Dole says Reagan must compromise on Social Security cuts
Sen Robert Dole said a long term plan may affect benefits and that a phased in reduction could start before 1990. He noted health secretary Schweiker seeks a compromise and that lawmakers are near agreement on a multi year tax cut smaller than Reagan's 10 percent plan.
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Pope shoots into crowd in Rome during papal audience
Investigators say Turkish gunman Mehmet Agca fired two shots at the pope during a weekly audience wounding two American women. Italian officials consider possible help from others but believe Agca acted alone. police note he may have had financial assistance and escaped from a Turkish jail in 1979 traveling through Europe before the incident.
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McCreesh hunger strike claim disputed by family
A government source says IRA inmate Bobby McCreesh asked for food on Saturday but then refused nourishment after family visited the Maze Prison hospital wing. His relatives deny any request for food, recounting last rites and confusion while stating he will not be revived if he lapses. Ongoing deterioration noted by the Northern Ireland Office. Patrick O Hara remains seriously ill after 58 days without food. Thatcher refuses special political status.
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Mountaintop Ranger Camp Burned by Desperate Veteran
A 20 year Navy veteran at Magee Ranger Station in Coeur d Alene National Forest spent four days trapped with minimal food and no insulin. He left a farewell note, set fire to a log camp and bunkhouse in an attempt to attract attention, and was rescued two days later. The buildings, built in 1935 and 1943, were slated for National Historic Register inclusion, a move completed after their destruction. The man claimed a moral right to commit arson for survival.
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AID officials ready to quit over baby formula vote
Two top Agency for International Development officials, Eugene Babb and Dr. Stephen Joseph, warned they will resign if the Reagan administration votes against an international advisory code on selling baby formula at the World Health Assembly in Geneva. Joseph cited millions of infant deaths in developing countries linked to malnutrition and contaminated formula, while Babb urged a yes vote to avoid signaling U.S. disregard for responsible overseas business.
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Supreme Court actions expand Miranda doctrine and more
The Supreme Court agreed to hear cases on campus free expression by private colleges and a student leafleting dispute at Princeton, and to decide if mentally retarded patients must receive least intrusive medical treatment. It also denied McCord’s $10 million suit against F Lee Bailey, weighed New Hampshire hydro power limits, and considered medical payment disputes, obscenity prosecution of Flynt, Philadelphia altar funding, Puerto Rico and U S Virgin Islands tax disputes, extradition competency, and a 17 year old ban on pinball.
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Turkish terrorism under scrutiny
Istanbul reports focus on Mehmet Ali Agea the man accused of shooting the pope fueling debate over Turkey s right and left wing militants. Investigators cite links to the Action Party in Ankara and possible police complicity while authorities parade 78 suspected urban guerrillas in Istanbul in a show of anti terror resolve.
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Weinberger warns U S lags Moscow in arms race BBC interview
Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger told BBC Panorama that the United States has not achieved rough equivalence with Moscow in the arms buildup and risks inviting a Soviet first strike or subjugation unless balance is restored. He said SALT II is dead to the Reagan administration and unlikely to resume.
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