Compromise emerges on 65 mph speed limit plan
House debate yields a condition tied to safety measures. States could raise rural interstate limits to 65 mph if seat belt compliance reaches 65 percent, radar detectors are banned, and 85 percent compliance exists on roads above 55 mph, with no rise in fatalities. Senator Exon supports most of the deal but questions seat belt deadlines.
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Ormig
Ashington
House Public Works and Transportation Committee
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D-N.j
Sen
J.J. Exon
D-Neb
Senate
Howard
Exon
House
House Committee
Iowa Firms Get Tax Credits. Ruan Misses Break
Several Iowa firms will gain transition tax credits from the tax reform bill, including Heritage Cable Des Moines 9 million Banks of Iowa Des Moines 7 million Teleconnect Cedar Rapids 1 million and credits for Tuscany Restaurant Cedar Rapids and Brammer Manufacturing Davenport. Ruan Trucking Des Moines misses the credit and a spokeswoman says no mechanism exists in Congress to revive it.
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Ruan Trucking Co
Des Moines
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Tuscany
Brammer Manufacturing Company
Davenport
Reagan vetoes sanctions on South Africa
President Reagan vetoed new sanctions banning all fresh U S investment and bank loans to the white minority government in South Africa. He argued the move would be economic warfare against the people while expressing willingness to back similar measures taken by the European Community.
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Southern Africa
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London Guardian reporter recounts Beirut kidnapping escape
British correspondent David Hirst describes being seized in Beirut by three armed men as his car tire blew out. He forced his way free after a tense confrontation and recounts the moment of escape and the attackers’ demand for papers.
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Guardian
Beirut
Lebanon
Bekaa Valley
Mom fights alligator to save son during brutal tug
In Crystal River Florida a snorkeling boy was bitten on the head and left leg after an alligator chased him to shore. His mother Jessie Margret dragged him from the gator's grip as wildlife officials killed the 11 foot gator. The boy remained in fair condition with scalp wounds and a broken leg.
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Margret
Florida Games and Fresh Water Fish Commissionet
Vinard Hill
Miller's Creek
Florida
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