Senate panel recommends 79 billion defense cut in 1986 budget
The Senate Budget Committee voted 18-4 to cut 79 billion from the Pentagon buildup in Reagan’s 1986 budget, raising the possibility of a broader budget accord including a freeze on Social Security. Supporters say cutting defense spending could trigger across the board restraints on domestic programs and entitlements like Social Security.
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Washington
Senate Budget Committee
Reagan
Senate
Pentagon
Ernest F. Hollings
D-5.c
Boulder Slide Closes Interstate Tunnel In North Carolina
Granite boulders the size of boxcars must be blasted out piece by piece to clear the westbound tunnel on I 40 in the Great Smoky Mountains near the Tennessee line. Clearing the eastbound lane may take six weeks. westbound repair could run about nine months. Authorities estimate $1 million in damage as detours strain traffic.
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Harmonden
N.C
North Carolina
Tennessee
Department of Transportation District
Jim Parham
Great Smoky Mountains
Asheville
Jim Sughrue
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Sughrue
North Carolina Highway Patrol
H.M. Overcash
DOT
Russell Glass
Glass
Viet vet kills wife son and himself in Yonkers rampage
A Vietnam-era Air Force veteran, 33, shot his wife 39 and son 8 before turning the weapon on himself in their Westchester County home. A 3 year old boy was wounded but survived, later treated with a Band-Aid and kept watching TV as police and relatives arranged care.
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Yonkers
N.Y
Jason Orgen
Westchester County
Owen McClain
Air Force
Jack Orgen
Darling
Jack Jr
Jason
McClain
Westchester County Medical Center
Orgen
Self
Civil rights leader rails against new racism remarks
Clarence M. Pendleton Jr, chair of the U S Commission on Civil Rights, denounces a form of new racism he says promotes preferential treatment for blacks through goals, timetables and quotas. He and other officials clash with leaders who favor race based measures. Pendleton backs Reagan ideals of a color blind society and a strong economy.
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Washington
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Clarence M. Pendleton Jr
Pendleton
Reagan
Commission
Supreme Court
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Albert J. Lowry Americe
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National Press Club
Ralph Neal
Leadership Conference On Civil Rights
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