Budget deadlines loom as Congress stalls on 1987 budget
Washington AP reports Congress is six weeks past its April 15 fiscal 1987 target. Gramm Rudman balanced-budget law imposes automatic cuts if targets are missed, with 144 billion dollar deficit goal for Oct 1. House and Senate negotiators begin a compromise next week, aiming to curb Reagan's 320 billion defense request and raise taxes by 10.7 billion.
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General Accounting Office
Deaver Critics Hail Independent Counsel Probe Decision
Washington AP lobbyist Michael K Deaver and critics welcomed a three judge panel ruling to appoint an independent counsel to probe possible conflicts of interest. The Justice Department had urged the appointment amid concerns over Deavers White House ties and Acid Rain lobbying.
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D-Mich
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Nancy Reagan
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Warren Burger
Edwin Meese
George E. MacKinnon
Lewis R. Morgan
Walter R
GAQ
Canada
Drew Lewis
Reagan
Former German POWs revisit Mexia POW camp site
Forty three years on Hansjorg Putz and 23 other former Afrika Corps officers returned to Mexia Texas to tour the old Alien Enemy Internment Camp now Mexia State School. They recalled heat oil wells and fire ants, shared memories of captivity and German camp life, and toured Fort Hood during a three day visit tied to Mexia’s sesquicentennial celebration.
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Walter Littmann
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Germany
Ida Blachette
Alvin Community College
Kurt Hartwig
C-T speller usurped in Round one in national bee
The article notes C-T speller loses early in Round One with 174 contestants overall and 23 veterans. Tom, his parents and a 600-strong entourage toured Washington on the last free day before competition, visiting the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery. Tom praised the Reflecting Pool and marveled at Arlington’s vast expanse for the war dead.
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Kathleen Petro
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Man gets life for slaying wife in Sheffield Township
Larry Simms received a life sentence for the November 27 shooting death of his wife at 5420 Clinton Ave. in Sheffield Township after a lengthy troubled marriage. He shot her in the face at close range during an argument and then shot himself, later claiming accidental discharge while considering suicide. Their two children are in guardianship.
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Clinton Ave
Sheffield Township
Vincent Elementary
White
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