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September 17, 1983

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Headlines from September 17, 1983

AID FOR CITY CITED

By Edward A. Gargan

Mayor Koch, with Governor Cuomo at his side, said yesterday that New York City would get an ''acceptable'' share of money from a proposed $1.25 billion bond issue and that he would campaign for its passage this fall. On Thursday, the Legislature ratified an agreement on how the money from the proposed bond issue would be spent. The money would be used to reconstruct and expand roads, bridges and ports throughout the state. Mr. Koch, whose support the Governor's aides said was crucial, had insisted the city receive a ''fair share'' of the bond issue. At one point, he had said the 25 percent share offered the city by Mr. Cuomo was insufficient.

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TEAMSTERS REJECT CONCESSIONS PLAN

By Seth S. King, Special To the New York Times

Members of the teamsters' union today overwhelmingly rejected a proposal by the union's president, Jackie Presser, that would have drastically reduced wages of union drivers rehired after April 1. The wide margin, 94,086 to 13,082, was a blow to Mr. Presser's prestige. It had been his first attempt to negotiate a nationwide contract since taking office in April.

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AMERICANS CURB WAYS GROMYKO CAN FLY TO U.N.

By Bernard Gwertzman, Special To the New York Times

The United States told the Soviet Union today that if Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko wanted to fly in a Soviet plane to attend the United Nations General Assembly session in New York next week, he would not be able to use an Aeroflot plane and he would have to land at a military airfield. John Hughes, the State Department spokesman, said Moscow was told of the conditions this morning. It was uncertain late today whether the Soviet Union would accept the American terms, which were laid down in response to the downing of the Korean Air Lines plane. Officials would not say when Mr. Gromyko planned to go to New York, but he usually goes at the end of the first week of the session, which would be late next week. President Reagan is to address the session Sept. 26.

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DEMOCRATS AGREE TO JOIN G.O.P. IN DRAFTING A $12 BILLION TAX BILL

By Jonathan Fuerbringer

The Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives has decided to cooperate with the Senate Republican leadership in the writing of a relatively small $12 billion tax package this fall. The press secretary for Representative Dan Rostenkowski, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said today that the Illinois Democrat got the go-ahead for the three-year package in a meeting Thursday with House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. of Massachusetts and Jim Wright of Texas, the majority leader. Thus, both the House and the Senate are poised to write a tax bill this year whose revenue yield would fall far short of the $73 billion, three-year revenue goal Congress set for itself as a matter of sound fiscal policy in the 1984 Congressional budget. Several Minor Measures Included As it now shapes up, the bill would pull together several minor tax measures that House and the Senate tax writers, with the approval of the Reagan Administration, had expected to approve this year. It is this packaging of already accepted items and the small size of the package, staff aides said, that give it a good chance of enactment. The centerpiece of the package is expected to be a proposal already approved by the House Ways and Means Committee and backed by the Reagan Administration that would curtail sale- leaseback plans.

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WHITE HOUSE WARNS A WAR POWERS FIGHT HURTS U.S. INTERESTS

By Steven R. Weisman, Special To the New York Times

The White House warned today that attempts to require President Reagan to get Congressional approval for keeping United States marines in Lebanon would send an ''extremely dangerous'' signal to the Middle East and the Soviet Union. A senior White House official told reporters that the dangers would arise even though Congress appears disposed to authorize the presence of American troops in Lebanon. The official said ''any restrictions'' placed by Congress on the American commitment of troops to the multinational peacekeeping force in Lebanon ''are certainly read and understood beyond the shadow of a doubt by the Syrians and by the Soviets.'' He said requiring Congressional approval for the troops' presence would ''enable the Syrians and the Soviets to sit back and simply wait'' for a time when Congress might be less willing to extend its approval.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 14, 1983, covering September 17, 1983.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Synchronicity by The Police

    Synchronicity

    The Police

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    12
  2. 2
    Album cover for Thriller by Michael Jackson

    Thriller

    Michael Jackson

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    39
  3. 3
    Album cover for Flashdance by Soundtrack

    Flashdance

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    21
  4. 4
    Album cover for Pyromania by Def Leppard

    Pyromania

    Def Leppard

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    33
  5. 5
    Album cover for An Innocent Man by Billy Joel

    An Innocent Man

    Billy Joel

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    5

Notable Births

Ice Seguerra

1983Ice Seguerra, Filipino singer, actor, director, and former chairman of the National Youth Commission of the Philippines (2016–18)[†]

Ice Seguerra, formerly Aiza Seguerra, is a Filipino actor, singer-songwriter, director and guitarist.

Notable Deaths

Humberto Sousa Medeiros

1983Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal (born 1915)[†]

Humberto Sousa Medeiros was a Portuguese-American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Boston from 1970 until his death in 1983, and was created a cardinal in 1973. An ecclesiastical conservative, Cardinal Medeiros was considered a champion of the immigrant worker, the poor and minorities.

Historical Events

Vanessa Williams

1983Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.[†]

Vanessa Lynn Williams is an American singer, actress, model, producer and dancer. She gained recognition as the first Black woman to win the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984. She would later resign her title amid a media controversy surrounding nude photographs published in Penthouse magazine. 32 years later, Williams was offered a public apology during the Miss America 2016 pageant for the events.

Historical Context for September 17, 1983

In 1983, the world population was approximately 4,697,327,573 people[†]