Reagan confronts critics over tax cut plan
President Reagan denounces Chicken Little critics of his economic program at a National Federation of Republican Women gathering in Denver. He vows to push tax cuts and spending cuts despite Wall Street doubts and congressional resistance as he eyes abolition of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in a new budget move.
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Denver
Reagan
Wall Street
Congress
National Federation of Republican Women
Main Street
Washington
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Consumer Product Safety Commission
White House
Dorothy Nuese
Laurel
Iowa
Inmates Face Disciplinary Action After Prison Riot
State officials say up to 100 inmates may face disciplinary action and some could be transferred to other states after the Sept. 2 riot. The report cites a $1.3 million cost to quell and clean up and notes no single motive. Gary Tyson of Waterloo was killed during the disturbance.
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Des Moines
Gary Tyson
Waterloo
Michael Reagen
James Menke
Reagen
Social Services
Farm bill sails through Senate amid dairy and soil debate
The four year farm bill, worth billions, won final Senate approval 49 to 32 after changes to dairy and peanut programs. Senators Jepsen and Grassley backed the measure amid criticism over dairy supports. the bill now goes to the House for action.
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Washington
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Bob Dole
Kan
House
U.S
Roger Jepsen
Charles Grassley
Iowa
Midwest
Jepsen
Grassley
Hartford
NFC
Georgia
US Army guidebook warns soldiers during Reforger exercise
In West Germany, 7000 U.S. Army troops receive a tongue in cheek etiquette manual cautioning against game poaching marijuana smuggling and assault on German civilians. The 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson distributed the official publication to troops ahead of the Reforger reinforcement drill, urging discipline and respect in Germany.
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Hanau
West Germany
U.S
Germany
4Th Infantry Division
Fort Carson
Colo
4Th Division
Students hijack Polish plane for asylum in West Berlin
Twelve students armed with knives and broken bottles hijacked a LOT Polish Airlines jet carrying 45 passengers and four crew. The plane landed at Tempelhof, where 29 people remained or joined a new crew, and the group sought political asylum alongside six Polish and two Hungarian passengers. Several passengers chose not to return to Poland, and no injuries were reported.
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West Berlin
Josephine Levada
St. Cloud
Minn
Poland
U.S
PAP
The Rich May Not Live Longer But It Seems So
A satirical remark notes that wealth does not extend life for the rich, yet their poverty-stricken kin appear to bear a heavier burden and endure fewer years in the same era.
Rivalry over female blamed for murders
Ekstrom, 22, of Gowrie was arrested in rural Webster County and charged with two counts of first degree murder in the killings of 18 year old Tracy Lundberg of Harcourt and JaNean Lindquist of Gowrie. Authorities called the crime the result of long running bad blood over a young woman.
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Fort Dodge
UPI
Randy Joseph Ekstrom
Tracy Lundberg
Ekstrom
Lundberg
Webster County
Gowrie
Harcourt
JaNean Lindquist
DCI
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Camp David
Judy Daubenmier
Gazette
Philip Shive
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Dick Sear
State Division of Criminal Investigation
Sears
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