Senate Moves to Cut Federal Funds for Busing
The Senate votes to block federal funds for busing orders in desegregation cases, signaling a shift in policy but not ending civil rights efforts. House action mirrors cuts. Carter faces veto risks over anti busing provisions while Reagan emphasizes busing failures. The result weakens federal support for mandatory busing as courts press for desegregation.
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Senate
Justice Department
House of Representatives
House
Congress
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department of Educa
Tion
Carter
Rtt
Benjamin Civiletti
Executive Branch
Reagan
96Th Congress
Ashley Cooper Sees It: Public discourse shifts with inflation rants
In a column packed with social critique Ashley Cooper notes a preoccupation with TV dramas over real violence, laments inflated costs, and muses on moral decline. He recalls old Southern barter coins called babbage and contrasts penny dreadfuls of the past with modern shock value in literature.
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U.S
J.R
Willard A. Silcox
Mary Geraty
Sanibel Island
Florida
W. C. Geraty Co
Yonge’s Island
Letters to the Editor on theft and school zone enforcement
Two readers urge action on local safety issues. Mrs. Clyde Saunders reports theft of a stove water and tank and slow response from the sheriff. James M Learnard calls for police enforcement in front of Schofield Middle School to protect children and cites missing school zone signs and a request to Busbee.
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Virginia
Sheriff's Department
Clyde Saunders
Aiken County
Schofield
Schofield Middle School
South Carolina
Busbee
Public Safety Dept
Laurens Street
Aiken
James M. Learnard
Graniteville
Victory’s Rapture Called Where Is The Smooth
Washington describes the early Reagan transition facing a high risk fiscal forecast. David Stockman warns of automatic budget growth from drought relief unemployment spikes and defense spending. Regulatory costs threaten trillions in potential investment while the new team debates tax cuts and policy.
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Washington
David Stockman
R-Mich
Stockman
Reagan
Salute The Homefront Missionary by Paul Harvey
Politically America shifts inward while a social gospel aims for moral cultural and economic regeneration at home. The piece argues for supporting homefront missionaries to uplift cities and unwashed communities, echoing biblical examples and urging a shift from exotic outposts to domestic action.
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America
Jonah
Ninevah
Assyria
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Scott B Hunter
A.B Cubbedge
Sue S. Brown
Rodger Ragan
Aiken Communications, Inc
Rutland Drive
Aiken SC
Ashley Cooper
By Ashley Cooper
George F. Will
Treasury
McGovernite
Hobages Neyve
Sestaat
Paul Harvey
Apostle Paul
Athens
Rome
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