Reagan touts flat tax as tempting idea in speech
President Reagan told 13 Western state officials that a flat rate income tax is a tempting option though charities fear losing deductions. He said Americans are fed up with tax complexity and urged study while noting some support for New Federalism to cut Washington bureaucracy.
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Ex-page claims arranged tryst between senator and prostitute
In Little Rock Arkansas Leroy Williams an 18 year old former congressional page told the Arkansas Gazette he arranged a meeting between a senator and a male prostitute by November The statements surface amid ethics committee and Justice Department inquiries into alleged illicit sex on Capitol Hill involving some members of Congress seeking sexual favors from pages.
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New York Telephone Seeks Tariff Hike Of 878 Million In 1982
New York Telephone filed tariffs on June 21 1982 to raise intrastate rates by 878 million with an effective July 22 1982 proposal. A supplemental increase approved last March would take effect in August 1982 to recover known costs such as higher wages and taxes. Hearings may alter the plan with changes possible to rates where no change was proposed and effects could appear in May 1983. The filing details proposed increases across residence and business line charges including access lines coin rates telephone wiring and Centrex services with various adjustments and eliminations. Tariffs are available for inspection at company offices and PSC locations.
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Tax ruling broadens use of tax records for SSI checks
A federal judge allowed the government to use certain income tax records to verify welfare eligibility for Supplemental Security Income recipients. The decision lifts an earlier order blocking checks of Form 1099 data to root out about 88,000 recipients potentially overpaid by roughly 140 million dollars. The move follows a lawsuit by senior groups challenging the data request to 4 million SSI recipients nationwide.
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U.S
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Social Security Administration
Royce Lamberth
National Senior Citizens Law Center
SSI
Plan to Send GIs Defended in Beirut Disengagement Push
Speakes reported mixed congressional reaction to Reagan's Beirut deployment proposal while stressing an international effort to disengage Israeli and Palestinian forces. Senators weighed the plan, with Senate Majority Leader Baker voicing opposition to U.S. troops and the White House signaling adherence to the War Powers Act with prior notice to Congress. The president called several lawmakers from the Century Plaza Hotel to discuss the plan.
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Beirut
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Senate
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Tennessee
Lebanon
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Israeli-Palestinian cease-fires fail amid renewed shelling
Israel Habib claims to broker five cease-fires in a month with Lebanese officials but the latest truce collapses after last night’s shelling. The PLO rejects US mediation and evacuation plans, with Bassam Abu Sharif calling American involvement ridiculous.
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Beirut
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