MOVE members receive 30 to 100 year terms in Philadelphia gun case
Nine MOVE members were sentenced to 30 to 100 years each for third degree murder attempted murder and conspiracy in the 1978 shootout that killed Officer James Ramp. Judge Edwin Malmed imposed identical totals per defendant, calling their actions a joint criminal act and rejecting rehabilitation. Names listed include Delbert Orr Af, Edward Goodman Africa, William Phillips, and others.
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Philadelphia
UPI
MOVE
Common Pleas
Edwin S. Malmed
Malmed
James Ramp
William Knauer
Knauer
Delbert Orr Af
Edward Goodman
William Phillips
Kie Sims
Michael Davis
Jeneanelips Africa
Janet Africa
Merle Austin
Chuckie Sims
Biggest Ever Tax Cut Bill Gets Final OK
The House approved a 33 month 25 percent across the board tax cut by a 282 to 95 vote sending the measure to President Reagan who planned to sign it alongside a separate 35.2 billion in federal budget cuts. The package phases in over three years with 5 percent in Oct 1 1980 then 15 percent by July 1 1982 and a final 10 percent by July 1 1983. Critics noted regional tax break disparities and the loss of incentives for wood burning stoves and heating costs while oil-related breaks favored southern and western interests.
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Washington
Congress
James Shannon
D-Mass
Hunger striker buried with IRA guns echoing
Kieran Doherty 25, eighth Maze hunger striker, buried in Belfast area after dying on day 73 of a self-starvation protest for prisoner status. ceremony featured rifle volleys as British helicopters circled. mourners cheered as comrades fired a three-shot salute outside his home. In Omagh, policeman John Smyth killed by IRA bomb. widow Doreen Smyth sobbed at funeral.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Kieran Doherty
Maré
Doherty
Maze
Kevin Lynch
Omagh
Doreen Smyth
John
IRA
Smyth
Andrew Woods
Reagan dollar climbs amid central bank efforts
The Reagan dollar reached new highs against most currencies as major foreign central banks concert their intervention. Silver rose to 8.275 dollars from 8.245 in quiet trading.
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