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Leaders Tested as UMWA Considers Work During Ratification
Sam Church faces a leadership test as UMWA weighs continuing production after contract expiry to prevent a work stoppage while ratification proceeds. Reports conflict on whether royalties to the welfare fund for non union coal are kept, a factor potentially shaping the vote. Separate discussion notes Michigan taxpayers seeking 99 exemptions, IRS rejects the plan as an interest free loan.
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UMW Welfare Fund
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Wallace foresight and Reagan era roots from Wallace views
M Stanton Evans surveys George Wallace from Montgomery noting his early push of populist anti government themes and tax relief. Wallace argues the 1980 conservative wave was building since the 1972 primaries with blue collar workers and middle class voters breaking from Democrats, aiding Reagan’s rise.
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New Deal Welfare Coalition
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Michigan
Maryland
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Our Young Hostages By CAPT P H DAVIS JR U S Navy Ret
A veteran critic uses allegory to attack U S public schools. He targets teachers salaries and governance, citing low methods, poor measuring, and lack of English diagramming. He argues for reform, tuition tax credits, and parental activism to rescue his son from a failing system.
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Dempsey Cheatwood
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Jesse
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Dempsey
Reagan Faces Bureaucracy in Washington Power Struggle
Analysis argues President Reagan must seize control points within the federal bureaucracy to implement spending cuts and laws, noting Kennedy's earlier success and Nixon Carter failures. The piece cites welfare, contracts, regulations, and environmental rules as entrenched tasks that resist changes, reflecting a latent conservative majority shaped by Watergate era distortions.
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Kremlin succession guessing game leaves analysts uneasy
Washington analysts warn Brezhnev's heir is unclear as CIA DIA and State Department studies say Chernenko Kirilenko offer transitional paths unlikely to broaden Brezhnev's grip. Kremlin polls show restive younger elites and patronage battles shaping Moscow power shifts. Russia remains a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.
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By Jeff MacNelly