Reagan presses MX plan amid defense spending debates
Reagan lobbied House and Senate members to back the MX while courting moderates on nuclear arms control. The administration touted a bipartisan vote as strengthening national security, as Congress also advanced a $4.8 billion appropriations bill funding the Pershing 2 missile and Capitol wall restoration.
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Reagan nominates new Civil Rights Commission members
Reagan picks Morris Abram John Bunzel Robert Destro and Linda Chavez to staff the Civil Rights Commission. Nominees defend independence and civil rights enforcement while endorsing affirmative action and opposes racial quotas. They favor school desegregation through busing only moderately.
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10 Ramadan Steamer Disaster Off Sudan Border
Aswan secretary-general Nile Ghafour said 10 doctors from Aswan and Cairo flew in with medicine and first aid. The Social Affairs Ministry sent food and blankets for survivors. Police said 627 aboard included 599 passengers. 547 Sudanese, 48 Egyptians, plus a Frenchman, a New Zealander, a Tanzanian and a traveler from Chad. Survivors reported on small river islands with some escaping crocodiles and facing poisonous scorpions. The steamer departed Aswan for Wadi Halfa in Sudan.
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Security adviser killed in El Salvador shocks embassy staff
Salvador described Shaufelberger as in charge of adviser security and briefing on procedures. Hamilton said he was a SEALS member and usually off duty in uniform. Magana offered condolences and a full investigation. Another adviser, Sgt. J Stanley Thomas, was wounded earlier when a helicopter came under fire.
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Iowa task force pushes tougher drunk driving reforms
The report shows 90 percent aware of Iowa’s recent drunk driving law change. Proposals include mandatory jail for first offenses, increased fines, restitution to victims, license revocation, and stricter penalties. Other ideas cover open container bans, later carry-out alcohol sales limits, driver education, and court surveillance.
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Weather Outlook Shows Showers Then Sunshine Across Regions
Extended forecast calls for showers Saturday followed by partly cloudy conditions Sunday and Monday. Highs 65 to 75 Saturday, 60s Sunday and Monday, with lows in the upper 40s to 50s Saturday and 30s to 40s Sunday and Monday. Thunderstorms and hail reported across southern Plains. record highs tied in Albuquerque and Phoenix.
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