Turnabout Undoing the Defense Buildup
Washington AP reports Congress edges toward vetoing further Pentagon spending amid rising deficits and contracting scandals. Sen. Bradley notes a mood shift as Senate approves a 1986 budget blueprint freezing defense at current levels with inflation adjustments. House panel echoes freeze, signaling broader shift away from Reagan era buildup despite no weapon cancellations per Senate Armed Services minority staff.
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Washington
Congress
Reagan
Pentagon
Bill Bradley
D-N.j
Senate
House Armed Services Committee
Capitol Hill
America
Robert Dole
Byan
House budget panel pledges tax-free deficit cut plan
Rep William H Gray III chairs the House Budget Committee and says the panel can write a 1986 spending plan cutting the federal deficit by more than 50 billion without tax increases. He hints at possible Social Security adjustments but pledges no deep elderly program cuts beyond the Senate outline. The Senate plan would trim 56 billion from the 1986 deficit, assuming current programs and military buildup.
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Washington
William H. Gray III
House Budget Committee
Sunda
Pennsylvania
Senate
Bush
Indigent woman refuses Chicago visit after Justiceville razing
Helen Oliver, 61, living with her cat and three dogs on a Skid Row park bench, says she will not leave California to join relatives arriving by Amtrak from Chicago. She plans to wait for her fiancé and stay where she is despite the bulldozing of the Justiceville shantytown.
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Los Angeles
Skid Row
Chicago
California
Helen Oliver
Ms. Oliver
Park Bench
Justiceville
Barbara Whittington
Amtrak
Barbara
Whittingtons
Pam
Kohl's party suffers major defeat in West German state vote
In North Rhine Westphalia 12.6 million voters chose on Sunday. Gov. Johannes Rau led the Social Democrats to 52.1 percent, gaining 125 seats. Kohl's CDU/CSU fell to 36.5 percent and 88 seats, marking its worst West German state result.
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Bonn
West Germany
Helmut Kohl
North Rhine- Westfalia
Kohl
Christian Democrats
Free Democrats
Social Democratic Party
Johannes Rau
Social Democrats
Sikhs charged with plotting bombings in New Delhi
Police report three Sikhs were arrested in central New Delhi on a raid prompted by a tip as they planned a series of bombings that killed at least 45 people. The suspects resisted officers with knives, four officers were wounded, and an automatic pistol was seized. Meanwhile in Aqaba, Shultz and Hussein opened talks on Palestinian negotiators to break Middle East stalemate.
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New Delhi
India
Ved Marwah
Marwah
Shultz
Hussein
Aqaba
Jordan
Nyt
George P. Shultz
King Hussein
Middle East
Amman
Bombs explode at Jerusalem bus stops no casualties reported
Three bombs exploded across Jerusalem and its outskirts Sunday morning causing damage but no injuries. Police defused a fourth bomb in Liberty Bell Garden after a civilian spotted it and alerted authorities.
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Jerusalem
Nyt
Liberty Bell Garden
Bradford stadium fire toll climbs to 52 dead
London reports the Bradford grandstand fire has reached 52 dead including many children and elderly. Police say 28 unaccounted for and 12 of 211 injured remain in critical condition. Some victims died in seats while others were trapped by padlocked rear doors.
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London
NYT
Bradford
Office Roles List Includes Several Supervisory Positions
A small office directory lists roles such as Controller Press Room Supervisor Pre-Press Supervisor and Distribution Supervisor with the contact phone 529 5454 for inquiries or applications.
Undercover Agent Reveals Role in Greensboro Violence
Federal agent Bernard Butkovich testified he infiltrated a Nazi unit three months before the 1979 Greensboro anti Ker Klansman protest and planned violence. He said he would train suspects in hand to hand combat and help convert guns to automatic weapons.
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Winston-Salem
N.C
Greensboro
Bernard Butkovich
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Butkovich
Raeford Milano Caudle
Roland Wayne Wood
Wood
Robert F. Dukes
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