Supreme Court rules against draft resisters selective prosecution upheld
The Supreme Court by 7-2 vote upholds the federal policy of prosecuting only vocal draft resisters, allowing prosecution of David Wayte and affecting 17 others. The decision also affirms an Ohio case granting public employees a pre termination hearing and clarifies government actions on education grants, gender-based employment claims, and banking tax matters.
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Supreme Court
David Alan Wayte
Yale
Pasadena
Calif
Wayte
Reagan
Selective Service
Ohio
Byron White
White
Jimmy Carter
Afghanistan
Lewis Powell
Powell
Justice Department
Iowa
Des Moines
Mark Bennett
Russell
Rusty” Martin
Martin
Bennett
Ohio Governor Signs Bill Opening S and Ls
Gov. Richard Celeste signed compromise legislation allowing some of Ohio’s 69 closed savings and loan associations to reopen. The measure requires federal deposit insurance, allows limited withdrawals, and follows days of legislative wrangling after a run on S and Ls and the Cincinnati bank closure.
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Ohio
Savings and Loan
Richard Celeste
Senate
House
S&ls
Celeste
Home State Savings Bank
CIA pushes bill to criminalize unauthorized government disclosures
The CIA proposed to the White House legislation making it a crime for government employees to disclose national secrets without authorization with up to five years in prison and a 25000 dollar fine. The measure targets insiders and would allow defenses such as prior publication or improper classification. It aims to deter leaks while not listing journalists as targets but could affect source disclosure.
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Justice Department
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William Casey
Justice
State
Defense
Iran suffers tens of thousands losses in weeklong assault
U S officials say Iran sent up to 50 000 troops in a southeastern Iraq offensive aimed at breaking the Iraqi hold on Basra and severing the Basra Baghdad highway. The counterattack crushed the Iran drive, with thousands killed or captured and Tehran showing no sign of seeking peace. Iran claimed missile strikes on Baghdad as Baghdad said airstrikes hit multiple Iranian cities.
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Reagan Administration
Iran
Iraq
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Tehran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ans
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al Amarah
al Qurnah
Tigris
Basra
Baghdad
U.S
Saddam Hussein
Britain unveils austere 1985-86 budget amid mining strike
Nigel Lawson presented a 150.5 billion dollar budget for the year starting April, aiming to limit unemployment and inflation. The deficit rose by 3.13 billion dollars after the coal miners' strike, with spending about five percent above the current year. In Peking the CPP called for academic freedom and private consulting within state research. In Washington Adolfo Calero said three FDN officers were executed in 1983 for abuses and rejected charges of U.S. backing of atrocities.
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Calif
Writers Guild
Ernest Lehman
Hollywood Palladium
Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers
London
Nigel Lawson
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Peking
Chinese Communist Party
Washington
Adolfo Calero
Calero
Democratic Force
FDN
Gazette Wire
Black workers end Port Elizabeth strike after protests
In Port Elizabeth black workers return to jobs after a three day strike that paralyzed the city. Police report strike related violence left 12 dead including a policeman as Sipo Hashe voices that the protest shows the suffering under the white minority government. The action protested fuel and bus fare price hikes.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Port Elizabeth
Sipo Hashe
Alfonsin Visits White House Endorses Non Intervention Policy
Argentine President Raul Alfonsin urged non intervention in Central America during a White House meeting with President Reagan. Reagan warned against communist tyranny spreading from Nicaragua and reiterated support for democracy in the hemisphere.
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Raul Alfonsin
White House
Reagan
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Hemisphere
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