Byron supports Reagan tax plan lone GOP opposes bill
Maryland Rep Beverly Byron joined Rep Roy Dyson and Rep Marjorie Holt in backing Reagan tax cuts while Senate GOP Charles Mathias was the sole Republican to vote against the measure. Byron called the vote hard yet supportive of a two year tax cut with a trigger for a third if conditions allow. Public sentiment in her Western Maryland district skewed pro package as 1,295 constituent calls poured in with about 79 percent favoring the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron
Mathias Lone Gop
Bill
Bee Ton
Beverly Yron
Frederick
Reagan
Maryland
Roy Dyson
Great Mills
Robert E. Bauman
Marjorie S. Holt
Severna Park
House
Camp David
Clarence D. Long
Towson
Barbara A. Mikulski
Baltimore
Stony Hoyer
Berkshire
Parren J. Mitchell
Michael D. Barnes
Kensington
Senate
Charles McC. Mathias
News-Post
Dan Rostenkowski
House Ways & Means Committee
Rosten- Kowski
Royal Wedding Sparks Romance in Church Ceremony
A reader reflects on the British Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer wedding at St Pauls Cathedral. She notes the fairy tale atmosphere, crowds, and the costly engagement ring, plus personal musings on Diana’s future life and royal duties as the page continues.
Inside the News I Always Prefer to Believe the Best
Quote attributed to Burtyard Kipling emphasizes trusting others to avoid trouble. The line reflects a stance of optimism toward people and social interactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burtyard Kipling
Pleasant summer spell to Friday across Western Maryland
Weather brief notes a pleasant, dry period through Friday with rising humidity and temperatures over the weekend. Western Maryland highs in the 90s, nights near 60, sun and warmth then more humid with 80s. Maryland ocean beaches stay fair, temps near 90 by weekend, water at 71.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Deep Creek
Maryland Ocean
Ocean City
Frederick
Hagerstown
Estminster
Gaithersburg
Leesburg
Prince Diana honeymoon in Broadlands seclusion with hosts
Prince Charles and Princess Diana spent their first married day at Broadlands in Hampshire, hosted by Lord Romsey and his 12 servants. The couple planned a brief privacy before a Saturday departure to a teeming Gibraltar welcome as Britain celebrated the royal wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romsey
England
Charles
Diana
Britain
Broadlands
Lord Romsey
London
Hampshire County
Earl Mountbatten
Queen Elizabeth H
Prince Philip
Gibraltar
Last-ditch effort to save the Washington Star collapses
Washington mayor Marion Barry says he will try a final effort to keep the 128 year old Washington Star from closing next week and turning Washington into a one newspaper city. Unions representing 1400 Star employees seek investors while Time Inc reports 420 million dollars in annual losses. Time plans closing the afternoon daily after a bleak financial outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
District of Columbia
Washington Star
Star
Time Inc
Washington Post
Time
Marion
Barry Jr
Star and
Reagan touts tax bill as path to prosperity and victory
President Reagan wins a solid House vote 238 to 195 with 48 Democrats defecting. Senate action looms as leaders push for swift conference to resolve differences. The plan promises more than 752 billion in tax cuts over five years, including oil industry credits worth 47 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reagan
Congress
Senate
Senate House
Barber Conable
New York
House
Howard Baker
Russell B. Long
Finance Committee
Bakhtiar Rejects Alliance With Bani Sadr in Paris
In Paris AP Bakhtiar the former Iranian prime minister rejects uniting with ex President Bani Sadr now seeking asylum in France after 43 days hiding in Tehran. He calls Bani Sadr the architect of Khomeini's revolution but a manipulated figure and says he will not join a united front against the revolutionary regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Abolhassan Bani-Sadr
Bani-Sadr
France
Tehran
Shabpour Bakhtiar
Bani Sadr
United Front
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Bakhtiar
Shah Mohammad Beiz Pahlavi
Khomeini
Hunger strikers in Maze prison vow to continue fast
In Belfast eight IRA hunger strikers resist British demand while Gerry Adams meets them for eight hours at Maze Prison. Adams says they will not surrender unless political prisoner status is granted. Two strikers near death as Sion Rein reports worsening condition of Kieran Doherty and Kevin Lynch, both 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Gerry Adams
Sinn Fein
Maze
Irish Republican Army
Adams
Sion Rein
Kieran Doherty
Kevin Lynch
Labor unrest grows in Poland with planned strikes
In Poland protests flare over food shortages and price hikes as Solidarity announces transport workers in Warsaw will stage a three hour warning strike next Wednesday to oppose meat rations cuts. Other chapters in Piotrkow Trybunalski Czestochowa Grudziadz near Bydgoszcz threaten actions. Solidarity's Warsaw chair says local leaders meet to discuss broader unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity Union
Solidarity
Piotrkow Trybunalski
Czestochowa
Gruduir
Bydgoszcz
Walen
Palestinian Guerrillas Ambush Israeli Bus Near Jerusalem
Palestinian gunmen attacked a bus near Maaleh Bahamish eight miles northwest of Jerusalem, wounding four including a pregnant woman. Police and kibbutz members hunted the attackers in the rugged hills after the ambush, finding a Palestinian flag near the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
Israel
Jerusalem
Lebanon
Israel Television
Maaleh Bahamish
Man crushed by police vehicle during Toxteth rioting
Police opened an investigation into the deaths of two men crushed by a police vehicle during overnight rioting in Toxteth Liverpool. Authorities reported the stand by alert Wednesday evening with no violence that day yet escalating clashes between police and youths had persisted over the previous nights. Rioters hurled petrol bombs bricks and stones as cars were set ablaze to form barricades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
England
Toxteth
Tme
Antil
Washington Merry-Go-Round: crime links and aid promises
Columnist Jack Anderson asks if major criminals could exploit gold ingots in international plots while News-Post writer Peter Mertz recalls a weekend and Robert Lewis reports on improper dissipations. Reagan officials are noted for not forgetting promised economic aid to the area. Gardening advice on summer turfgrass follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jack Anderson
News-Post
Peter Mertz
Ces
Robert Lewis
Anna Eotl
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ernest
Red Road
Wesdon
Kat
Lucian Warren
Frederick News-Post
Buckingham Palace
St. Paul's Cathedral
Carolina
Mississippi
Milion
West of England
Inside the News
Astro-Graph
Frederick Fare
David Leaber
U.S
National — World
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!