Day care gains focus as productivity issue
The Reagan administration promotes private sector day care support as a productivity move. Health and Human Services Secretary Heckler and White House adviser Coyne tour firms and draft corporate day care options while funds for public child care remain reduced. Critics say benefits favor middle class and neglect low income workers.
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Felicity Barringer
Washington Post
Washington
Margaret M. Heckler
Department of Health and Human Services
James Coyne
White House
Advisory Council
Heckler
Portland
Ore
Nashville
Hartford, Conn
HHS
Children, Youth and Families
Reagan
Congress
Nancy Duff Campbell
National Women’s Law Center
World's Tallest Man Seeks Normal Life in Pakistani Desert Village
Aalam Ss Channa, 8 ft 3 in and Guinness record holder, lives in Sehwan near Karachi. He works at Lal Shahbaz Shrine, endures two seats on buses, scarce clothing funds, and frequent intrusive questions while hoping to travel the world and revisit Mecca despite restrictive travel.
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Ehwan
Pakistan
Aalam Ss
Channa
Sand Desert
Karachi
Lal Shahbaz Qalandar
Mecca
Mohammed
Medina
Saudi Arabia
Aalam Channa
Sehwan
Smithsonian inventory finds 100 million items far above estimates
The Smithsonian completed its first inventory revealing about 100 million items, up from an estimated 78 million. The tally spans 9 of 12 museums and includes 7 million beetles, 23 giant pandas, presidential hair, artifacts like shrew skins and stuffed bears, moonlit items, and rare pieces totaling across wings and the Hirschhorn collection.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Pierce
Smithsonian
Warren Harding
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Denver
National Zoo
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles Lindbergh
Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Joseph Hirschhorn
Institution
Davy Crockett
Time Magazine
John Glenn
Air Force
Packard
Wright Brothers
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Japan adopts dog disposal system amid animal welfare protest
The Fujieda facility named doggupostu posts dogs into trap doors to a concealed death or vivisection. Since March about 300 dogs have been posted. Critics say the system enables owner irresponsibility and does not address stray problems.
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Tokyo
Fujieda
Sanitation Department
Japan
Kiyoshi Saito
Japan Animal Welfare Society
Rand study finds longer sentences for blacks and Latinos
Rand Corporation analysis of 190000 offenders in California, Texas and Michigan shows minorities receive longer sentences than whites for similar crimes. Latinos average about 6.14 additional years in California. Blacks about 14 percent longer than white offenders. Michigan parole reduces time served, narrowing gaps.
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Michigan
Los Angeles Times
California
Texas
Rand Corporation
Rand
Peterselia
Parole Board
Bureau of Criminal Statistics
Joan Peterselia
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Coyne
Pennsylvania
Dana Friedman
Census Bureau
Agriculture Department
USDA
The
Treasury
Margaret Heckler
the Guardian
Tatinne
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