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...Secrets, the work of a special panel appointed by Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger in the wake of the Navy's Walker-family spy scandal last summer. The 14-member panel, headed by retired Army General Richard Stilwell, offered 63 recommendations for combating the plague of espionage. Among them: tougher criminal laws to punish defense contractors and Government workers who mishandle secret information, more restrictive secrecy classifications and expanded use of lie-detector tests for military personnel...
WORLD: EgyptAir 648's hijacking ends in savagery and tragedy 42 Lucky survivors tell chilling tales of the nightmare that resulted in the death of 57 innocent travelers. Governments get tougher with terrorists, but will it do any good? Sabotage strands 10 million Japanese commuters. U.S. arms earmarked for Afghan rebels make dangerous detours in Pakistan. The perils and challenges of building a railroad through Africa's jungle...
Elsewhere, though, the Ways and Means plan gets tougher on businesses. While the Administration wanted to lower the maximum corporate tax rate from 46% to 33%, the House panel would drop it to 36%. The committee's proposal would raise the top tax rate for capital gains, which is the money that taxpayers earn on growing investments like corporate stock. Reagan's plan would have cut the maximum tax rate from 20% to 17.5%, but the new proposal would boost...
When such measures are not enough, tougher actions are often taken. Many companies use undercover agents and drug-sniffing dogs to root out narcotics on their premises. Says Larry Curran, vice president of First Security, a Boston firm: "We're doing 15 to 20 drug investigations per week for corporations right now. That is an increase of 100% from last year...
...increase in twisty, high-tech rides and a tougher safety standard cued by the California court could make for a rough summer. "If a bus took you down hills at 60 m.p.h. and made you scream, that would be a problem," says John Robinson of California's amusement-park association. "If a roller coaster doesn't do that, then nobody will ride it." --By Laura Locke and Barbara Liston