Three white men arrested in Mobile slaying of 19 year old
Public Safety Commissioner Robert Doyle announced the arrests of Ralph Hayes and brothers Jimmy and Johnny Edgar on murder charges in the beating and hanging death of 19 year old Michael A. Donald. Donald disappeared after leaving his aunt's home to buy cigarettes. his body was found hanging from a tree on a racially mixed street. Authorities noted the victim was beaten and killed before being hanged.
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Mobile
Ala
Public Safety
Robert Doyle
Ralph Hayes
Jimmy Edgar
Johnny Edgar
Mobile County
Doyle
Michael A. Donald
Sam McLarty
FBI
LeRoy Riddick
Donald
Associated Press
Hayes
Edgars
Mobile Press Register
Cecelia Perry
Male-only draft a tricky debate
Supreme Court heard arguments on a male-only draft and whether women should register or serve. Solicitor General McCree defended excluding women from combat roles while challengers said registration of men but not women is unconstitutional. Judges pressed whether the core issue is combat eligibility or constitutional parity in conscription.
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Stan Benjamin
Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
John Paul Stevens
Wade H. McCree, Jr
Congress
Stevens
McCree
Philadelphia
Donald L. Weinberg
Weinberg
Robert Goldberg
Oakdale
Calif
Goldberg
Congress OKs 5 million aid to El Salvador amid Tonkin echo
Congress approved 5 million in military aid for El Salvador as part of a 25 million package, narrow 8-7 House vote cited as a Tonkin Gulf parallel. The move accompanies 63.5 million in economic aid, bringing total 1981 aid to 126.5 million in economic and 34.5 million in military aid.
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Washington
Reagan
Tonkin Gulf
U.S
Vietnam
House Appropriations Subcommittee On
Senate Foreign Operations Subcommittee
House
Senate
Clarence Long
Gulf of Tonkin
Congress
Cuba
Soviet Union
Long
David Obey
D-Wis
Salvador
State Department
William Dyess
Dyess
Carter
Fair skies to prevail in Permian Basin through Thursday
National Weather Service Midland reports fair skies and mild temperatures through Thursday with today highs in the upper 60s and Thursday highs in the mid 70s. Tonight’s low near 40. Easterly winds 5-10 mph shifting to southerly 15-25 mph. Precipitation none last 24 hours. year to date 1.79 inches.
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Panhandle
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Texas
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Alice
Amarillo
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Brownsville
Childress
College Station
Corpus Christi
Dallas
del Rio
Walesa ex presses confidence talks will avert strikes
Solidarity leader Lech Walesa said talks with the Polish government aim to avert nationwide strikes amid union demands. Deputy Premier Rakowski joined the negotiations as Warsaw Pact warned of possible Soviet intervention amid the crisis following police clashes with Solidarity members.
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Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Mieczyslaw Rakowski
Polish Communist Party
Stanislaw Kania
Walesa
Solidarity Labor Federation
Warsaw Pact
Rakowski
Independent Labor Movement
Brady sets up crisis team in Reagan absence
Brady said Bush will chair the crisis management team in Reagan's absence and lead planning for emergency responses. He noted Bush will develop options for presidential consideration and oversee implementing decisions, amid public critique from Haig and past Vance Brzezinski tensions.
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Brady
Bush
Reagan
White House
Haig
Cyrus R. Vance
Tax plan faces resistance from conservative Democrats
Representative Rostenkowski notes opposition from about 40 Conservative Democratic Forum members who back Reagan's cuts but question the Kemp-Roth plan. Treasury and Stenholm aides confirm concerns with the across the board tax cut. House drafting starts end of April with full debate in mid June, while Senator Roth warns Senate support hinges on the package including across the board cuts.
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Kemp-Roth
Rostenkowski
Reagan
Charles Stenholm
D-Texas
Democratic Forum
Treasury
Donald Regan
William Roth
R-Del
Reagan backs tax cuts and spending cuts clash
Reuss accused the administration of intransigence over a scaled tax plan and spending cuts. He warned Democrats will oppose the president’s program, but said Reagan could win about 80 percent of roughly $52 billion in requested cuts.
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Roth
Reuss
Reagan
Forest untouched after Air Force training mishap near Bent
A T-38B jet on a routine mission dropped a bomb or missile into Lincoln National Forest six miles from Bent New Mexico. No injuries, no explosion, no fire reported. Bomb squad retrieved ordnance after a malfunction.
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Alamogordo, N.M
Lincoln National Forest
Air Force
Bent
N.M
Holloman Air Force Base
Andy Bourland
Girl jumps to death from MGM Grand Reno roof
A 15 year old Melissa Brymer of Sparks died after climbing a fire escape to the MGM Grand Reno roof and falling 23 stories as a guard approached. Police see no motive. Daughter of Willard Brymer, convicted in a 1976 boxing murder. Two Alaska quakes hit near Umnak and east of Anchorage, felt by none, no damage reported.
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Reno, Nev
Mgm Grand Reno
Melissa Brymer
Sparks
Reno
Richard Posadas
Brymer
Willard Rees Brymer
Oscar Bonavena
Palmer, Alaska
Alaska
Tsunami Warning Center
Aleutian
Umnak
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