South Africa approves tough security laws under emergency powers
President Botha’s council passes security bills allowing 180 day detention and unrest area powers amid state of emergency. Shultz condemns emergency as setback while black strikes widen and unions falter under detentions. Opposition decries rubber stamp parliament action.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
President’s Council
Council
Law and Order
Pieter W. Botha
National Party
Botha
U.S
George Shultz
Shultz
Reagan
Bureau of Information
Soweto
Progressive Federal Party
P.C. Schoeman
Council For Action
Schoeman
Louis le Grange
Kean Split: New Jersey governor buys New York island estate
Gov. Thomas Kean promoted a $3 million tourism push with the theme New Jersey and you perfect together. He meanwhile purchased a $980,000 10 acre estate on Fishers Island New York, including a mansion and three small islands, offering little comment on the vacation choice. Also: Faye Dunaway theater interruption at Hampstead London. an intruder declared love mid performance. George Hansen reports to Petersburg prison camp to begin a five to 15 month term for falsifying financial disclosures.
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Thomas Kean
New Jersey
New York
Garden State
Brooke Shields
Bill Cosby
Kean
Fishers Island
Long Island
Faye Dunaway
Hampstead
London
Daily Express
Dunaway
Faye
Amsterdam
Sue Hyman
Hansen
George Hansen
Petersburg
Jack Atherton
Associated Press
Senate panel cuts Star Wars budget request
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved a 301 billion dollar Pentagon bill trimming President Reagan's Star Wars SDI request by 19 billion. The panel authorized 3.95 billion for SDI for FY1987, down from Reagan's 5.4 billion ask, with Nunn and Cohen backing the cut to fund non nuclear weapons. White House spokesman Speakes warned the reduction could delay deployment timetable.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Reagan
Sam Nunn
Dga
William Cohen
Maine
Strategic Defense Initiative
SDI
Defense and Energy Departments
House
White House
Larry Speakes
Senate
Senate Armed Services
Speakes
Senate rejects tax amnesty provision in tax overhaul
The Senate rejected a tax amnesty provision that would bar prosecution of those who confess to back taxes and pay owed amounts. By voice vote, lawmakers approved Sen. Dale Bumpers's amendment removing the amnesty clause after a 43-40 defeat of a two-year limit compromise. The measure aimed to narrow the tax gap, with officials noting past IRS discretion in voluntary payments.
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Senate
Chieats
Internal Revenue Service
Dale Bumpers
D-Ark
Senate Finance Committee
Bumpers
Sen
John Kerry
D-Mass
IRS
Kerry
Max Baucus
Dmont
Finance Committee
Hijack trial in Genoa erupts as suspects threaten court
Two Palestinian hijackers in the Achille Lauro case shouted threats in Arabic from their cages during the Genoa courtroom session. The prosecutor fled the room. judge adjourned, with heightened security and a bomb-sniffing dog added after a threatening anonymous call.
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Italy
Achille Lauro
Lino Monteverde
Luigi Carli
ANSA
Beirut
Youssef Magid al-Molqi
Ahmad Marrouf al- Assadi
Assadi
Port Said
Egypt
Molqi
Ibrahim Fatayer Abdelatif
Bassam al-Ashker
Moldi
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Molgi
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Syria
Armar Furniture Gallery
Riverside Furniture Corporation
Armar Drive
Marion
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