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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1981
Page
5
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The piece reviews an editorial from JAMA arguing medical systems could not cope with mass casualties from a nuclear attack and that survival would be meaningless in a radiated wasteland. It contrasts Soviet shelter programs with American limits and cites political commentary on government roles under Reagan, urging clear limits and accountability.
Executor records the death of Harry Elmlark on Christmas Eve after a life in newspaper syndication and publishing. The piece recalls his battles with cancer, retirement anxieties, and friendships with editors and writers, including J. J. Kilpatrick, Mary McGrory, and Mary herself.
The Carter advisory panel’s 1980s agenda urges relocating poor residents from decaying Eastern cities to the Sun Belt. The piece notes population loss in the Northeast and Midwest, driven by WWII-era migrations, white flight, and ghettoization, and questions the future role and cost of costly aid to aging cities.
Martin Anderson, Reagan’s policy aide nominee, argues welfare savings of about one billion dollars yearly by strict tracking of absent parents and denying benefits to workers on strike. He questions college student eligibility for food stamps, favors work requirements, and cites a Joint Economic Committee finding on meager gains from part time work versus full benefits.
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