Father of Social Security confesses a costly misjudgment
Frank Bane, key architect of the Social Security Act, says his major error was not foreseeing longer human lifespans. He suggests gradual raise of retirement ages from 65 to 68 and 62 to 65, while ensuring no one loses current benefits. Bane, now approaching 90, reflects on the program's origins and the political battles surrounding it.
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Washington Post
Washington
Reagan
Frank Bane
Social Security
Federal Social Security Board
Harold Stassen
Bane
Virginia
Roosevelt
Townsend
Chicago
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Providence St. Mel
Congress
Capitol Hill
Senate Budget Committee
Pete V. Domenici
R-N.m
White House
Youthful drug officers infiltrate Los Angeles high schools
In a long running LAPD program, two undercover student officers from the Juvenile Division bought marijuana hashish PCP mushrooms and cocaine from classmates and parents at Franklin and Belmont High Schools. The operation runs each fall and spring with ten weeks of undercover work and ends in a roundup, using teen decoys to target suppliers while guarding identities from principals.
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Joe Zepeda
Los Angeles
George Flores
Franklin High School
George
Joe Bravo
Belmont High
Central America
Belmont
Joe
Los Angeles Police Department
Police Academy
LAPD
Robert Taylor
Taylor
George Lopez
Franklin
Lopez
American Civil Liberties Union
Reagan seeks bold steps to salvage leadership amid White House strains
White House officials discuss bold new steps to regain economic initiative as Reagan faces polls showing declining public support. Advisers urge visible acts like visiting unemployment centers, while Meese touts budget decisions and the State of the Union as the main proofs of leadership.
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Washington Post
Washington
White House
Reagan
Edwin Meese III
Rea
Gan
Meese
Michael K. Deaver
Richard B. Wirthlin
Louis Harris
Wirthlin
Harris
Most Poles Reject New Government Unions
In Poland most workers refuse to join state sanctioned unions replacing Solidarity. Officials note boycott nationwide, strongest in Solidarity strongholds like Gdansk shipyards. At Lenin Steel Works Nowa Huta only 3,000 of 34,000 joined. Warsaw Huta plant reports 350 of 9,500.
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Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity Labor Federation
Stanislaw Ciosek
Solidarity
Baltic
Gdansk
Ciosek
Lenin Steel Works
Nowa Huta
Lenin Plant
Zbigniew Kowalski
Warsawa Huta
Kowalski
Shah Pahlavi Flees Iran After Civilian Government Approved
On this date in 1979, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi fled Iran following parliamentary approval of a new civilian government. The departure marked a turning point in the Iranian Revolution as the monarchy collapsed and the country moved toward republican authorities.
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Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Iran
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