Decolonizing Puerto Rico: Reagan pledge judged broken
New York reports that Reagan promised U.S. backing for Puerto Rico statehood in 1980 but failed to follow through. Critics say current policies deepen colonial status, with potential General Assembly action in 1982 and significant federal funding cuts harming Puerto Rico’s economy.
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Washington
Cedar Valley Trail Progress Wins Iowa Rails to Trails Support
Iowa Rails to Trails and the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation report progress on the 52 mile Cedar Valley Trail from Cedar Rapids to Waterloo. They aim to raise the final third of land purchase funds plus 350000 for development by September, with weekend work crews, private funding, and local volunteers advancing brush cutting and grading from Center Point to Brandon and LaPorte City.
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Natural Heritage Foundation
Iowa Rails To Trails
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LaPorte City
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Rails To Trails
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Hiawatha
Cooks in the Kitchen Split Polish Solidarity Move
Analysts urge outsiders to avoid meddling as Solidarity seeks to unite a fractured leadership amid Poland’s dire economy. Walesa aims to consolidate gains while some unions push for more strikes and decentralization, risking Soviet intervention. Chicago figures donate amid a $30 billion debt, urging Americans to stay sidelined.
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Atlantic City Casinos Spur Slow Growth Amid Doubtful Promise
The Atlantic City experiment with government sanctioned casino betting shows limited immediate revenue gains yet hints at long term revival. Eight casinos operate with a ninth planned, drawing millions of tourists and creating tens of thousands of jobs, while urban decline persists but improves slowly.
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Atlantic City
N.J
New York
California
Casino boom tests housing and transit in resort city
Hospitality investments rise from 15 million in 1976 to over 200 million in 1980 and a forecast of 300 million by 1981, with total casino sector nearing 1.5 billion and tourism spending around 2 billion annually. Yet high interest rates strain development as projects are paused. promoters aim for 20 000 luxury rooms and expanded convention space to revive the East Coast resort, while warning gambling alone cannot rescue the economy.
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East
Soil-less solution: Tauke bill seeks tax credits for no till
In Jones County 75 percent of crop acres use no till and conservation tillage. Rep. Tom Tauke introduces H.R. 3445 National Conservation Tillage Act to provide per acre tax credits of 10 for the first 200 acres, 8 for the next 200, and 5 above 400. The proposal aims to share soil preservation costs with the public and urges support from Rep. Dan Rostenkowski.
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House
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Washington, D.C
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Christian Parents Push Bible Based Schools Reform
Lorin E. Oxley of Tipton argues against public school curricula claiming evolution conflicts with Bible teaching. He advocates privately funded Christian schools with born again teachers to curb crime and restore moral standards, opposing taxpayer funded education for non parents.
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Lorin E. Oxley Tipton
Reunion plan for 345th Bomb Group members
A committee seeks to contact former 345th Bomb Group squadron members from WWII who served in the Pacific. With about 8,000 total members and only 1,000 reached, they plan another reunion September 8–11, 1982 in Colorado Springs and invite interested individuals to write for information.
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345Th
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