Reagan rejects 2¢ gas tax hike in recovery plan
President Reagan disavowed any consideration of a 2-cent per gallon gas tax increase to fund highways. He also showed interest in Brezhnev's summit invitation but remained wary of Soviet tactics. White House officials say Stockman and Lewis misrepresented the issue to governors.
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Washington
UPI
Reagan
David Stockman
Leonid Brezhnev
White House
Stockman
Transportation
Drew Lewis
National Governors’ Association
Reagan Ale
Brezhnev
Kim Brady
Communist Party Congress
Moscow
Real Estate Slump Hits Elyria With Permit Drop
Local title firms report about a two thirds fall in title work and a 70 percent drop in business due to high interest rates. Elyria issued no new single family permits this year, with only two new commercial permits, while remodeling activity rises as homeowners fix up existing houses.
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Elyria
Lorain County Association
George Cervone
Minnesota Title
William H. Harmon
Chicago Title Insurance
American Land Title Association
Ronald Jones
Jones
Key test case in WAIF obscenity indictment
In Cincinnati WAIF FM and announcer John Zeh face four counts of distributing material harmful to juveniles over a January broadcast of Gaydreams. Defense say the case hinges on First Amendment rights, not homosexuality, while critics claim prosecutor Leis overstepped authority. Local civil liberties groups urge FCC handling.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Waif-Fm
John Zeh
Hamilton County
Simon Leis Jr
Allen Brown
Leis
Waif
Zeh
Brovo
Station
Joseph Platt
Platt
Public Access
Herbert Freeman
American Civil Liberties Union
Society of Professional Journalists
Federal Communications Commission
Court rejects bid to review kidnap sentence
The Florida second District Court of Appeals denied Wrights appeal after he sought review of his kidnap and rape sentence. He had previously escaped Mansfield Reformatory in March 1976 and faced a five year concurrent term for resisting arrest with violence burglary tools and carrying a concealed weapon. Det. Wilkins and Det. Briller led the investigation and Briller flew to Florida to escort Miss Sharpe home.
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Wright
Mansfield Reformatory
Florida 2Nd District Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Pinellas County
Fla
Middleburg Heights
William Wilkins
Wilkins
Dave Briller
Miss Sharpe
Briller
Florida
Pope warns world of new Hiroshima in Japan visit
Pope John Paul II met Emperor Hirohito in a secluded Tokyo garden then urged 40,000 stadium followers to abandon the nuclear arms race or face another Hiroshima. He called Hiroshima a symbol of humanity's danger and urged cooperation for peace in the Far East tour closing in on Nagasaki.
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UPI
John Paul II
Hirohito
Hiroshima
U.S
Nagasaki
John Paul
Far East
Emperor
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Pope John Paul
Emperor Hirohito
Missing 14 year old in Atlanta connected to child killings
Police investigate the disappearance of 14 year old Marie Andre Kirk in south Atlanta amid a widening effort tied to the missing and slain black children case. Mayor Maynard Jackson seeks federal aid while noting skepticism about immediate funding and a potential presidential meeting.
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Atlanta
UPI
Marie Andre Kirk
Curtis Walker
Walker
Kirk
Jimmie Nell Kirk
Columbia High School
Decatur
Maynard Jackson
Angelo Foster
Charles Rickevich
Rickevich
The
Law Enforcement Administration
Special Police Task Force
Trial unfolds as Holocaust survivor cites pursuit of justice
In Cleveland a denaturalization case against John Demjanjuk proceeds after Pinchas Epstein testifies through an interpreter outside the federal courtroom. Epstein recalls Treblinka guard Ivan the Terrible, while other survivors, immigration officials, and an Israeli investigator continue to testify for the government.
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Cleveland
UPI
Pinchas Epstein
Frank J. Battisti
Hoetein
John Demjanjak
Saraeli Resi
Demjanjuk
Epstein
Treblinka
Samed Ivan
Charles and Diana announce royal engagement likely in July
Diana Spencer, daughter of the Earl Spencer, is announced as the future wife of Prince Charles. A summer wedding is planned with no date or place yet chosen, Westminster Abbey seen as a traditional site, and a large European royal attendance anticipated due to dynastic ties.
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Wales
Diana Spencer
Earl Spencer
Shand Kydd
Michael Shea
Westminster Abbey
The
Times
Britain
House of Windsor
Continent
Charles
Diana
London
Australia
Sandringham
Norfolk
Queen Victoria
Sarah
Justice debate on Demjanjuk trial seeks citizenship fate
Government attorneys accuse Demjanjuk, a 60 year old Ford worker and father of three from Seven Hills, of being the Treblinka guard with a denied past. He faces possible deportation if citizenship is revoked. defense claims he was a prisoner of war. A Kiev area Ukrainian rally erupted over the case amid use of Soviet evidence in Parma church.
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Ford Motor Co
Treblinka
Seven Hills
Ivan Demjanjuk
Ande Lirsoe
Battisti
Cleveland
Dejan Parma
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Great Lakes
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