Legislative budget wars end in a fence for TENRAC
In Austin the Texas budget fight split agencies and programs into rivals as lawmakers traded money for other goals. TENRAC lost 1.1 million to fund a high fence around Gainesville State School while the arts prevailed over children. A conference committee will decide the final lines.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas Energy and Natural Resources Advisory Council
Tenrac
Bill Co
D-Weatherford
Gainesville
Exxon
House
Senate
Commission For the Arts
Pampa
Foster Whaley
Whaley
Mortgage rate to hit 3 year low
The FHA and VA mortgage rate ceilings drop next week to 11.5 percent, a three year low, as conventional rates ease. Officials say the cut broadens home buying and supports a housing recovery, with lenders estimating strong FHA and VA demand.
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Washington
Samuel R. Pierce Jr
Mark J. Reidy
Mortage Bankers Association of America
Reidy
Reagan Defends Gun Rights At NRA Convention
President Reagan declared that gun controls are useless and urged harsher federal penalties for crimes involving weapons. He cited no less than five years for use of armor piercing bullets and noted strong evidence of Cuban officials aiding drug smuggling, while praising NRA opposition to gun controls.
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Terence Hunt
Associated Press
Phoenix
Ariz
Reagan
United States
National Rifle Association
Robert F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
William French Smith
FBI
William H. Webster
NRA
California
San Quentin
Rifle Association
Phoenix Civic Plaza
Maryland ninth graders struggle on state math test
More than 60 percent of Maryland ninth graders failed a math test that will become a high school graduation requirement next year. Only 39.6 percent statewide passed. Baltimore city stood at 17 percent. Spokesman Gus Crenson cited teacher shortages and student laxness, promising remedial courses and up to three retakes.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Gus Crenson
State Board of Education
Crenson
National Commission On Excellence In Education
Nuclear agency fines New Jersey utility record amount
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission levied its largest fine ever 850000 against Public Service Electric and Gas Co for safety failures at the Salem nuclear plant in New Jersey on February 22 and 25. The penalties follow circuit breaker and backup system malfunctions. The utility can appeal and has 30 days to act.
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Associated Press
Washington
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
New Jersey
Three Mile Island
Public Service Electric and Gas Co
Salem
Richard DeYoung
DeYoung
Robert Smith
Public Ser
Vice Electric and Gas Co
Neil Brown
NRC
Commission
Brown
Carolina Power and Light Co
Brunswick
Southport
N.C
Boston Edison Co
Pilgrim
Plymouth
Mass
Public Service Electric and Gas
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Fernbank Elemmentary School
Decatur
Nuclear Agency
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