Senate Debates Contras Aid Spark Bipartisan Tension
Washington AP Senate debate portrays Nicaragua's Contra guerrillas as inept and anti democratic as lawmakers consider cutting 100 million in aid. Leahy warns of a prolonged war, while Reagan supporters push 70 million in arms and 30 million in logistics amid the funding bill clash.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Senate
U.S
United States
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Reagan
Possible defector to Cuba had no security clearances
The Defense Department says Pfc. Hugo Romeu 31 of Glenview Illinois may be the deserter Radio Havana claimed defected to Cuba. Romeu stationed in West Germany had no access to secret information and had no security clearances. Pentagon notes the soldier was declared a deserter earlier this month and may be the person mentioned in the Cuban radio report.
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Washington
West Germany
Cuba
Defense Department
Pentagon
Radio
House Senate tax negotiators press eyeball-to-eyeball talks
Washington AP reports House and Senate tax writers meet face to face to end a weeklong stalemate on corporate tax increases and IRS funding. Packwood leads Senate effort toward hard bargaining, while House demands higher corporate taxes and skepticism about IRS boosts.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Bob Packwood
R-Ore
Packwood
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Burger urges dignity in legal advertising and self discipline
Chief Justice Warren Burger, in his final State of the Judiciary address, urges lawyers to curb hostile public sentiment through dignified advertising and tougher self regulation, warning against overreaching and contingent fees. Governor Mario Cuomo also criticizes ideology driven Supreme Court selections while arguing for better judicial talent over party labels.
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New York
Warren Burger
American Bar Association
ABA
Mario Cuomo
Reagan
U.S. Senate
Supreme) Court
Cuomo
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Reagan rails at Democrats over taxes and inflation at Illinois fair
President Reagan told Illinois State Fair crowds that subsidized wheat sales to the Soviet Union aid farmers and urged drought relief. He blasted liberal Democrats as pro big government, warned he would veto if they gain Senate control, and linked their policies to malaise while noting drought impacts seen in South Carolina.
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Ill
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Soviet Union
Illinois
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Richard Lyng
Chicago
James Thompson
Democratic Party
Senate
South Carolina
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