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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1981
Page
12
A weather outlook shows rain changing to snow early today with about three inches of accumulation possible. Windy and cold with highs around 35. Tonight fair with lows near 20. Precipitation chances are 40 percent today and 20 percent tonight.
A brief weather and tide bulletin records high water at 6 51 p m and low tides at 11 13 a m and 11 26 p m along the Delaware River at Chester. The entry notes observed conditions for planning and safety along the riverfront.
The U S House, in a quick voice vote, raises the cap on outside earned income to 30 percent of the 1981 salary 60 662 50 retroactive to January 1 1981 The raise to 18 198 75 was approved by Rep John Murtha D Pa and reflects House rule change with no Senate or presidential action required The move follows inflation and earlier Senate action removing its limit On earnings such as attorney fees and speaking payments the change does not affect unearned income like stock dividends
President Reagan Tuesday signed a 413 billion federal funding bill to keep the government running through March. He hailed the measure as substantial savings for taxpayers, as the Oval Office autograph on the bill’s page marked the final act in a broader policy clash.
The Congress advances a spending cut resolution claiming $49 billion below the prior administration’s request and $8.5 billion below Reagan’s March proposal. Reagan says the measure is better than a vetoed bill and represents a shift from past “business as usual” appropriations. The bill marks a compromise victory for Reagan with a $4 billion cut in the ren.
A fragmented OCR item lists numerous individuals linked by names and origins such as Aston Boothwyn Skytop Yeadon and Edward James Neal Ellwood Webster Laura Blair Fannie Tubbs Mary Teti Winifred Bonner and others, suggesting a personal or community directory entry.
Airman 1st Class Robert M. Gay, 28, of Detroit, was sentenced to death for premeditated murder of his supervisor at Holloman Air Force Base. He believed the supervisor was prejudiced against him. The sentence is subject to automatic military reviews and presidential approval. Gay was also convicted of involuntary murder in the shooting death of another military policeman.
A 12 year old boy collapsed during a Thanksgiving reunion at the Dallas Fort Worth Regional Airport and died from severe inflammation of the heart tissue. Doctors called it myocarditis, ending in heart failure minutes after a tearful reunion between his father and a long lost uncle.
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