17 Aug 1986
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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1986
Page
1
Congress adopted a sweeping income tax plan aimed at lower individual rates, fewer deductions, and a higher burden on corporations. The measure cuts top brackets, raises personal exemptions over time, and tightens deductions for medical and unions while limiting fully deductible IRAs, with votes by willful dissent from Archer and Danforth.
A Texas budget debate centers on a proposed 750 million dollar spending cut. State agency officials warn cuts would endanger programs and trigger dire outcomes from child abuse investigations to higher education and road safety. House Appropriations Committee advanced the plan amid pressure from agency staff and lawmakers.
Larry and Shirley Anger toured Door of Hope Mission and offered a skate-for-food fundraiser at their roller rink. They criticized the bland meals but praised the youth involvement and mission leadership led by Jean and David Pistone. The gesture aimed to raise roughly $1.50 in food value per skater.
Texans Tennesseans and residents of Washington D C mark the 200th birthday of Davy Crockett. The famed frontiersman and Alamo defender remains celebrated for his frontier prowess and his defiant farewell to Tennessee politics.
The Arizona Republic says U S officials believe DEA agent Victor Cortez Jr was abducted and tortured for six hours by Jalisco state police on orders from Miguel Angel Felis Gallardo, in revenge for investigations and linked to the 1985 Camarena case. Gallardo, sought for Camerena’s murder, is said to have controlled drug trafficking funds and to be in hiding. Authorities dispute torture claims while Mexico probes the incident.
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