Reagan Puts Social Security Debate to Congress in Budget Plan
President Reagan said Congress will decide on saving 40 billion dollars from Social Security and considered removing the program from budget totals to resolve the 1983 impasse. He pledged no cut in current benefits and kept July's 7.4 percent COLA, while pressing for quick passage of the Senate Budget Committee plan. He tied unemployment and bankruptcies to lower interest rates, urging Congress to cut spending to lower rates.
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Reagan
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House Budget Committee
Senate Budget Committee
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Argentina signals shift in Falklands talks this week
President Leopoldo Galtieri indicated Argentina would drop demand for a preemptive sovereignty guarantee over the Falklands as negotiations with Britain begin. British envoy deliveries and UN talks frame a pivotal stage as Thatcher vows to protect island residents despite ongoing military pressure.
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Leopoldo Galtieri
Falkland Islands
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Galtieri
Argentina
Falklands
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London
Javier Perez de Cuellar
Margaret Thatcher
Islands
Francis Pym
Iowa City Littering Scheme Turns $2 Ticket Into $102
Two residents, Joan Sustik and Teg Halemi Fatah, demonstrated a scheme by discarding $2 parking citations under officer observation to gain a larger payoff. Each was charged with littering, a fine up to $100, with court appearances scheduled May 24 and May 27.
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Iowa City
Joan Sustik
Scott Blvd
Teg Halemi Fatah
Gilber
Sustik
Fatah
Local man loses $30,000 in California alarm scheme
In spring 1981 Jim Smith of northeast Cedar Rapids invested $30,000 after an 800-number ad led him to Guardian Electronic Systems for a distributorship. He toured California, bought $7,000 in inventory and $23,000 more promised units, but the venture collapsed and the Iowa Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division investigates the scheme.
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Gazette
Jim Smith
Cedar Rapids
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California
Consumer Protection Division
Iowa
Des Moines Register
Guardian Electronic Systems
Westlake
Calif
Iowa rail lines linked to state economy at Ames hearing
More than 100 residents from across Iowa attended an IDOT hearing in Ames on preserving rail lines. Speakers urged quick action to keep lines essential for business, notably Midwest Color Printing, which relies on rail to bid for contracts and hire workers. Abandonments threaten thousands of miles and key routes, with criteria focusing on high tonnage lines and coal plant connections.
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Iowa Department of Transportation
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Spencer
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IDOT
Martin Borah
Midwest Color Printing Corp
Midwest Color
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Rock Island
House panel approves Democratic budget plan
The Democratic led Budget Committee backed a 780.5 billion dollar 1983 spending blueprint on a 17-12 vote. It plans 147 billion in new taxes over three years while cutting defense and leaving Social Security intact. President Reagan endorsed the outline but rejected a proposed 40 billion in unspecified Social Security savings.
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Senate
Reagan
David Obey
D-Wis
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House Budget Committee
Index Boss Cites Wage Law in Pay Talk with Employee
A supervisor tells an employee he would pay what the worker is worth but cites the minimum wage law as a barrier. Copyright.
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