Congress OKs nearly one trillion budget with military limits
The Senate approved a 995 billion fiscal 1987 budget by voice vote after a House-Senate conference. It cuts Reagan military outlays by about 21 billion below his request, allows up to 3 billion for a contingency fund, and ties additional spending to new taxes or asset sales. The plan aims to meet Gramm-Rudman deficit targets and balance by 1991.
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Washington
Senate
Reagan
Gramm-Rudman
Congress
America
William Gray III
House Budget Committee
Pentagon
House
Bomb injures 13 at Madrid airport
A suitcase bomb exploded at Barajas International Airport Madrid injuring 13 as El Al passengers boarded Flight 396 to Tel Aviv. Nir Ran of El Al spotted smoke and halted the conveyor, saving further damage. A passenger with a Spanish passport was arrested for questioning. a second suspicious bag was found non explosive.
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Madrid
Spain
el al Airlines
Nir Ran
Ran
el al
Tel Aviv
Barajas
Domingo Perez
Perez
Iowans in Moscow visit free enterprise at farmers market
Gov. Branstad and three Iowans tour Moscow private markets where Uzbek and Georgian farmers sell cherries, melons, carrots and meat. Officials note better quality and variety than state stores, with markets seen as a perk for farmers tied to the land despite higher prices.
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John Peterson
Georgia
Ukraine
Moscow
Weyland Beeghley
U.S
Beeghley
Branstad Eyes Breakthrough in Talks with Dobrynin
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad nears a breakthrough after being invited to meet Anatoly Dobrynin in Moscow. Dobrynin, now head of the Foreign Affairs Commission, is an adviser to Gorbachev who prioritizes agriculture under Gosagroprom reform. Branstad aides work to arrange Gosagroprom talks before a two day trip to Leningrad then return to Iowa.
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John Peterson Oscow
Iowa
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Anatoly Dobrynin
Washington
United States
Dobrynin
Central Committee
Supreme Soviet
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Gosagroprom
Keith Heffernan
Gosogroprom
Leningrad
Iowa jobless rate dips to 19 month low in May
Iowa's unemployment rate fell to 4.0 percent in May the lowest since October 1984. The Job Service of Iowa report shows 54,000 jobless in May down from 64,400 in April and 61,800 last May. The statewide labor force declined year over year to 1,349,200 from 1,367,300.
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Liz Gear
Des Moines
Iowa
Job Service of
Dick Freeman
Supreme Court bars execution of insane killers nationwide
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Constitution bars executing murderers who are so insane they do not know they are to be killed or why. It requires fair procedures to test insanity, blocking Florida from executing Alvin Ford and signaling broader limits on state death penalty practices.
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Supreme Court
Florida
William Rehnquist
Thurgood Marshall
Harry Blackmun
John Paul Stevens
William Brennan
Lewis Powell
Marshall
Powell
Alvin Ford
Ford
Warren Burger
Rehnquist
Sandra
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