House approves 440 million supplemental budget bill
The House passed a 440 million supplemental spending measure for fiscal year 1984 by a 360 to 30 vote. It funds projects from the 1984 New Orleans Worlds Fair to a study of accounting practices in the railroad industry, with the largest item 317 million for the Veterans Administration and 57 million for a study on Agent Orange effects.
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Washington Post
Washington
House
Silvio Conte
R-Mass
Conte
Congress
Veterans Administration
Reagan Ridicules Democrats as Political Rip Van Winkles
President Reagan, inaugurating a new job training program at the Labor Department, called Democratic presidential hopefuls “political Rip Van Winkles” for clinging to aging economic policies. He warned they resist new ideas and fail to adapt to changing times.
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Washington
Reagan
Rip van Winkles
Labor Department
Shamir forms new Israeli government to seek confidence
Israeli prime minister designate Yitzhak Shamir announced a new government and will request a parliamentary confidence vote in the Knesset on Monday. He hopes to enter as Israel's seventh prime minister with a slender majority, continuing as foreign minister in Begin's outgoing cabinet.
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Jerusalem
Menachem Begin
Yitzhak Shamir
Shamir
Begin
Israel
Herut
Labour backs unilateral disarmament at Brighton conference
Britain’s opposition Labour Party voted overwhelmingly to reaffirm unilateral nuclear disarmament as official policy at its annual Brighton conference. Former Prime Minister James Callaghan spoke against the motion warning delegates that the stance has cost Labour millions of votes in the last election.
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London
Britain
Labor Party
James Callaghan
Brighton
Labor
Arizona Flood Disaster Declared in Five Counties
President Reagan labeled five southeast Arizona counties as disaster areas after weekend floods. Officials estimate damages over 300 million dollars with 10 dead and five missing as floodwaters recede under sunny skies. Red Cross surveys show about 3,800 residences and businesses damaged or destroyed in the disaster.
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Tucson
Ariz
Reagan
Arizona
Pacific
American Red Cross
Endorsement Ratified at AFL-CIO Convention
Hollywood Florida AP reports the AFL-CIO convention ratified an endorsement calling Walter Mondale eloquent and a strong advocate for labor. Delegates praised his stance on workers rights and social programs while pledging active support in upcoming campaigns.
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Hollywood, Fla
Afl-Cio
Walter Mondale
The Gazette Founded 1883 Cedar Rapids Ad Rates
The Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday at Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscriptions by carrier 1.95 per week and by mail Morning Editions and Sunday seven issues 9.20 for four weeks 95.00 for 52 weeks. U.S. territories 125.00 for 52 weeks. No mail subscriptions where Gazette carrier service exists. Associated Press owns republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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Gazette
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
Gemayel Accepts Observers for Lebanese Cease Fire
President Amin Gemayel agreed to allow observers from non aligned nations to supervise the Lebanese cease fire ending weeks of civil war. Foreign Ministry official Khalil Mekkawi said a neutral observation force is being planned to oversee the Sept. 26 truce with a U N style force considered. Druse leader Walid Jumblatt urged inclusion of observers from India Yugoslavia and another nation.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Amin Gemayel
Syria
Druse
Khalil Mekkawi
Foreign Ministry
Walid Jumblatt
India
Yugoslavia
Gemayel
United States
France
Italy
Britain
U.N
Gazette Wire Services
Bill to outlaw organ sales and create national transplant network
Representative Albert Gore introduces a House bill to outlaw buying and selling human organs and to establish a nationwide transplant network. He says the current ad hoc organ scramble needs a comprehensive solution for all who require transplants.
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Washington
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Asbestos Cleanup Bill Faces 1.4 Billion School Cost
Government draft estimates 1.4 billion dollars needed to remove asbestos from walls and ceilings in about 14 000 U S elementary and secondary schools with typical building costs near 100 000 dollars per school. House approved 50 million in no interest loans. Senate rejected 50 million for loans in proposed education spending.
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Washington
Department of Education
Congress
Associated Press
George Miller
D-Calif
House
Senate
Walter D. Huddleston
D-ay
Departments of Education, Labor, and Health and Human Services
Four Teens Survive 300-Foot Cliff Fall in Pickup
A 1967 Chevrolet El Camino with four Pacifica teens plunged 300 feet from an oceanside lot near San Francisco into the beach below. Dora Doody, 15, broke her collarbone as Lee Langley, 17, was thrown into the water. Langley survived, while Tammy Goodman, 15, and John Stiehr, 18, remained hospitalized with multiple injuries.
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Daly City
Calif
Dora Doody
Pacifica
Oceanside
San Francisco
Fred Holewinske
Muscle Rock
John Casey
Missy
Miss Doody
Lee Langley
Langley
Coast Guard
Kaiser Foundation
John Stiehr
Peninsula Hospital
Burlingame
Jenny Mellmoil
Court moves to defuse Argentine debt crisis
A New York based appeals court stripped a local judge of jurisdiction over a case blocking refinancing of Argentina's 40 billion dollar foreign debt. The judge freed central bank president Julio Gonzalez del Solar while investigation continues, and a Comodoro Rivadavia court supervisor takes up the appeal with a ruling expected within two days.
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New York Times
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Federico Pinto Kramer
Rio Gallegos
Patagonian
Here
Julio Gonzalez del Solar
Pinto Kramer
Gonzalez del Solar
New York State
Aerolineas Argentinas
New York
Enrique Billote
Comodoro Rivadavia
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