Senate Passes Jobs Bill Weeks Impasse Over Withholding
The Senate approved a $5.2 billion jobs bill 82 to 16 after resolving a four day hold on withholding taxes on dividends and interest. It funds unemployment benefits in 27 states and DC and sets July 1 for repeal, with further action on March 15 and April 15 planned on related measures.
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Washington Post Service
Washington
Senate
House
District of Columbia
Bob Kasten
R-Wis
Congress
White House
Republican
Soviet hints missiles near U S borders in response to NATO
A senior Soviet official said Moscow would deploy missiles near American borders if NATO places medium range rockets in Western Europe to seek parity. Pravda warned of a timely response to Western missiles, while Arbatov urged equality through European and border deployments.
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Gazette Wire Services
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Kremlin
NATO
Europe
Pravda
U.S.S.R
Communist Party
Georgi Arbatov
U.S.A
Canada
Soviet Academy of Science
American
Arbatov
Reagan
Orlando
Fla
Soviet Union
White House
Leonid Brezhnev
United States
Nikolai Ogarkov
New York Times
U.S
Audit finds poor records at Iowa Indian career council
State audit cites Region VII American Indian Council in Kansas City for inadequate records covering Feb 1980 to Mar 1981. Of $72,278 contract funds, $70,511 is questioned due to mischarged travel to Missouri sites and missing supporting documentation. The council could not be fully audited and must reconstruct records.
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Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Office For Planning and
Tama
Sioux City
Red Oak
St. Louis
Kansas City
Springfield
Missouri
House panel boosts social spending cuts defense in 1984 budget
The Democratic led House Budget Committee approved an 863.5 billion 1984 budget, cutting military outlays by 9.3 billion and increasing social spending by 27 billion, with a 30 billion tax hike tied to repealing part of the July tax cut. The vote was 20 to 11 with party lines.
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Washington
UPI
House Budget Committee
Reagan
Phil Gramm
Texas
Chuckle: report card boosts parents' belief in lifting weights
A humorous note says a report card can persuade parents that they need not be weightlifters to raise a dumbbell. The quip echoes the idea that small efforts at home can improve a child’s fitness.
Reagan urges student 800 contribution for federal grants
President Reagan asked Congress to require students to cover 40 percent of education costs, at least 800 dollars annually, before federal grants. He also proposed a tax break for parents saving up to 1000 dollars per child and a voucher system to send disadvantaged students to private or out of district schools.
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Reagan
Congress
John Haines
Education Department
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