Socialists gain majority in Spain amid post Franco era
Spain's Socialist Workers Party led by Felipe Gonzalez wins a parliamentary majority in a peaceful vote with about 80 percent turnout. The result signals a shift away from center and right but raises questions about military reaction and the pace of reform as Spain modernizes and negotiates NATO ties and U S bases. Gonzalez pledges to depoliticize the military and renegotiate U S base contracts while seeking NATO membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francisco Franco
Madrid
Franco
Socialist Workers Party
Felipe Gonzalez
Gonzalez
Spain
United States
NATO
America
Social Security Reform Faces Least Worst Choices
As the election ends, the nation faces a Social Security crisis with an $11 billion funding gap this year. The Greenspan commission will propose options like higher payroll taxes, later eligibility, or phasing out early retirement, with politics complicating a workable, fair formula before the 1984 elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dole
Congress
National Commission On Social Security Reform
Alan Greenspan
Reagan
Greenspan Commission
A Marshall Plan For Us Detroit backs Chrysler chief Iacocca a presidential idea
The column argues Lee Iacocca could lead the United States similar to Europe’s postwar plan. It cites Japan as unfair in trade and outlines Iacocca proposals to cut defense and social spending, raise taxes, and boost investment to revive industry and jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Chrysler
Lee Iacocca
United States
Japan
Europe
Iacocca
Ashley Cooper on courts and fears over Three Mile Island ruling
The author critiques using fears of psychological harm to guide legal decisions in cases from Three Mile Island to busing zoning and housing. He questions the logic of deeming anticipated harms as constitutional grounds and notes the absence of actual nuclear deaths in the US while warning against overreliance on imagined harms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Three Mile Island
United States
The Political Battles To Come
New York City reports outline seven structural shifts shaping future elections. Global upswings in the economy, high tech campaigning, neo liberal and neo conservative ideologies, shifting coalitions, the growing gender gap, the bomb's shadow on youth and women, and rising negative emotions will redefine political contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Franklin Roosevelt
Ronald Reagan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ashley Cooper
Doonesbury
Rer Ee
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!