Senate approves 11 billion for water projects nationwide
The Senate passed an 11 billion measure authorizing 191 new water projects to curb drought and upgrade flood control inland waterways and ports. Local beneficiaries would pay 25 percent to 50 percent of costs, funded by a port cargo tax and a doubled barge fuel tax, with House negotiations to follow.
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Washington
Senate
Army Corps of Engineers
White House
House
Mark Hatfield
R-Ore
Appropriations Committee
Capitol Hill
Carter
Reagan
U.S
Former New York officials indicted in corruption probe
Two ex city officials Michael Lazar and Lester Shafran were indicted on racketeering and mail fraud charges for conspiring with late Queens Borough President Donald Manes and Geoffrey Lindenauer to extort bribes from firms doing business with the Parking Violations Bureau. Lindenauer named as unindicted co conspirator. Manes and others alleged.
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NEW York
Queens
Donald Manes
Michael Lazar
Lester Shafran
Lazar
Shafran
Manes
Geoffrey Lindenauer
Parking Bureau
Marriage down as divorce rate rises in 1985 data
Fewer Americans married in 1985, the lowest since 1977, while divorces edged up by about 2 percent. National Center for Health Statistics shows 2,425,000 marriages and 1,187,000 divorces in 1985, with births totaling 3,749,000 and a birth rate of 15.7 per 1,000.
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Washington
National Center For Health Statistics
United States
AIDS discovery could lead to vaccine breakthrough
American and French researchers report finding human viruses closely related to the AIDS virus that do not cause disease. HTLV-4 and LAV-2 were identified in West Africa, with potential to aid vaccine development by providing protective proteins or clues to why these relatives spare human cells. The U.S. Science report and Paris findings stress further comparison to confirm similarity to HTLV-3/LAV.
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Africa
Harvard School of Public Health
Boston
Pasteur Institute
Paris
West Africa
United States
France
U.S
Science
Harvard
Myron Essex
Phyllis Kanks
Dakar
Senegal
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Puccio
Manhattan
Robert Morgenthau
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Hall's
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Collins RD
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