Schweiker resigns from Cabinet post to head life insurer group
Health and Human Services Secretary Richard Schweiker resigns, saying he accepted an irresistible offer to become president of the American Council of Life Insurance. He plans to leave in early February after 22 years in public service, returning to the private sector with a six figure salary.
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Reagan uses Payment in Kind to cut farm surpluses
President Reagan bypassed Congress to enact a Payment in Kind plan offering farmers surplus grain in exchange for idling up to half their fields. Agriculture Secretary John Block called it a major departure from Reagan’s free market philosophy amid a deep agricultural downturn.
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Reagan backs farm swap amid Farm Bureau rally
Iowa congressmen react cautiously while Farm Bureau leaders cheer a plan to save the government 3 to 5 billion dollars over two years by storage and loan moves, with little added cost to bread. Reagan signed contract sanctity legislation to bar embargoes on exports and touted a crop swap to win farmer support.
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Ray's final Iowa address highlights past 14 years
Gov. Robert Ray focused on achievements and challenges of his 14-year tenure in his farewell Condition-of-the-State speech. He avoided new tax hikes, urged continued restraint, and encouraged focus on hunger, world trade, and peace as he nears leaving office.
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Marion councilman faces felony counts
Marion City Councilman Patrick Grady and accomplice Mark Evans were charged Tuesday with six counts including two felonies for alleged use of phony dollar bills. Both were arrested and released on own recognizance. preliminary hearings set for Jan. 21. Grady pleaded innocent to a simple misdemeanor harassment charge.
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Reagan offers 11.3 billion cut to defense plan
President Reagan agrees to trim the fiscal 1984 Pentagon request by 11.3 billion, about four percent, to help reduce a looming 200 billion dollar deficit. Defense Secretary Weinberger and White House aides pushed for savings while considering trigger tax increases if deficits persist.
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