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Bluefield Daily Telegraph in Bluefield, West Virginia
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1981
Page
4
Proxmire hits Treasury over Social Security fund losses
Senator William Proxmire critiques Treasury Department investment policies, accusing managers of failing to maximize returns for a $47 billion Social Security portfolio and misplacing funds in low yield securities. He cites a $2 billion earnings loss in 1980 and urges reform alongside Reagan's cost-cutting plans. He also targets the Davis Bacon Act and proposes changes to reduce federal construction costs and curb union wage protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Proxmire
Social Security Pension Fund
Treasury Department
Wisconsin Democrat
Proxmire
Treasury
Reagan
Raymond J. Donovan
Congress
Buckley on Amherst Gift and affirmative action debate
William F Buckley critiques Amherst College racial hiring rules tied to a $1 million chair. He argues private action vs public policy, notes limits of affirmative action, cites Sowell and Williams, and contrasts private sector gains with government policies and a Coca Cola boycott outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Amherst
Thomas Sowell
Hoover Institution
Walter Williams
George Mason
Walter Berns
Washingon
Jesse Jackson
Coca-Cola
Coca- Cola Co
Jackson
Insights On Death by Own Action Rate In The United States
A decade spanning analysis shows U S deaths by self harm rising 17 percent in ten years with sharp increases for white males 20 to 24 and white females 15 to 19. Celebrity offspring suicides, affluence related distress, and cultural pressures are discussed alongside behavioral extremes in youth and cult fascination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
North Shore
Chicago
James Bonds Back In Business CIA plots new Libya hit
Jack Anderson surveys renewed CIA " hare brained" plots from the 1960s and 70s including rumored schemes against Muammar Qaddafi. The piece notes President Reagan era tensions over arms talks and a leaked Pentagon memo on anti technology bias guiding U.S. disarmament policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fidel Castro
CIA
Sinapore
Cuba
Laos
Iraq
James Bonds
Central Intelligence Agency
Libya
Muammar Qaddafi
White House
Mauritania
Mauritius
Indian Ocean
Qaddafi
Ron McRae
Ronald Reagan
Pentagon
United States
U.S
Agee influence lingers in US debates on El Salvador
Philip Agee remains influential in the United States in exile and in public discourse as critics and supporters debate the State Department El Salvador white paper. Major papers like the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal used Agee’s prior analyses, sometimes without credit, prompting questions about credibility and political motivation. The State Department rebuttal received limited prominence, fueling concerns that the El Salvador report is portrayed as faulty or discredited for propaganda effect. Agee’s stance against the CIA and his communist sympathies are highlighted as context shaping the coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philip Agee
Agee
Central Intelligence Agency
Supreme Court
State Department
el Salvador
Washington Post
Wall Street Journal
Esquire
Post and Journal
Post
Journal
Also Mentioned on This Page
William F. Buckley
Anti-Defamation League
Nathan Perlmutter
Amherst College
Paul Harvey
Hollywood
Louis Jourdan Jr
Mary Tyler Moore
Paul Newman
Gregory Peck
Dan Dailey III
Jim Arness
Jenny
Edward G. Robinson Jr
Diana Barrymore
Art Linkletter
Lana Turner
New York
Lee Salk
By Jeff MacNelly
Jack Anderson
Berry's
M. Stanton Evans
Human Events
Express
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