House passes 11.9 billion bill to curb drugs and limit abortions
The House approved by voice vote an 11.9 billion appropriations bill aimed at stem the tide of illegal drugs from abroad and restrict abortion coverage in federal employee health plans serving about 9 million. The measure would fund the president's office and agencies but includes an abortion restriction and restores drug-enforcement funding.
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Lewis Convicted in Tylenol Cyanide Extortion Case
James W. Lewis was found guilty of attempting to extort one million dollars from Johnson & Johnson after a nationwide Tylenol cyanide scare. A federal jury delivered the verdict after five days of testimony, as Lewis grimaced when read and his wife LeAnn sat nearby.
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Democrats to hold seven debates in 1984 primaries
Seven men seeking the Democratic presidential nomination will participate in a series of debates sponsored by the League of Women Voters during the 1984 primaries. The first debate is planned for Manchester New Hampshire in late February with additional events sponsored by the Des Moines Register in Iowa on February 11 and a possible debate later arranged by the House Democratic Caucus.
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Arctic icebreaker frees last ship from frozen pack
Tass reports an icebreaker escorted the final ships out of the Arctic ice field off northeastern Siberia. The tanker Igrim reached easier ice near the Yakan Peninsula and headed for Vladivostok on the Sea of Japan.
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Mama's boy burglar gets six years after walk arrest
Perry Cochran, 54, once ordered to home confinement with his mother in Robbins, Illinois, was rearrested for walking alone and sentenced to six years in prison. Judge McKay cited prior clean record since 1965, a Bible study turn, and crowded prisons in imposing the new term.
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Georgia Supreme Court upholds custody ruling in Blackburn case
The Georgia Supreme Court refused to hear Kathleen Blackburns appeal and let stand a lower court decision transferring custody of her 4 year old son to his father Mark Blackburn. The child had previously been separated from his mother after she gave birth to a racially mixed daughter.
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Spilotro Acquitted in Torture Slayings Case
Anthony Spilotro, linked to the Chicago mob, is acquitted in a bench trial over the 1962 torture slayings of William McCarthy and James Miraglia. Judge Thomas Maloney found the prosecution witness Cullotta not credible as the verdict was delivered with the defendant silent.
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NATO to scrap 1400 warheads in Europe amid new missile plans
Defense ministers vote to reduce aging Western European nuclear warheads from 6000 to 4600 over five to six years while reaffirming deployment of U S Pershing 2 and cruise missiles. Soviet negotiator signals possible compromise on MRMs but blames American stance. In Manila Rolando Galman case authorities release his mother and sister denying guilt in Aquino assassination.
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U S joins Chinese in ship hunt for missing offshore crew
U S Navy rescue planes joined Chinese vessels in a search for the 5930 ton offshore drilling ship Globar Java Sea with 81 persons aboard. An SOS picked up by a Japanese freighter placed the location about 135 miles east of Vietnam as crews from Atlantic Richfield Co. and others scramble to find survivors.
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