Platform Committee Studies Busing Plank
A Democratic platform subcommittee considers a busing plank as a last resort to desegregation and an active ally to communities pursuing integration. The jobs for all adults plank shows near unanimous support, aiming to cut unemployment to 3 percent in four years.
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Democrats
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Michael Dukakis
Massachusetts
New York
Dukakis
Jimmy Carter
Ile Carter
Morris Udall
Henry Jackson
Carter
Congress
Democratic Party
Callan Claims Full Responsibility in Angola Mercenary Trial
Tony Callan stunned an Angolan people's court by admitting full command over captured mercenaries and accepting all charges against them. The trial involves 14 foreign fighters, including 10 Britons and an Argentine, accused of murder pillage and destruction in the civil war's final days.
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Angola
Tony Callan
People's Court
Callan
Argentina
Costas Georgiou
McKenzie
Andrew McKenzie
People's Tribunal
Maria Lopes
Gary Acker
Acker
Sacramento
Popular Movement
MPLA
Siberia
Gearhart
Gustavo Marcelo Grillo
Fom Tom's River
N.J
Britain
Portugal
U.S. Marine Corps
Tax-Cut Bill Clears Senate Finance Panel Amid Amendments
The Senate Finance Committee approved tax-cut legislation with a provision for a higher education tax break. Amendments shield low and middle income earners from 1977 tax increases, cut estate taxes by 2 billion yearly, and offer an 820 million reduction for capital assets held over five years. A potential floor battle looms with Budget Committee allies wary of the deficit.
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Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Finance Committee
Budget Committee
Congress
Ford
Foreign Aid Vote Nears Approval Amid Budget Cuts
The Senate edges toward a 6 billion dollar foreign military aid bill after Senator James Allen trims aid to southern Africa and removes Mozambique funds. Final vote set for Monday. Israel to receive 4.5 billion and Egypt 1.6 billion in defense aid, totaling about 9.4 billion with credits.
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Senate
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Mozambique
Allen
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
Israel
Egypt
Egpyt
Congress
U.S
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