Pension plan cancellations hit small firms and workers
The article notes that about 5500 small companies canceled or phased out employee pension plans, forcing workers to choose between jobs and retirement funds. It cites rising costs under the 1974 Pension Reform Act, examples like Houston's Metro Builders Supply & Hardware, and mixed views on federal oversight of the FBI under new guidelines.
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Houston
Metro Builders Supply & Hardware
Harrison A. Williams, Jr
New Jersey
Jacob Javits
New York
Javits
Williams
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Edward H. Levi
FBI
Return Of The Cockpit Cockfighting In The Colonies
The piece notes cockfighting as a once popular sport in English and Spanish colonies, with Britain banning it in 1848 and Virginia continuing despite law enforcement. Janet Fookes in Britain calls cockfighting an unpleasant historic relic and urges Home Secretary Jenkins to act, forecasting little opposition from fighters.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Florida
Mexico
Britain
Karl Marx
Virginia
Old Dominion
Janet Fookes
Roy Jenkins
Fookes
Senator Leaper faces questions over bribery in aircraft sales
Opinion piece questions moral standards in Congress and airport deals, asking if bribery in aircraft sales and gifts like a stuffed panda are overlooked while others criticize lawmakers for absence. The debate contrasts perceived corruption with calls for better uses of lawmakers' time.
The Red Conquest Of Black Africa Part I
Holmes Alexander argues against surrendering Rhodesia and South Africa to communism. He critiques Kissinger policy and US white power bias while urging strong backing of Western allies and anti-communist forces in Africa despite international pressure, warning of cultural civilizational decline if defeated.
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Black Africa
Washington, D.C
Africa
Hodesia
South Africa
Portugal
France
NATO
Russia
Roosevelt
Ford
America
State Department
Senate
Rhodesia
Ussr
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Soviet Union
Dr. Kissinger
Egypt
Angola
Moscow
Kremlin
People’s Republic
Cape of Good Hope
Kissinger
USA
Connecticut's Nuclear Safety Task Force Shapes California Debate
Connecticut leads in atomic energy use with Millstone reactors in Waterford. Governor Ella Grasso forms a Nuclear Safety Evaluation Task Force, whose June report could influence California's initiative and national views on nuclear power. The piece notes 21 states placing nuclear measures forward.
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California
America
Connecticut
Ella Grasso
New London
Millstone One
Millstone Two
Waterford
Edward Teller
Teller
Xauve
Millstone
Haddam Neck
Connecticut River
Public Utilities Control Authority
Christopher Dodd
New England
Lowell Weicker
Nuclear Power Safer Than Alternatives
M Stanton Evans argues against panic about nuclear power in a Reagan era piece. He cites Harvard physics professor Richard Wilson, Fortune findings, and Teller to claim civilian reactors are safer than coal, oil, and hydro risks, noting no radiation deaths from 6% plant years globally and minimal fatalities in nuclear operations.
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Washington
Navy
Richard Wilson
Harvard
Access To
Wilson
University of California
Fortune
Millstone Three nuclear plant eyed for 1983 readiness
Eastern Connecticut faces scrutiny as Millstone Three nears completion amid safety concerns. Governor Grasso’s task force and Connecticut officials press for public confidence while lawmakers weigh the implications of a federal regulator’s credibility and the potential energy savings from nuclear versus coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millstone Three
Eastern
Connecticut
Electric Boat Company
Byman Rickover
Russia
Long Island Sound
Millstone
New London
Grasso
Lynn Alan Brooks
Connecticut Department of Planning and Energy Policy
Why Reagan Lost in New Hampshire and Florida
Jeffrey Hart analyzes Reagan's 1980 primary difficulties in New Hampshire and Florida. He argues Reagan started strong but faced undecided voters shifting to Ford, citing tactical missteps, the Sears strategy, social security debates, and organizational gaps. The piece notes voter mood, economy, and the need for a stronger brain trust amid growing Republican doubts.
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New Hampshire
Florida
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Ilinois
Ford
John Sears
Nixon
Sears
George Romney
Nelson Rockefeller
Dick Fta
California
Jerry Ford
Seppaig
Milton Friedman
St. Petersburg
New York
Angola
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Drinan
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Holmes Alexander
Mozambique
Dick Clark
Waldemar A’ Nielson
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African- American Institute
United States
Indochina
China
Police
John Chamberlain
M. Stanton Evans
D.C
Ment's Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Den
Ars
Leitner, Morain, Hinderer
Jeffrey Hart
Danville Register
the Publishing Co., Inc
Union Danville
Danville
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