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...what of future years? If Reagan's spending and tax plans are adopted, the Administration calculates that the budget will be balanced by fiscal 1984. The Democrats warn of a gargantuan $63 billion deficit. Most Congressmen in the end will probably vote their convictions-and hope for the best on the final results...
...Before the end of the day it reached 170 miles. Meanwhile, two vessels steamed out to recover the 80-ton shells of two spent solid-fuel rockets that had parachuted into the Atlantic. When a nosey Soviet "trawler" edged into the site, the Coast Guard vessel Steadfast had to warn it off, then actually block its path, before the Russians backed off. The steel rocket frames were burned and bent a bit, but can probably be overhauled and refilled for another shot...
White House aides insisted that Haig had only meant, quite properly, to reassure the world-and warn the Soviets -that the U.S. Government was continuing to operate. Said one White House staffer: "Al Haig is too strong a player to let go." Reagan himself summoned Haig to his hospital bed and gave the Secretary letters to hand carry to the leaders of Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Nonetheless, Haig left on his Middle East trip an uncertain figure, worried about having unnamed enemies in the White House who were out to get him. Whether he can recover authority over...
...color graphic terminals "is designed to play information from the shuttle in a format that is easiest for the ground controller to read," he said. If either the shuttle or the fuel tanks go astray and threaten to land in populated areas, "my display will light up and warn the controllers" who may then elect to destroy them, he added...
There are several other interesting moments. Cohen must play by an older Senator's rules in a basketball game because of the seniority system. Cohen's former colleagues in the House of Representatives warn him not to become cold and distant like other Senators. Somebody spray paints Cohen's car in what he describes as a typical outbreak of anger against a public figure...