Senate backs 7.9 billion cut in retirement benefits
The Senate voted 49 to 42 to approve a 7.9 billion reduction in next year’s cost-of-living increases for 44 million Social Security and other government retirement beneficiaries. The move aligns with Reagan's economic plan and faces House negotiation.
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Demo leaders push strategy after defector vote upset
Democratic Party leaders criticized 63 House members for backing Reagan's budget cuts and debated how to mend party fortunes. They endorsed a plan to hold a smaller pre election midterm conference with appointed and at large delegates to focus on the 1982 campaigns.
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Japan and United States Agree on Defense Step Up
Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki and President Reagan concluded talks in Washington agreeing to greater Japanese defense efforts. Japan will maintain a 7 percent defense spending growth and contribute more to the cost of stationing American troops in Japan. The joint communique left details to be worked out later this year amid a push to counter Soviet forces while respecting Japan's pacifist constitution.
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United States
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Justice Department
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Londonderry violence and prison hunger strike in Northern Ireland
Youths hurl stones as a hijacked truck burns in Londonderry. In South Armagh suspected IRA guerrillas shell a police station with mortars. An IRA inmate at Maze prison is reported ready to begin a hunger strike to press for political prisoner status after Bobby Sands’s death.
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Deaths probe widens to Los Angeles County hospitals
Los Angeles County district attorney joins Riverside and San Bernardino inquiries into 27 deaths at Community Hospital of the Valleys in Perris and San Gorgonio Pass Hospital in Banning. Autopsies reveal causes differ from death certificates as exhumations continue. Nurse Robert Diaz, 43, questioned amid drug investigations. no charges yet.
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Guatemalan pipeline bombing kills professors as violence rises
Terrorists blew up Guatemala's main crude oil pipeline cutting 5000 barrels daily to Santo Tomas de Castilla. Two law professors and an university employee were killed in the attack blamed on right wing extremists amid ongoing leftist-rightist clashes.
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Extradition efforts for Dawe stall amid long legal battles
The 46 year old Dawe, once a Singapore postal clerk, claims a frame by Soviet agents and Hong Kong officials as U.S. courts delay extradition since 1979. The State Department highlights a separate case of 10 people indicted in New Orleans for plotting to invade Dominica with promises of money and power.
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