Capitol Hill Tax Talks Stir Republican and Conservative Feuds
Reagan officials press a three year tax bill as nearly 60 Republican lawmakers back it while conservative Democrats voice cautious restraint. Key figures Rep Phil Gramm Rep Kent Hance weigh oil and gas interests and party divisions ahead of House conference hearings on broadened taxes including higher business levies and cigarette and telephone taxes.
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Capitol Hill
Reagan
Baker
White House
Hance
House
Senate Republicans
Senate Conference Committee
Tax bill faces House hurdle amid deficit fears and GOP splits
Administration argues legislation lowers deficits in the 160 billion range while House Democrats demand substantial Republican support before voting. Key leaders note no consensus among Boll Weevils and warn deficits could soar if the budget is not followed. Senate figures anticipate conferees completing work as Bush emphasis centers on deficit reduction and compliance with tax laws. Gramm and Hance press for significant spending cuts before backing any tax package.
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Robert Dole
R-Kan
Administration
Bush
Reagan
Pay TV interception case headed to Houston courts
A judge allows 16 counts against eight Pirate Video Microwave officials for illegally intercepting pay television signals. In New Orleans, a Ramada Inn fire injures three guests, with two rescued. Permian Basin forecast calls for hot, fair weather with highs near 100 and southerly winds. National Weather Service data from Midland reports 93 high, 67 low, 0.00 precipitation in the last 24 hours.
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Houston
U.S
Carl Bue
Permian Basin
Texas
AT&T tests restrict third party billing to curb fraud
Washington and Oregon and Aug. 1 for Pacific Telephone in California and its subsidiary, Nevada Bell. New York Telephone spokesman Joe Crotty said the restriction was spreading in New York State. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. spokesman Marty Davis said officials will see how the test works, then consider making the requirement nation wide. He said AT&T is pressing for the arrest and prosecution of offenders. But Bode said prosecution and subsequent collection is difficult, and is one of Bell's biggest collection problems. The company tries to reach someone at the number where the call originated, but many of those third-party calls are made from hope quirement will cut down on what AT&T spokesman Davis described as the telephonic equivalent of shoplifting. "Fraud, like shoplifting, impacts on the bottom line cost to consumers, so everybody suffers," Davis said. Such a policy would mean people living alone—a growing proportion of the population—would be unable to make such calls and bill them to the home number unless using a phone credit card. Davis said AT&T is reluctant to cut back on the third-party billing convenience, which is the fastest-growing operator assisted phone service. Phone companies are installing new "'coinless'' phones in public increasing
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Washington
Oregon
Pacific Telephone
California
Nevada Bell
New York Telephone
Joe Crotty
New York State
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Marty Davis
At&t
Bode
Bell
Davis
Protesters March Against Ector Civic Center Bond
About 40 protesters gathered at Texas Avenue and 9th Street to oppose the $19.9 million civic center bond. The march to the task force HQ included wheelchair bound 93-year-old Cora Roy and five generations of her family.
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Ector County
Elsner
Chuck Hunt
26Th St
Tom Green Ave
Roy
Jon-Eric Hancock
Civic Center
Cora Roy
Catherine Smith
Texas Avenue
9Th Street
Civic Center Task Force
Task Force
Serial killings linked to Watts terror across multiple states and Ontario
Investigators traced a violent suspect moving from Michigan to Texas and Ontario, claiming he seeks to stamp out evil by harming women. In Fort Worth, a mother found her son severely harmed and four others were discovered nearby, with police linking the victims through identification papers found on a suspect. Authorities in Hillsboro also hold two men in the Blum skelton case as part of the broader investigation.
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Austin
Galveston
Texas
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Kalamazoo
Mich
Windsor
Ontario
Houston
Watts
Michigan
Jerome N. Sherman
North Texas
Fort Worth
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CDF
New Orleans
Ramada Inn
Caita
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D.D. Dobson
Tom Green Avenue
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