Federal budget cuts spark broad backlash over welfare crackdown
Washington reports HEW aims to curb welfare overpayments and ineligible aid, hiring 728 monitors. Governors, lawmakers, and groups oppose the plan citing state losses and limited impact on fraud. A lone citizen applauds strict controls as relief for taxpayers. Next: water pollution control spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
District of Columbia
Nixon
Congress
National Governors Conference
League of Women Voters
National Urban League
Julia N. Krull
Margate
Fla
The Movement weighs its future after peace protests
The piece catalogues peace activist groups active during the war era, naming American Friends Service Committee SANE Clergy and Laity Concerned about Vietnam and Rev Philip Berrigan. It notes the left’s fragmentation with the Nixon era opening space for a liberal and radical mix, and quotes David Dellinger Sanford Gottleib and Sidney Peck on postwar introspection and ongoing work.
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American Friends Service Committee
SANE
Vietnam
Philip Berrigan
Old Students For A Democratic Society
Socialist Workers Party
Eugene McCarthy
George McGovern
David Dellinger
Sanford Gottleib
Richard G. Fernandez
Lyle Tatum
Boston
Sidney Peck
People's Coalition
Tom Heyden
Jane Fonda
South
Nguyen Vang Thien
Bach Mai
Hanoi
Fred Brantman
Project Air War
Indochina Resource Center
Washington
Peace Movement
United States
Branfman
Pentagon
Thieu
South Vietnam
Brown
Denver
Colorado
Berkeley
Calif
Boulder
Cole
Ann Arbor
Mich
Nixon
Miner
Biggles
Gottilob
Allergies Seen as National Health Cost and Challenge
A New York Public Affairs Committee booklet outlines allergy impact including 4 million restricted activity days and 33 million disability days, with children missing 4 million school days. It notes over 100 million yearly for desensitization therapy and highlights common allergens and treatment options. Dr Michael H K Irwin discusses causes, triggers, and potential remedies amid ongoing research and funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gay Pauley
New York
UPI
New York Public Affairs Committee
Michael H. K. Irwin
National Institute of Allergy and Infections
Dalseasea Stone
Br. Irwin
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Exkter
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Bennington
Savings & Loan Association
Main St
Irwin
Sie
Iran
Sh. YU
Wickes
OWENS/GORNING
Washabie Sur
Easta
Black & Decker Power Tools
Wixcote
GE Hood
North Street
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