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...legislation to assist the ailing textile industry by drastically reducing imports. President Reagan has vetoed this bill, but the House will now vote on a proposal to override that veto. Supporting textile protection has become a cause celebre for critics of Reagan's free-trade policies. Said House Speaker Tip O'Neill at a Washington rally for textile workers: "It is time, Mr. President . . . to take off your STAY THE COURSE button and start wearing a MADE IN THE U.S.A. button...
...Washington last week, House Speaker Tip O'Neill announced plans for a sweeping antidrug bill that would include provisions for more federal funds for expanded narcotics-interdiction efforts, addict treatment and public education. The new legislation could end up costing the government $5 billion a year. "If it breaks Gramm-Rudman," said O'Neill, "I'll ask the Rules Committee to waive the targets." Not to be left behind by the Democrats, a Reagan Administration Cabinet council met late last week to discuss a new White House initiative in the drug...
...week before Captain Midnight's attack, the service's programming had been interrupted briefly with a pattern of color bars. It was apparently the work of the same person; thus it seemed the culprit had access to the facility at the same time on both nights. Another important tip came from an accountant vacationing in Florida who had overheard a revealing conversation about Captain Midnight at a pay phone. He took down the caller's license-plate number and gave it to the authorities. The auto was linked to MacDougall...
...many as 6 million people descended upon the tip of Manhattan island for the big show. Families from Wyoming and Kansas and Florida camped where yellow cabs usually scuffle; they picnicked where loafered stockbrokers, lawyers and city clerks scurry. New York was a time warp as thousands of white-suited sailors painted the town red. Ambling around Times Square, they transformed the city into a stage set from On the Town ("New York, New York, a helluva town./ The Bronx is up, but the Battery's down...
...Great Pumpkin ever makes it to the Eighth Congressional District, he'll surely visit Tom Gallagher, whose vintage idealism recently cost him a place among the candidates to succeed Tip O'Neill...