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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 10, 1981

Page

9

Election chaos as court blocks city primaries

Mayor Koch, exhausted after a Manhattan power outage, said election rescheduling is in limbo as a three judge panel ruled on redistricting. Schwartz, city solicitor, sought stay from Marshall after failing to win reconsideration. The ruling unsettles campaigns for city and borough offices amid questions over district lines.

Koch Manhattan Schwartz Marshall Supreme Court

Citywide blackout disrupts New York in 1977 style chaos

Full power restored by 6 53 p m CDT as stock exchanges closed early and subway service halted in lower Manhattan. Fire officials cited a transformer explosion and oil fire with several apartments damaged while residents aided each other during the extended outage.

American New York Stock Exchanges Lower Manhattan Brooklyn Manhattan Koch Brooklyn Bridge Harnischfeger Mississippi Garth Spielbauer St. Luke’s Hospital Lee Anne Wilcox Lancer Fire Department Wilcox St. Vincent’s Hospital Long Island Rail Road Conrail Times Square Don Edison Larry Kleikman Charles Hynes New York Telephone Company West Side

Reagan weighing 1983 84 defense cuts amid deficit fears

President Reagan and top advisers debated how deep military reductions should be in 1983 and 1984 as deficits threaten the 1984 balance goal. Defense Secretary Weinberger argued for fewer cuts while Budget Director Stockman pressed for more, with Reagan urging a balance by 1984 and signaling a range of possible defense cuts.

Michel Reagan Congress White House Larry Speakes Defense Caspar Weinberger David Stockman Office of Management and Budget Speakes

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