Pay Raise Debate Aims to Boost Military Pay
A broad public consensus favors bigger pay for servicemen with Senate targeting 9 to 22 percent for recruits and top noncommissioned officers while the House backs a 14.3 percent across the board with up to 25 percent flexibility. A conference committee must iron out the details to boost recruitment and retention by Oct. 1.
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House of Representatives
Congressional Conference Committee
Bill Lower
Navy
Duncan Hunter
Congress
Volunteer Army
Pentagon
Political column on Reagan budget plan and fallout
Ashley Cooper critiques Reagan budget cuts as a political disaster with Republicans deserting him. The piece links stock market fear, inflation psychology, and personal finance anecdotes to warn of wide electoral consequences and notes a Beaufort boy nicknamed Nixon for causing trouble.
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House
Senate
Repubicans
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Republican Party
Reagan
Letters to the Editor highlight tax hikes and school concerns
Readers criticize local taxes rising sharply while urging fiscal restraint and duties of local government. Messages address school performance, foreign language study, and community sports support, praising New Ellenton volunteers and St Angela Academy student leadership.
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Aiken County
Aiken
P.K. Smith
Oakmont Dr
Columbia
W.P. Bebbington
Whitney Drive
Dede Biles
St. Angela
Aiken Standard
Ms. Biles
New Orleans Saints
New Orleans
Better Homes and Gardens
Dan Jaercher
Kaercher
America
St. Angela Academy
New Ellenton
Jaycees
New Ellenton Middle School
Lisa Greene
P.O. Box
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Scott B. Hunter
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Rodger Ragan
Sharye A. Whisenant
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Rutland Drive
S. C
Ashley Cooper
Beaufort
Telephone Company
Peach Orchard Place
County Council
Culbertson
South Airian
J.M
Standard
Wyman Bush
John Adams
Graniteville
Robert E. Sanders
North Augusta
W.C. Guy
Kentucky
Guy
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