Trade war peril and U S trade deficit warning
The Gazette editorial warns that a near doubling of the United States trade deficit could trigger a trade war with severe consequences. It cites Geneva talks collapse, protectionist bills, a projected 1983 deficit of 75 billion, and rising unemployment. It argues for renewed free trade leadership and policy tools to cushion the economy while preserving credibility.
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United States
Geneva
U.S
U.S. House
William E. Brock
Congress
Detroit
Renaming Social Services to Human Services Stirring State Debate
The piece questions renaming the Iowa Department of Social Services to the Iowa Department of Human Services to shed welfare stigma. It argues such linguistic shifts risk overdoing jargon and distract from real welfare policy, urging legislators to pursue more concrete reforms.
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Iowa Department of Social Welfare
Iowa Department of Social Services
Iowa Department of Human Services
Retirement and entitlement issues in Outlooks column debated
Letters criticize Professor Mellhon for gaps in his retirement analysis citing unfunded liability causes from 1920 to 1969 and inflation effects, dispute key figures on CSRS, double dipping, and private pensions, while a second letter backs Iowa Commission for the Blind leaders against NFBI harassment amid a sluggish economy.
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Mike Mellhon
Reganomics
CSRS
Why Dems Should Be Glad GOP Still Runs the Senate
A brisk assessment of Senate leadership roles in 1983. Howard Baker emerges as a powerful bipartisan broker while Republicans argue the Democrats are unready to craft a formidable agenda. The piece contrasts Baker with predecessors Knowland and Johnson, and highlights Dole and Domenici as key economic policy figures.
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Dems
Gop
Senate
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Washington
Lbj
Baker
Jesse Helms
Congress
Ronald Reagan
Tip O’neill
Lyndon B. Johnson
William F. Knowland
California
Knowland
White House
Lyndon Johnson
Finance Committee
Bob Dole
Kansas
Budget Committee
Pete Domenici
New Mexico
Reagan at midterm earns a D for record in White Paper
A NBC White Paper grades the Reagan administration at mid-term as lacking. It criticizes the economy with high unemployment, hints at a looming trillion-plus defense bill, and calls foreign policy unstable with weak follow-through in the Middle East. The piece argues the president offers little to brag about and deserves at best a D.
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Washington
National Broadcasting Company
White House
Middle East
Menachem Begin
Who and Whom Debate Sparks Reader Pulls in UPI Style
A reader dispute centers on the use of who versus whom in English, sparked by a UPI Stylebook stance favoring who in most references. Roy Taylor and others challenge the shift, arguing some cases still demand whom as the object of a preposition. The exchange weighs the balance between clarity and language evolution.
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United Press International
UPI
Post Office
Taylor
John Rhodes
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