Social Security reform and immigration concerns loom large
A bipartisan task force under President Reagan considers measures to stabilize Social Security including raising the retirement age and interfund borrowing while warning of deficits into 1986. Separately, concerns grow over illegal immigration and document tracking as border controls and citizenship rights come under scrutiny.
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Social Security
Reagan
Old Age and Survivors Insurance Fund
OASI
Medicare
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
United States
Europe
William L. Rusher On Reagan The Engine Of The Express
A Washington visit underscores Ronald Reagan's central role in his administration. The piece argues no cabinet figure operates as an independent force, with Stockman Haig Allen Regan Weinberger Meese Baker Deaver all acting as extensions of Reagan. The president remains everywhere, driving policy, defending defense, and shaping events from the White House.
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New York
Washington
Ronald Reagan
Louis Brandeis
Pujo
New Haven Railrad
J.P. Morgan
Reagan
White House
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
David Stockman
Alexander Haig
Richard Allen
Treasury
Donald Regan
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Pentagon
Sacramento
Meese, Baker
Deaver
Trives
Brezhnev
Congressional
Texas
Presidential Emergency Command-Center
U.S
Venezuela
Federal Contracts To Romero
Ed Romero of New Mexico headed the honorary delegation to escort President Carter to the Democratic Convention. His Solar America, Inc. received over $2 million in SBA contracts, including a $1.24 million Labor Department award, later tainted by GAO findings and an SBA 81a contract push amid an Inspector General investigation.
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Washington
Carter
Ed Romero
New Mexico
Romero
Solar America, Inc
Presi
Madrid
Solar Systems Company
Small Business Administration
General Accounting Office
Carter Administration
Labor Department
Albuquerque
GAO
Jimmy Carter
Dallas
SBA
Department of Energy
Joseph Garcia
Michael Cardenas
Inspector General
GOP
Manuel Lujan
Reagan
Bush
E. Maine Shafer
Shafer
Solar America
Paul Boucher
Pentagon
Jones
AWACS
U.S
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Confab
Havana
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ron Nelson
Fidel Castro
United States
Submarine standoff tests Sweden as Soviet ships loom nearby
Paul Harvey notes a tense standoff off Sweden where a Soviet submarine ran aground near Swedish waters. Swedish authorities demand access to inspect and escort the vessel and crew back to the Baltic Sea. The incident underscored fears of nuclear weapons and questioned Soviet disarmament claims amid European unease.
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Sweden
Moscow
Baltic Sea
Europe
Reagan era tensions surface in NATO era debate
The piece surveys Soviet weaponry, stressing alleged treaty violations and ongoing chemical and biological weapon use. It critiques Soviet signatures, cites Reagan era rhetoric, and examines Gen. David C. Jones's performance as Joint Chiefs chairman amid congressional scrutiny and controversy over AWACS tests and Pentagon actions.
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Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Congress
Air Force
David C. Jones
White House
Jones
Senate
Sen
Thomas Eagleton
D-Mo
Richard Nixon
Eagleton
Nixon
Senate Appropriations Committee
Donald Goldberg
Saudi Arabia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Richard Wesley
William L. Rusher
Wili
Garcia
Alamosa, Colo
Paul Harvey
Soviet Union
Asia
Jack Anderson
Joint Chiefs
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