Congress members take taxpayer funded study trips abroad
Congress. trips abroad cost taxpayers as lawmakers tour Bermuda Fiji Paris Hong Kong and six African nations. The tours are framed as study missions to broaden understanding of foreign leaders cultures and global duties. Some committees disclose routes. others keep details secret while Wolpe leads a six country Africa delegation addressing refugee crises.
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Washington
Congress
Globe
Bermuda
Fiji
South Seas
Paris
Hong Kong
House
United States
New Zealand
Australia
Southeast Asia
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Clement J. Zablocki
D-Wis
Committee
John J. Ford
William H. Hogan Jr
Armed Services Group
U.S
Navy
Panama Canal Commission
GI Bill expansion eyed to boost combat arms enlistment
Washington sources report Defense Secretary Korb outlining a plan to expand education benefits for former service members as an incentive to sustain a volunteer army. The proposal targets high quality recruits for combat arms, aiming to deter infantry enlistments from Navy-bound recruits.
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Washington
Pentagon
Defense
Lawrence J. Korb
Reagan Administration
Congress
Korb
Navy
Governors claim more power with less federal funding
Governors from Tennessee to Georgia oppose new federalism as budget cuts slash federal aid and tighten strings. They warn states will face service cuts and potential tax hikes while gaining authority to set priorities. A AP survey finds near unanimous opposition to raising local taxes to cover losses.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Reagan
Congress
Tennessee
Lamar Alexander
National Governors’ Association
Statehouse
Georgia
George Bushee
Associated Press
Mathias warns on drugging of racehorses at round table
Sen Charles Mathias warns federal action unless states curb pre race drugging as 250 owners, trainers, and breeders hear calls for reform at the Jockey Club Round Table in Saratoga Springs. He notes a pending Corrupt Thoroughbred Racing Practices Act and says hearings may wait until next year. Federal enforcement could fall to FBI and DEA if states fail.
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Saratoga Springs
Charles Mathias
Mathias
Jockey Club
National Museum of Racing
Judiciary
Friends of Racing
FBI
Federal Drug Enforcement Administration
Maryland
Florida delays pesticide spray as fourth medfly found nearby
Mechanical troubles halted an aerial malathion spray near Tampa after a fourth Mediterranean fruit fly was located just outside the planned nine square mile zone. Florida officials planned to widen the area while California authorities prepared extra traps and discuss quarantine implications amid cross‑state fly concerns.
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Florida
Florida Agriculture
Doyle Conner
Washington
Doyle
Conner
Tampa
California
King
Santa Cruz
Santa Clara County
Santa Clara
Alameda
San Mateo
Leaders to discuss Poland food crisis amid unrest
In Warsaw protests over cuts to meat rations and rising prices spread as Solidarity and the Communist Party plan separate talks this week. Lech Walesa rejected government TV time for a debate, while miners and workers continued street actions in Silesia. Marshal Enl ikov visited with Premier Jaruzelski amid the crisis.
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Poland
Warsaw
Union
Communist Party
Solidarity Labor Federation
Baltic
Gdansk
Krosno
PAP
Solidarity
Soviet Bloc
Lech Walesa
Walesa
Mieczyslaw Rakowski
Rakowski
Silesia
Viktor Enlikov
Wojciech Jaruzelski
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William S. Broomfield
R-Mich
Paul Findley
Larry Wine Jr
R-Kan
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R-Calif
Joel Pritchard
R-Wash
Frank Annunzio
D-Ill
House Armed Services Committee
Ket Kramer
R-Corp
Panama
Washington News
Republican National Committee
White House
Republican Party
Los Angeles
Orange County
Santa Barbara
David Proapert
RNC
Federal Communications Commission
Commission
FCC
Sen
ALCOA
Alcoa Country
America
American Metal Roof Tiles, Inc
American Matai Roof Tiles, Inc
Fulton Street
Allentown
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Michael Devine
Sinn Fein
Irish Republican Army
Devine
M Meaber
Irish National Liberation Army
IRA
Thomas McInee
Medllwee
Bellaghy
County
Londonderry
West Belfast
Shankhill Road
Patrick Sheehan
the Nautilus Bodyworks
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