Bush Kemp Leading Veep Speculation At Detroit Convention
At the Republican National Convention in Detroit officials discuss potential running mates for Ronald Reagan. Names include George Bush Jack Kemp Richard Lugar Donald Rumsfeld and Senate picks like Howard Baker and Robert Laxalt with uncertainty over Reagan’s final choice.
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Kemp
Tom Evans
Delaware
Albert Quie
Minnesota
Paul Laxalt
Nevada
Defense
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Richard Lugar
Indiana
Howard H. Baker Jr
Convention Hall
Reagan
California
Sen
Richard S. Schweiker
Pennsylvania
Baker
Lugar
Rumsfeld
Laxalt
Anne Armstrong
Detroit Strike Nears Two Weeks As GOP Convention Nears
Detroit municipal workers strike enters its second week as talks stall. City and AFSCME Council 25 negotiators met after a breakdown with 9,000 union members demanding an unlimited cost of living allowance and resisting full wage hikes. Mayor Young cites budget strain. no injunction planned. Delegates and journalists prepare for the GOP convention.
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Detroit
American Federation of State
Lloyd Simpson
Council 25
Robert Johnson
Simpson
Coleman Young
Young
Mark Alling
Soviet Warns NATO Missile Buildup Threatens Talks
In Moscow Pravda warned the United States and NATO against deploying more nuclear missiles in Europe. It says the Soviet Union will take all measures to restore balance and could reimpose conditions for arms reduction talks. The piece targets Helmut Schmidt over Afghanistan policy.
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Soviet Union
United States
Europe
Kremlin
Washington
USA
NATO
Pravda
Communist Party
Helmut Schmidt
Afghanistan
Schmidt
U.S
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Business tax cut plan outlined for 1981
Carter administration near ready to propose a business tax cut with faster depreciation. Post says the plan would cut $4.5 to $5 billion in 1981 and up to $13 billion by 1985, reducing asset classes to 30 and classifying by short lived equipment buildings and farm structures.
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Washington
Carter
Washington Post
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Treasury
G. William Miller
Miller
Post
Red Bishop Helder Camara Reemerges With Pope in Brazil
In Recife the Most Rev Helder Camara and Pope John Paul II appeared before over 400000 people, denouncing poverty and urging farm worker participation. Camara, once banned by the military regime as a communist ally, has long advocated social justice and liberation theology.
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Brazil
Helder Pessoa Camara
Olinda
John Paul II
Dom Helder
Camara
Paul VI
Border Patrol closes in on Salvadoran smugglers after desert tragedy
In Ajo Arizona the Border Patrol says survivors identify three Mexican youths as guides who abandoned 13 Salvadorans in 110 degree heat. Gov. Babbitt posts a $10000 reward and seeks cross border cooperation as agents search the Organ Pipe NM area for smugglers and more bodies. Investigators question 13 Salvadorans in the Yuma area and probe a San Luis hotel operation moving people toward California.
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Border Patrol
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Salvador
Jerry” Scott
John Rockhill
Bruce Babbitt
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Benjamin Civiletti
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Scott
San Luis
Organ Pipe National Monument Park
Yuma
Rockhill
California
Los Angeles
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Ajo
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