Budget pledge bound for graveyard of unkept promises
Ronald Reagan’s pledge to cut the 1981 budget faces a hard fight amid inflation, rising projections, and a Congress wary of genuine cuts. With a $650 billion baseline and defense and debt interests, advisers say a $30 billion gap may force deeper cuts or watered plans, while lawmakers demand real reductions.
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Owen Ullmann
Associated Press
Washington
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Congress
Reagan
Congressional
Rep
Jack Kemp
New York
William H. Taft IV
Carter
White House
Reagan seeks Hoover thinkers to shape Reaganomics
President elect Ronald Reagan turns west for economic policy minds. Hoover Institution researchers, led by W. Glenn Campbell, take a lead in advising transition teams, while Brookings loses clout and faces shrinking influence as Carter-era advisers retreat. Names like Friedman and Anderson bolster Hoover’s conservative profile.
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Robert Farlow
Associated Press
Washington
Ronald Reagan
Brookings Institution
Carter
Hoover Institution
Reagan
Yale
University of Southern California
Hoover
Peter Duignan
California
Brookings
Charles Schultze
Barry Bosworth
Bosworth
Schultze
Brookings Information
James Farrell
Milton Friedman
Martin Anderson
Darrell Trent
W. Glenn Campbell
Barry Goldwater
Campbell
Bids sought for road projects in Kansas and city loop
The Kansas Department of Transportation invites bids December 18 for about 22.7 million dollars in road improvements across 20 counties. Key item is I 670 in Kansas City extending from 10th Street to the Missouri border, including five piers in the Kansas River bottom for twin bridges. Additional Kansas City area work includes 0.95 mile on Kansas 132 Kansas Avenue and 1.8 miles of Parallel Road grading and paving from U.S. 73 Kansas 7.
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Topeka
Kan
State Department of Transportation
Kansas City
Kansas River
Kansas
10Th Street
Missouri
Stockyards
KDOT
Kansas 132
Kansas Avenue
55Th Street
Kansas 7
Percy urges new arms pact as Soviets hint at talks
MOSCOW AP Senator Charles Percy says three days of talks with Soviet leaders convinced them to abandon SALT II and seek a new arms control treaty with the Reagan administration. Percy, en route to Brussels, says Moscow showed willingness to negotiate, and he downplays being a warmonger as Reagan welcomes possible talks in Santa Monica.
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Moscow
Charles Percy
Reagan
Illinois Republican
Percy
Brussels
Bernard W. Rogers
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ronald Reagan
Kremlin
U.S. Senate
Brezhnev
Carter
Santa Monica
Calif
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Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Afghanistan
Neuman Chiropractic
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