Texans weigh seven state constitutional amendments
Time draws near as Texas voters decide seven proposed changes to the state constitution. Proposals include tax reform, a state budget committee, a Water Trust Fund, urban redevelopment, livestock taxes, veterans real estate aid, and land title for an East Texas farmer who paid taxes for 50 years. History suggests four or five may pass. turnout hinges on Houston mayoral race and overall interest.
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East Texas
Texas
Bill Clements
Water Trust Fund
One Common Cause
East
Houston
FBI to Review Domestic Security Rules After Brink's Robbery
The FBI will reexamine its 1976 Levi guidelines following the Brink's truck heist in New York suburbs. Five Weather Underground members are jailed and five Black Panthers Republic of New Africa and Black Liberation Army members are sought or detained. Officials say the case may test whether guidelines hinder or aid investigations, with Senate hearings likely next spring.
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Michael J. Sniffen
Associated Press
Washington
FBI
Weather Underground
Brink
New York City
Black Panthers
Republic of New Africa
Black Liberation Army
Ford Administration
Edward Levi
Young
Senate Security and Terrorism Subcommittee
Steve Allen
Subcommittee
Jeremiah Denton
R-Ala
Bureau
Haitians in Big Spring face legal limbo and prison life
Ten Haitian refugees remain at the Big Spring Federal Prison Camp amid court gridlock in Miami over exclusion hearings. With 40 cent an hour work, they are integrated into prison life, learning English and Spanish while awaiting potential release or deportation as the legal battle unfolds.
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Big Spring
Claude Deloge
Deloge
Deluge
John Allman
Allman
Florida
Postal jump boosts U S mail rates to 20 cents
Washington AP reports the Postal Service raises first class letters to 20 cents marking a second rate increase in a year. Postmaster General Bolger cites $126 million loss and aims to raise over $1 billion yearly, with 80 percent of mail from firms. By-passing the Rate Commission, the change faces court challenges and aims for two-year stability with productivity boosts and pre sort discounts.
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Washington
William F. Bolger
Bolger
Postal Rate Commission
Postal Service
Congress
Tax hike on the horizon
Republican leaders discuss raising taxes by billions ahead of the 1984 elections. Democrats demand a public Reagan endorsement of higher taxes, while Treasury and White House aides clash over the necessity and timing. Budget projections warn the deficit could hit $100 billion in 1984.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Reagan
Treasury
Donald Regan
Regan
David A. Stockman
White House
David Gergen
Gergen
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Rex Henderson
Ector County
Levi
Senate
Roger Young
Postal Jump
Rate Commission
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