97th Congress defined by promises and contradictions
Historians may note the 97th Congress as a period of great expectations that yielded deficits, recession, and tax cuts. Republicans and Democrats paralleled under Reagan, embracing supply side theory while facing budget fights, with Moynihan and Dole highlighting budget struggles and a shift in tax and spending policies.
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Washington
Congress
Reagan
Christopher Add
D-Conn
Daniel P. Moynihan
D-N.y
97Th
Bijkis
Robert Dole
Senate Finance Committee
Dole
97Th Congress
Weather watch Sunday weekend cold snaps and snow drought
Syracuse history marks Christmas extremes with 1932 warmth and 1978 15.6 inch snowfall. Meteorologist Fred Wesley from Hancock Airport cites two merging patterns from South Carolina high pressure and central plains low to shape weekend weather. Campbell notes limited melt expected amid a record snow deficit and ski centers hope forecasters are wrong. John Goodfellow of Four Seasons Ski Center urges optimism despite the drought.
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Pennsylvania
Fred Wesley
Hancock Airport
New York
John Goodfellow
Four Seasons
Fayetteville
Avalanche control rocket launcher explosion near dam
Four workers were killed and six injured while loading a muzzle loading rocket on a flatbed truck at the Helms hydroelectric project in Lost Canyon Sierra Nevada. The device exploded inside the launcher as a projectile was loaded. The incident raises total deaths to fourteen during six years of construction.
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Fresno
Calif
Helms
Sierra Nevada
Lost Canyon
Grant Radford
Radford
Greg Burton
Burton
Reagan's Middle East push gains Jordan support hope
U S officials seek King Hussein's backing for Reagan's peace plan hoping he returns confident the president is committed. Hussein's on going talks with Reagan and Yasser Arafat are aimed at securing Arab endorsement and a pledge to join by March 1 if conditions allow. The discussions, including a meeting with JCS, focus on settlements and military aid needed for Jordan's 72,000 strong forces.
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R. Gregory Nokes
Associated Press
Washington
Jordan
Hussein
Reagan
Middle East
White House
Ronald Reagan
Department
Arafat
Redgan
Joga ‘Dan
Israel
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Bull
U.S
Poland to release prisoners under martial law policy
Poland plans to release some internees held during martial law while 11 remain imprisoned. The detained include Karol Modzelewski Grzegorz Palka and Jan Rulewski, with Jacek Kuron among leading dissidents charged in September for plotting a violent overthrow. Officials say overall more than 10 000 were held during the year.
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Poland
Karol Modzelewski
Solidarity
Grzegorz Palka
Andrzej Rospiechowski
National Commission
Katowice
Jan Rulewski
Denese
Ydgoszcz
KOR
Jacek Kuron
Tent City residents brace for a bleak Christmas near Houston
In Tent City by the San Jacinto River, Floyd Gibbons and about 100 others face a hard holiday with six dollars, scarce heat, and meals of beans and rice. Unemployed families say they will cling to donations and share a plastic Christmas tree as they plan a small, hopeful celebration for their children.
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Houston
UPI
Floyd Gibbons
Gibbons
Tent Poe
San Jacinto River
Tent City
Rick Shelby
Shelby
Ibbons
Jene Collins
Minneapolis
Reagan extends panel deadline on Social Security fix
Washington UPI reports the stalled Social Security commission gains a reprieve as its mandate is extended to January 15 by executive order. President Reagan shows no plan to meet House Speaker Thomas O Neil to resolve the retirement system stalemate, according to deputy White House press secretary Larry Speaks.
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Washington
UPI
Social Security Commission
Reagan
Thomas O'Neil
White House
Larry Speaks
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