Social Security Facing Reform After Energy Plan Debate
President proposes funding social security from general revenue and higher employer participation while Congress weighs changes. Critics argue from philosophy and constitutionality, with polls showing deep elderly concern and actuaries warning of insolvency by the early 1980s. House and Senate committees, lobby groups, and business interests collide over extending coverage, while optimism for energy policy underscores broader fiscal pressures.
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al Ullman
House
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Social Security Administration
Social Security
Washington
Tip O’neill
Senate
Congress debates false identification and social security abuse
Representative Henry Hyde introduces legislation addressing the widespread problem of phony IDs and multiple social security numbers. He cites SSA data showing 4.2 million people with two or more numbers and calls for tighter federal penalties and reforms to close loopholes in identification crimes.
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Henry J. Hyde
Social Security Administration
Federal Advisory Committee
Carter
Senate
Social Security Trust Fund
Debate Over Potential Black Participation in South Africa
South Africa faces a heated debate sparked by Dr. Piet Koornhof suggesting blacks might share in government under a future dispensation. A cabinet committee weighs moving from Westminster rule toward a confederal system, while Vorster’s health and stance temper expectations.
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Reuter
South Africa
Piet Koornhof
National Education
Koornhof
Cape Town
John Vorster
Vorster
Europe
Walter Mondale
Connie Mulder
Pik Botha
South Moluccans in Netherlands hold to dream of homeland
A long history explains the South Moluccans as an exiled colonial force who clustered in the Netherlands after 1951. The group, now about 40 000 strong, remains isolated from Dutch society and clings to plans for an independent republic despite Indonesian rejection.
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Reuter
Netherlands
East Indies
Indonesia
France
Far East
Dutch East Indies
Ence
Amba
Bovensmilde
Brezhnev Gathers Power as Soviet State Leader
Moscow reports indicate Leonid Brezhnev is moving into the role of head of state after Nikolai Podgorny’s removal from the Politburo and presidency. Bulgarian leader Todor Zhivkov used Brezhnev as the focus in a ceremonial visit, signaling centralization of power at the top.
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Reuter
Nikolai Podgorny
Kremlin
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Soviet Union
Moscow
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Podgorny
Zhivkov
Mikhail Suslov
Breznev
Suslov
Alexei Kosygin
Kosygin
Politburo
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