Jordanian says PLO drops demand for homeland
Jordanian foreign minister Taher Masri says Yasser Arafat has dropped the PLO demand for an independent Palestinian state as a necessary peace outcome. He calls for U.S. talks with the PLO before formal negotiations and notes Hussein’s plan for a West Bank local government framed by confederation with Jordan, with Hussein as head of state.
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Hussein
Reagan
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Georgetown University
Hisham Sharabi
Reagan tax plan under fire from tax experts
Washington AP President Reagan's tax overhaul, praised initially, faces criticism from experts who say it favors the rich and lacks promised simplification. Critics cite that over 40 percent of families face tax increases or no change and that deductions for state and local taxes would be repealed to fund the plan.
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Ford
House
Ways and Means Committee
Kennedy
Donald C. Lubick
Britain Cuts North Sea Oil Prices Trigger Market Drop
The British National Oil Corp cut June prices for North Sea crude by 1.25 per barrel, lowering Brent and Forties to 26.65 and Ninian to 26.50, sparking a steep fall in U S market prices and a focus on Nigeria as a potential price war looms.
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Bonny Light
Telerate Energy Service
Hobby warns oil price drop could hit Texas budget
Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby warns that oil price cuts threaten Texas revenues for 1986 87. He says a $2 per barrel drop could unbalance the 36 8 billion budget and possibly trigger a special session. He notes much state revenue comes from oil and gas taxes and calls the risk a serious problem.
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Texas
Bill Hobby
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Texas Good Roads Transportation Association
Ticket Club lures traffic offenders
David Graham promotes the Ticket Club as a profit driven venture aimed at traffic law offenders. For a $60 yearly fee members can earn commissions by recruiting new members and be reimbursed up to 150 for each traffic fine paid, while parking tickets and DWI related offenses are excluded.
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N. Dixie Blvd
Ector County
Sheriff's Department
Combest
R.G. Hungerford
Hungerford
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