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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1983
Page
4
Bipartisan bills in the House and Senate seek to fund local rate subsidies from long distance revenue to preserve universal service as AT&T divestiture reshapes the Bell system. Critics say privatization aimed at competition may raise basic local costs and undo market ideals.
The piece describes Chad as the world’s poorest nation facing a hunger crisis with 54 000 tons of relief food needed and a population barely above subsistence. It notes 120 dollars GNP per person, 255 million dollars debt, a closed university, and mass teacher exodus as fighting intensifies with French forces blocking Libyan advances.
W J Bryan Dorn of Greenwood a longtime state senator and U S representative is seriously ill after a collision near Columbia He may have heart involvement along with fractured pelvis broken ribs Arkenites and others across South Carolina wish him a speedy recovery from his injuries
MAX LERNER discusses potential vice presidential picks for a Mondale or Glenn candidacy in 1984. He weighs southern balance, liberal credentials, and regional strength, suggesting candidates like Bentsen Cuomo Moynihan Cranston and Hart as fitting running mates.
A critical overview argues that federal anti poverty programs have massively expanded spending from 1966 to 1983 while poverty levels rose from 14.7 to 15 percent. It notes in kind benefits are not counted, many recipients are middle class, and indicates little progress since the war on poverty began. If true, it questions federal efficacy and urges reconsideration of policy.
An editorial contrasts calls for higher teacher pay with NEA and AFT demands for equal pay. It cites Reagan’s push for merit-based wages, Gallup data on public education concerns, and argues teachers must be evaluated by measurable output while acknowledging intangible results.
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