Texas consumers urge auto safety defense with airbags and belts
Readers letters from Brad Weiwel, president of the Texas Consumers Assoc, argue Texas should back both airbags and seat belt laws. They say DOT rules aim to install airbags by 1989 but belt laws may not cut fatalities as much as car design changes. They advocate mandatory enforceable seat belts alongside universal air bags in all new cars.
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Publishers’ Auxiliary
Kansas
Farmers Brace for Budget Cuts and Farm Policy Changes
In the Canyon Sunday News April 28 issue President Reagan urges full support for his budget plan amid proposed agriculture program cuts. Beau Boulter proposes a 1985 Farm Bill Alternative freezing 1986 target prices and adding export expansion, while Texas officials warn of growing farm bankruptcies, declining land values, and a shrinking independent family farm sector.
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Hightower
Newspaper temper and Texas budget battles unfold
The piece contrasts stereotypes about newspapermen with self reflection from Austin on bias in journalism. It details Texas House action raising licenses and fees to fund a 36 billion budget amid oil revenue dips, plus education, highways, and public safety measures. It notes Governor White signing murders under death penalty, and mentions water planning and utility rate issues.
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Texas
Mark White
Budget myths fuel washington budget debates
A author argues that 1986 87 88 federal spending rises not cuts, claims media misleads by labeling increases as decreases. He criticizes poverty programs and asserts the need to curb growth in all federal outlays through a gradual weaning of spending.
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