Tax rate tweaks argued in Reagan tax plan
Critics and supporters urge Congress to modify the three individual income-tax rates at the heart of Reagan’s overhaul. National Taxpayers Union seeks deeper cuts while Citizens for Tax Justice pushes for a higher top rate for the wealthiest. They testify before the House Ways and Means Committee, proposing lower rates for individuals and corporations, a larger personal exemption, and reductions funded by curbing deductions.
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Ways & Means Committee
Jury rules damages in 1979 rally death case
A jury in Winston-Salem awarded damages in a $48 million suit over a 1979 Death to the Klan clash that killed five communists. Liable were Klansmen David Matthews, Jerry Paul Smith, Mark Sherer, Nazis Roland Wood and Jack Fowler, Officers Sgt. Paul Spoon and Detective Jerry Cooper, and informant Ed Dawson. The court planned to assess damages.
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City split over all-white work setting ruling in Louisville
A Compensation Board order requires placing Gary Pearl, 39, in an all-white workplace, drawing strong protests from civil rights groups and city leaders who say such a setting violates the civil rights Acts and the Constitution. Pearl, who cannot work with Black coworkers, must undergo therapy and efforts are to find suitable employment, sparking debate over racial integration and employability.
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Secret graves near Calaveras County linked to eight missing
Secret graves near a rural Calaveras County house hold two adults and a child. Investigators seek links to eight missing people and a survivalist who died in police custody after swallowing poison Thursday. Leonard Lake, a federal fugitive, died at 1 11 p m. He was captured for driving a stolen car. The discovery raises possible ties to ongoing cases. In separate news, Frustaci septuplets show slight improvement with Bonnie Marie critical but stable as doctors assess condition.
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Kurtis seeks return to Chicago local news role
CBS anchorman Bill Kurtis plans to leave the third rated CBS Morning News and negotiate with former employer WBBM Chicago to resume top rated local news duties. Interim co anchor Bob Schieffer steps in this summer as talks continue. The piece also notes a long married couple reflecting on 70 years of marriage with memories from 1915.
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Graduation Date Correction At Central Square High School
The Herald Journal corrects a prior error: San on tral Square High School graduation is set for 2 p m on June 22 not the date previously printed. Call to report any further inaccuracies.
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Suspect’s home yields war plan says FBI
FBI says a confidential Navy contingency plan for Middle East hostilities was found at the home of former Navy radioman Jerry A. Whitworth. He is charged with providing secrets to the Soviet Union and to John A. Walker Jr. The seizure included fingerprints on pages and a note marked confidential. Walker, Walker’s son Michael, and Walker’s brother Arthur face related proceedings.
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Peru city rocked by car bombs and fires near palace
In Lima a car bomb near the presidential palace caused a deafening blast and another near the palace of justice 12 blocks away. A power outage and five fires followed. no injuries were reported. Fire chief blamed guerrillas as one blaze burned uncontrolled.
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Raul Alfonsin
Fernando Beluando Terry
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Waldo Ghivas
Weather forecast for New England and Northeast
Tonight showers affect parts of New England and the western region. Northeast temperatures will dip and rise with the setting sun at 8 42 p m and sunrise at 5 25 p m tomorrow. Friday is forecast at 78 degrees with a low around 42. The year ago high was 90 and low 40 on this date. Today marks 64 newscasts for marching this date.
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Sunday Sunshine Forecast With Possible Storms
The forecast calls for morning sun and a high near 80 to 85 in Syracuse and vicinity with a chance of late day and evening thunderstorms. Cooler conditions are expected Monday through Wednesday with highs 70 to 75 and possible showers. Separately, a severe storm line caused fatalities and damage in the Deep South as wildfires burned in Madison County Florida and flash floods affected parts of Texas.
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Reagan battles House over Contra aid amid political split
President Reagan, after a Senate vote backing for nonlethal Contra aid, confronts a tougher House fight. The House, led by Democrats, previously rejected all spending for anti Sandinista rebels, with lawmakers warning the plan risks funding an army to overthrow a government. The vote is set for Tuesday as Republicans push a tighter measure acceptable to the White House.
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Cuomo vetoes bill to register unregistered handguns
Gov Mario Cuomo vetoed a measure allowing unregistered handguns to be registered with additional pre 1950 revolvers and pistols. He called the bill uneven and ineffective for owners who lack any registered weapons.
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