady Reagan and two officers. The Bradys seek 590 million with claims that the weapons are unreliable and wrongly marketed.
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Jaruzelski to outline easing of martial law in Poland
Premier Wojciech Jaruzelski met with military and political leaders in Warsaw ahead of a special Parliament session. Officials said he will present a timetable for loosening martial law and may announce liberalization measures including the release of some internees.
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Missing American educator sought by Lebanese security
In West Beirut on Tuesday Palestinian security men scoured houses for David Stuart Dodge II, acting president of the American University of Beirut, abducted Monday from campus by two gunmen. A witness cited gunmen shouting they were members of a pro Iranian Amal militia.
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White House transport office overcharged press for trips
The White House Transportation Office allegedly ran a 165000 surplus by overcharging reporters and crews traveling with President Carter on trips from 1978 to 1980. A high level source claimed overcharges exceeded 10 percent, while former transportation director Bob Manning denies intentional overcharging.
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Reagan Administration Defends Environment Report
The President's Council on Environmental Quality released a 291 page assessment claiming the nation has made great progress since the early 1970s clean air and clean water laws. It countered conservationists who have criticized the president's record.
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