Ford urges action to curb looming deficit crisis
Former President Ford told business leaders and economists that the Reagan era must cut the record federal budget deficit or risk serious future economic problems. He urged lawmakers to “take the bull by the horns” and consider spending cuts and tax increases, while acknowledging overspending as the core issue discussed with officials at the American Enterprise Institute meeting.
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Ford
Reagan
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Noreen McKernon Flips Doll at New York Toy Factory
Noreen McKernon flips a Humpty-Dumpty doll after filling it with stuffing at a Middle Falls factory once part of a chicken farm. Pipes at right blow stuffing into the toys.
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Scientists warn of postwar darkness and extinction risk
San Francisco AP reports scientists at a meeting warn that nuclear war could trigger massive climate disruption, prolonged darkness, and subfreezing temperatures akin to a nuclear winter, potentially wiping out large parts of the biosphere and causing mass extinction similar to that caused by a meteorite 65 million years ago.
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California Institute of Technology
Thomas J. Ahrens
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American Geophysical Union
Brian Toon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ames Research Center
Richard Turco
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Reagan open to upgraded ties with Vatican but no ambassador yet
President Reagan aims to raise diplomatic ties with the Holy See yet the White House says it has not told the Vatican it will exchange ambassadors. spokesman Speakes cites new legislation but cannot confirm reports of a Wilson nomination.
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