Reagan to delay federal benefit cuts and tax hikes
President Reagan announced he would defer basic reductions in federal benefit programs and hold off further tax increase requests this year to close the deficit. He warned of hard times ahead with an economy likely to recover by spring or early summer 1982 and said a balanced budget by 1984 is unlikely.
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President's plea on Medicaid rules for Katie Beckett
Katie Beckett of Cedar Rapids, a long hospitalized child who uses a respirator, is affected by Medicaid rules that would require her parents to cover costly home care. President Reagan cited the case during a press conference to urge regulatory reform.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
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Iowa
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New cars push up wholesale prices
Producer prices rose 0.6 percent in October led by a sharp increase in new car prices. Excluding 1982 model cars, the index was described as a very good release with little rise in finished goods besides motor vehicles. Food and energy prices fell.
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Elderly fear crime study cites two U.S. cities
A Justice Department study of 913 elderly city residents finds about 75 percent afraid to leave home and over half fear street assault. Two thirds fear robbery outside home. Cities unnamed and age range not specified.
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Justice Department
Farmland values weaken in Midwest amid steady yearly rise
In a Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago survey of 550 bankers across Illinois Indiana Iowa Michigan and Wisconsin farmland values rose 1 percent in the third quarter but are expected to stay flat for the rest of the year. The year to Sept 30 showed an 8.5 percent gain with Illinois at 3 percent and Iowa at 13 percent.
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Cottage Cheese Diet Becomes His Sole Meal Plan
A very overweight man adopts a cottage cheese diet as his only food source. He consumes curds daily and notes weight changes while adjusting portions and activity level.
Evidence links Soviets to chemical weapons use
Washington officials say solid evidence connects the Soviet Union to the use of lethal chemical weapons in Cambodia Laos and possibly Afghanistan. State Department aide Richard Burt testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that four physical evidence items support the claim and urged Moscow for a substantive response.
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