Supreme Court approves regional banking systems
Washington AP report says the Supreme Court upheld state laws in Connecticut and Massachusetts enabling regional banking systems by a 0 vote. The decision allows interstate bank mergers within regions to curb big out-of-region banks, citing equal protection and regional control.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Southeast
New York
Texas
California
William H. Rehnquist
Rehnquist
New England
Federal Reserve Board
Fed
Congress
Senate approves 333 million aid plan for Nicaragua
The Senate backed a 333 million package for the Sandinista conflict with 14 million immediate aid and 24 million later for non-lethal assistance to rebels. Critics urge caution while proponents frame it as bipartisan support, with debates on strategic implications and possible military options.
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Senate
Reagan’s stance on arms control and SALT II fallout
A Washington report notes a renewed intelligence assessment finding rapid growth in Soviet ICBMs and possible new missiles. It discusses SALT II limits, its history with Carter and Brezhnev, and U.S. debates under Reagan between abiding and abrogating the treaty amid allied concerns.
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Mittee
Washington Post
U.S
Jimmy Carter
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Carter
Senate
Afghanistan
Reagan
Defense
Caspar W. Weinberger
Stats
George P. Shultz
Europe
First USA for Africa delivery lifts off from LA
A Flying Tigers Boeing 747 with 240000 pounds of food and medicine, funded by USA for Africa's We Are the World drive, started from Los Angeles for Africa. Lionel Richie and Kenny Rogers led the send off as Marlon Jackson and Ken Bragen rode aboard with plans to pick up more supplies in New York and Brussels before reaching Khartoum and Ethiopia.
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Los Angeles
USA For Africa Foundation
Lionel Richie
Kenny Rogers
Flying Tigers
Los Angeles International Airport
Marlon Jackson
USA For Africa
Ken Bragen
New York
Brussels
Belgium
Khartoum
Sudan
Ethiopia
Richie
Michael Jackson
Rogers
Atlantic City
N.4
Leonard Greig
Greig
Wendy Ferris
Ms. Ferris
Columbia
Ecords
Kenya
Tanzania
Kidnapped American Held by Lebanese Gunmen on Airport Highway
Maj. Gen. Osman Osman says gunmen shot tires and a car window then seized 53 year old Scottish born American Sutherland after intercepting him on the airport highway. Sutherland, living in Fort Collins Colorado, was the eighth U S citizen kidnapped in Lebanon since March 1964. One former hostage escaped, seven remain missing. No group claimed responsibility. The SLA freed a French colonel after negotiations, while the UN mission struggles amid a Shiite Sunni power clash and militia tensions.
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Lebanon
Osman Osman
Sutherland
Airport
Fort Collins
Colo
London
South Lebanon
U.N
Antoine Laird
Goksel
SLA
Jean- Michel Blemdjian
Prairie preservation survives as couple builds tepee home
LOHRVILLE Iowa AP Bill Winkelman and his wife who lost their farmhouse and most land move into a Sioux style tepee to keep their prairie intact. They sold acreage to stay afloat, cut costs and continue farming while restoring 18 acres to native prairie and encouraging wildlife.
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Tepee
Lohrville, Iowa
Bill Winkelman
Iowa
Tapee
Winkelman
Switzerland
Betty
Lohrville
Wickerman
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USA
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Julie
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Israel
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University OF Maryland
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