Long-term care plan opposed in proposed health package
Administration officials signaled no extra nursing home care coverage in a forthcoming health plan for catastrophic illness. A memo from the Domestic Policy Council notes opposition to Bowen’s proposal for private savings and tax incentives and questions adding new tax breaks after tax reform.
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Washington
Reagan Administration
Reagan
Otis Bowen
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Domestic Policy Council
Bowen
Medicare
Experts blame aid shortfalls for rising homelessness in Iowa
The second of a three part series cites social service experts like James Harrington of Des Moines Catholic Worker House. They note welfare inadequacy with ADC grants barely covering four person needs and 285 rent leaving 37 for essentials, prompting ongoing housing instability among families.
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Judy Daubenmier
Gazette
Des Moines
ES Moines
Iowa
James Harrington
Catholic Worker
Harrington
Catholic Worker House
ADC
Virginia Petersen
Polk County
Department of Social Services
Laqueta Ellis
Deborah
Ellises
Regan to testify before Iran panel today
White House chief of staff Donald Regan is summoned to the Senate Intelligence Committee to explain who authorized diverting profits from U S arms sales to Iran to Central America. Chairman Dave Durenberger doubts Regan will reveal details as top aides resist testifying.
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Washington
White House
Donald Regan
Senate Intelligence Committee
U.S
Iran
Dave Durenberger
R-Minn
Regan
Don Regan
Durenberger
Central America
Congress
White House Chief of Staff to Testify Before Senate Panel
Donald Regan will testify today before the Senate Intelligence Committee. CIA Director William Casey, 73, is hospitalized with a minor cerebral seizure. Investigators say profits from Iranian arms sales did not fund opposition to contra aid by Congress.
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White House
Donald Regan
Senate Intelligence Committee
CIA
William Casey
Congress
Captured American Aims for Rambo Persona in Nicaragua Case
Sam Nesley Hall, an American arrested in Nicaragua on spy charges, is described as craving attention in Central American conspiracist circles and ridiculed by mercenaries for extremist views. UPI cites Thomas Posey of a Decatur group saying Hall imitates Rambo, dressing the part and seeking to outshine his congressman brother Tony Hall.
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Washington
Sam Nesley Hall
Nicaragua
United Press International
Thomas Posey
Decatur
Ala
Hall
Rambo
UPI
Posey
Tony Hall
D-Ohio
Sam Hall
U.S
Costa Rica
Reagan
Managua
Eugene Hasenfus
Teens die in suspected accidental shooting in Silvis
In Silvis Illinois two 14 and 15 year old boys James Smith and Randall Thomas were found dead in a basement with a high powered hunting rifle. Authorities say foul play is not suspected and the incident appears accidental with possible self harm by the other boy. Families describe the friends as inseparable.
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George
Marcie Smith
Ely
James Smith
Randall Thomas
Silvis
Jimmy
Stephen R. Smith
Veranda
Mrs. Smith
Randy
Tennessee families win damages over religiously offensive textbooks
U.S. District Judge Thomas Hull awarded seven fundamentalist Christian families and Hawkins County schools $50,521.59 in a civil rights case. The ruling orders tuition reimbursement and related costs after the 1983 Holt reading series was deemed to undermine parents' beliefs. The school board plans an appeal.
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Reeneville
Tenn. GG
U.S
Thomas Hull
Hawkins County
Nat Coleman
Coleman
Hull
Today's Chuckle: Choosing Between Right and Wrong
A lighthearted quip notes the dilemma of deciding which action to take when faced with moral choices. The joke plays on the difficulty of picking the correct path.
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Tis
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New York Times
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George Shultz
Caspar Weinberger
Edwin Meese III
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Smith
the Gazette
School Board To Appeal
Abby
Marion
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