Democrats Win Senate Thrusts in Reagan Era Shift
The 55 45 Senate majority gives Democrats control after a GOP edge in the 99th Congress. Leaders say Reagan faces a two year task of compromise or risk deadlock as both parties anticipate confrontations on policy and vetoes.
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Reagan
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Robert Dole
R-Kan
Senate
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
White House
Paul Kirk
Kirk
Branstad
Lowell Jenkins
Iowa
EPA weighs tougher limits on lead in drinking water
The Environmental Protection Agency considers reducing the allowed lead in tap water from 50 to 20 parts per billion under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Proposals could be finalized in 1988 with an expected $800 million annual savings in health, education, and infrastructure costs. Illinois shows the highest state average at 87 ppb, with a test site at 10 000 ppb.
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Sachusetts
Michigan
New Hampshire
McMullin sobs as confession read in court
Murl McMullin wept in Scott County Court as a police confession was read. Witnesses described his June killing of Marilyn Kolek in Cedar Rapids and the later disposal of her body in a home freezer. Defense argues childhood abuse affected responsibility while prosecutors say he deliberately murdered her.
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Murl McMullin
Cedar Rapids
McMullin
Scott County
Marilyn Kolek
Kolek
Dawley St
Linn County
Denver Dillard
Dillard
Patrick Grady
Helicopter hijack fuels daring Pleasanton prison escape
A man believed to be Ronald McIntosh hijacked a four seat helicopter at San Jose airport with a pistol, landed near Danville, then ferried Samantha Lopez a 37 year old inmate serving a 50 year term from the Federal Correction Institute near Pleasanton. Authorities hunted for the fugitives as night fell.
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Samantha Lopez
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Danville
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San Jose
Peter Szabo
Federal Correction Institute
Lopez
FBI
Beech-Nut Indicted Over Adulterated Baby Juice
Beech-Nut, a Fort Washington based subsidiary of Nestle, indicted by a Brooklyn grand jury for selling adulterated and misbranded infant apple juice from 1978 to 1983. The 470 count case names Beech-Nut president Niels Hoyvald, two suppliers, and a shipping company. No health hazard is believed to have resulted.
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WY Versie Corp
Justice Department
Hazard
Brooklyn, N.Y
Fort Washington
Marriage Jokes Spark Bright Laughs With Bills
A lighthearted quip frames marriage as sharing light and the result being electric bills. The joke plays on the idea of a spouse brightening life while adding practical costs.
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