Reagan ready for toughest budget fight in Congress
President Reagan braces for the toughest clash yet as he seeks to replace Democratic budget cuts with deeper reductions. White House aides say Gramm-Latta would revive Reagan's proposals, including block grants and cuts to social programs, while preserving some pet projects.
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Washington
UPI
Reagan
White House
David Gergen
Gergen
Congress
House
Clinch
Export-Import Bank
James Baker
National Tax Limitation Committee
New Yorkers Charged With Supplying Arms to IRA
Three New York City men George Harrison Thomas Falvey and Patrick Mullin were arrested on charges of supplying arms to the Irish Republican Army after buying 42 automatic weapons 20 mm shells and a flamethrower. Investigators say the trio planned to direct weapons to the IRA.
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Louis Stephens
International
New York
Irish Republican Army
UPI
New York City
FBI
George Harrison
Thomas Falvey
Patrick Mullin
Mullin
U.S. Customs Service
McGorty
Harrison
Falvey
Falbey
McGarty
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Vietnam veteran faked combat record and medals
The Los Angeles Times reports ex Marine James Hopkins served less than four months in Vietnam as a supply clerk, had a poor record, and was not the combat hero he claimed. He allegedly falsified medals, faced discipline, and died in an apparent self-inflicted death after attacking the Wadsworth VA Hospital, triggering protests by other veterans led by Ron Kovic and supported by actors at press conferences.
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VPI
Veterans Administration
Los Angeles Times
James Hopkins
Vietnam
Hopkins
the Times
Wadsworth VA
Wadsworth Hospital
California
Washington
Reagan
Ron Kovic
Jim
John Voight
Mike Farrell
Edgartown weighs fate of Chappaquiddick Bridge as souvenir trade wanes
Edgartown seeks state funds to decide whether the Chappaquiddick Bridge will be rebuilt at a $20,000 cost or replaced by a dike. Residents remain divided after the 1969 Kennedy incident, with town meeting yielding no decision. Some favor preserving a link while others push to end the tourist lure and safety concerns.
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Edgartown
Mass
UPI
Chappaquiddick Bridge
Edward M. Kennedy
Dyke Bridge
Martha’s Vineyard
Kennedy
Mary Jo Kopechne
Vineyard Gazette
Robert Marshall
Martha's Vineyard
Massachusetts
Hunger strikers end fast in Poland after church pledge
Three hunger strikers in Katowice end a 20 day protest after the Roman Catholic church assures that two Kowalczyk brothers will be freed by the Polish government. The council of state asked parole for them but gave no release date. Doctors warned the men’s lives were in danger.
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Warsaw
Poland
UPI
Andrzej Sikorski
Solidarity Union
Bronislaw Dabrowski
Kowalczyk Brothers
Council of State
Parole Commission
Moscow
Leonid Zamyatin
Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet Communist Party
Central Committee
Katowice
Jerzy
Ryszard Kowalczyk
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Suzanne Hopkins
Chappaquiddick
Henry Bettle Hough
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