Poll backs harsher penalties for drunken drivers not hosts
Media General AP poll shows broad support for harsh penalties on drunken drivers while most Americans reject holding bartenders or social hosts liable. 15 percent have a family member injured or killed by a drunken driver and 49 percent of drinkers admitted driving after drinking. Government and legal shifts push 21-year-old drinking age compliance to retain federal highway funds.
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Media General AP
New Jersey
Memorial design draws a select crowd in Carbondale
In Woodlawn Cemetery on Monday a small group of about a dozen veterans gathered to unveil a model of an Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial for Jackson County. They spoke of viewing their fallen friends’ names on five black granite walls and preferred a more contemplative, artful memorial over earlier deco styles. Architect Jerry Lager, 20, Breese, explained he modeled after the national memorial’s reflective granite.
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Southeast Asia
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University of Illinois Architecture
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Reagan to announce tax overhaul aimed at new American revolution
President Reagan to address the nation from the Oval Office outlining a tax code overhaul to lower individual rates, curb deductions, and raise tax burdens on big business. Aimed at reviving the economy, the plan features incentives for small business and will be detailed after a Wednesday release.
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Senate Finance Committee
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Sixth American Kidnapped in Beirut
The American University Hospital manager David Jacobsen of Huntington Beach California was abducted by gunmen in west Beirut as he walked to work. He is the sixth American kidnapped in Beirut since March 1984 with no group claiming responsibility. Jacobsen, 54, lived near the American University of Beirut campus.
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American University of Beirut
Dixon urges tighter DoD oversight and tax reform doubts
U S Sen Alan Dixon D Ill Monday in Carbondale criticized the Defense Department for about 4 billion in unspent appropriations and proposed a bill requiring quarterly reporting to Congress He urged budget discipline warning of deep cuts in federal programs and said tax reform faces slim chances this year He noted his finances show about 20 000 in debts and more than 1 million in assets and described his repayment as rapid
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