Administration eyes excise tax boost and other revenue ideas
The Reagan administration may raise cigarette and alcohol taxes and push a range of revenue measures to hit a balanced budget by 1984. Proposals include cutting most interest deductions, limiting health premium exemptions, and broadening taxes on unemployment benefits, energy credits, and medical expenses.
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Wild Bill Sackter Recall Spurs New York Spotlight
Iowa City's Bill Sackter, known as Wild Bill, moves from University of Iowa social work coffee shop to a CBS TV movie about his life. The film Whose Brother Whose Keeper was retitled Bill and stars Mickey Rooney. Morrow wrote it after meeting in Minneapolis.
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Limited nuclear war remark sparks political storm in Europe
President Reagan suggested a limited nuclear war in Europe, triggering widespread European concern. Brezhnev condemned such a plan as dangerous madness, while U S and allied officials sought to calm fears during NATO talks in Scotland.
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Brezhnev
Communist Party
Pravda
General relieved after disobeying NSC speech rule
Maj. Gen. Robert Schweitzer, the top NSC staff officer, was fired and ordered back to the Army after saying the Soviets have nuclear superiority and will strike. A senior White House official said he disobeyed the rule requiring public remarks to be cleared with Richard Allen. The official noted the speech did not reflect the president's view on world affairs.
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National Security Council
White House
Robert Schweitzer
Richard Allen
Reagan
Schweitzer
Allen
Polish violence peaks as 5000 protest in Katowice after arrests
In a 14 month high of labor unrest police clashed with about 5000 protesters in Katowice after three Solidarity activists were arrested for distributing underground leaflets. A union member, Tadeusz Baranowski, was detained, two others escaped into the crowd, and police stations were attacked with windows broken.
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Poland
UPI
Solidarity
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Tadeusz Baranowski
Five Seasons adds squads to look for young drinkers
Five Seasons Center enhances security for the Van Halen concert with about 30 orange shirted personnel. Three squads will target underage beer drinkers, ask for proof of age, and dispose of any beer found. Legal drinking adults may buy two beers per trip.
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Mike Gebauer
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Index All Too Often a Clear Con Science
The line ponders conscience as memory and clarity, noting how moral sense can fade when memory fails. It frames integrity as challenging yet essential, implying a reflection on ethical awareness and accountability.
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