Reagan’s 1987 Budget Proposes Deep Cuts to Health and Aid Programs
The article notes critics argue Reagan’s efforts to trim domestic social spending while boosting defense threaten essential services. It details proposed 1987 cuts: Medicare $4 billion now and $37.3 billion over five years, Medicaid $1.3 billion, and AFDC $634 million, against inflation and rising need.
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Presient
Reagan
Congress
Pollard and wife plead guilty in espionage case
Pollard and Anne Henderson Pollard pleaded guilty to conspiring to receive embezzled government property and to possession of national defense documents. They admitted taking over $45,000 and reimbursement for trips to Paris Europe and Israel. Air Force colonel Aviem Sella allegedly provided a diamond ring. Prosecutors seek a substantial prison term for Pollard. wife faces up to 10 years and $500,000 fine. The case ties to a broader spy network and ongoing grand jury probe.
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Anne Henderson Pollard
Pollard
Paris
European
Israel
Air Force
Aviem “Avi” Sella
James F. Hibey
Pollards
U.S
Washington
Sella
Joseph diGenova
diGenova
Justice and State Departments
Pelton Faces Life Sentence Over Soviet Secrets
Pelton 44 faces life imprisonment if convicted of passing secrets to Soviet agents during 1980 and 1983 Vienna trips. Prosecutors say he received 35000 dollars plus expenses after leaving the NSA in 1979 after 14 years. Defense argues FBI statements were not voluntary and should be excluded. judge refused suppression.
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FBI
Douglass
Pelton
Vienna
Austria
NSA
Fred Warren Bennett
Father’s paternity case split over res judicata and new tests
The court majority upholds continued child support, arguing new tests don’t change circumstances. Judge Snell dissents, calling the change in technology a substantial shift and criticizing finality rules. The ruling also declines an increase in support due to higher living costs.
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Alan Danielson
Snell
Talks Slow as US Soviet Missile Defense Faces Deadlock
The arms talks show a heavy tug between antimissile research and deep cuts in offensive force. Weinberger calls Soviet moves unacceptable while a White House official urges careful review of Kampelman’s Geneva proposal and running room for exploration. Public stance says no irreconcilable goals exist, yet privately tensions persist. The Soviet position remains that defense and disarmament are incompatible, with a potential bridge through time-bound ABM treaty constraints.
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W. Weinberger
White House
Geneva
Max M. Kampelman
Weinberger
Reagan
Soviet Union
United States
Private Space Services ready to launch satellites
Space Services Inc led by former astronaut Donald K Slayton plans commercial satellite launches from Houston. With NASA Air Force and European systems grounded after Challenger and other rocket failures the privately financed firm has six potential launch sites and ready engines but awaits paying customers with firm launch dates.
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Space Center
Houston
NASA
Air Force
European Space Agency
Donald K. Slayton
Slayton
America
Space Services Inc
West
Space Services
Titan
Delta
U.S
NASA Booster Center Officials Face Scrutiny Over Challenger
The four month probe blamed NASA s Marshall center in Huntsville for delaying action on seal risks in the solid rocket boosters. It cites lessons from Morton Thiokol warnings about cold weather and notes leadership shifts including the retirement of Marshall director Robert F Lucas after 12 years.
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Marshall Center
Huntsville
Ala
Marshall
Morton Thiokol Inc
Lucas
Thiokol
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Washington
James C. Fletcher
NASA
Stanley R. Reinartz
Shuttle Projects
Lawrence B. Mulloy
Judson Lovingood
Reinartz
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