Food Stamp Reform Emerges as Budget Pressure
The 11.5 percent automatic increase in food stamp benefits takes effect Jan 1 as prices rise for a market basket of nutritious foods. Critics, including John R. Block and Sen. Jesse Helms, urge reform to curb waste while projections warn the program may exhaust its $9.7 billion ceiling by mid next summer amid rising eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
John R. Block
Illinois
Reagan
Block
Jesse Helms
North Carolina
Senate Agricultural Committee
Congress
Hostage Rescue Plan Promoted By Dr Kenneth Wells
The article describes an unpaid one on one rescue plan led by Dr Kenneth Wells to free American hostages. Fifty two volunteers over 50 to 70 would fly from Miami to Zurich then seek Iran's officials to permit a trade in Tehran. Wells stresses personal risk and no government sanction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Pan American
Zurich
Switzerland
Iran
Tehran
Kenneth Wells
Freedoms Foundation
CIA
FBI
Dear Dr Graham How to handle advice from fortune tellers
Billy Graham advises Y that fortune tellers should be avoided. He warns that relying on their guidance is building life on a lie and urges turning to God for strength and help, citing Isaiah 41 10 for reassurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Graham
Y.J
God
How Jim Edwards Won Reaganite Energy Post
A columnist recalls how Dr. Jim Edwards was chosen as Secretary of Energy by Reagan supporters after John Connally declined. Thurmond urged a Southern cabinet member, Edwards gained the post despite critics citing inexperience. The piece contrasts Edwards with Winchell and stock tipsters like Granville, noting the dangers of market manipulation and media-driven hype.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Edwards
John Connally
Connally
South Carolina
Strom Thurmond
Edwards
Ronnie
Jim
Washington
United States
Walter Winchell
Winchell
North
South America
At&t
IBM
Joseph Granville
Holly Hill
Fla
Conservatism Needs Coherence Beyond Big Government
The piece argues conservatives inherit a large state and must face the public’s complex demands. It contends true conservatism balances values, resists libertarian excess, and must reconcile calls for less government with international leadership and active policy. Reagan’s approach may mature conservatism toward this balanced view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
New York
Irving Younger
Cornell
Reagan
America
James Q. Wilson
Harvard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aiken
Samuel A. Cothran
Scott B. Hunter
A.B. Cubredge
Sue S. Brown
Rodger Ragan
Aiken Communications, Inc
Rutland Drive
S. C
Aiken, S.C
Paul Harvey
Wells
Dr. Wells
Carter
Ken Wells
Billy Graham
Ashley Cooper
Granville
Wall Street
RED O’donnel
Doonesbury
Senator
George F. Will
Ronald Reagan
United Nations
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!