Social Security Insecure and the Push for Solutions
A concludes that piecemeal fixes like raising the retirement age to 68 threaten fairness and long term solvency. The piece argues rising median age, longer life spans, and fewer workers will strain Social Security, suggesting broader funding, possible tax support, and ending mandatory retirement as core responses.
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Juanita Kreps
Controlling Cancer A Look At National Efforts and Debates
Washington analysis on the National Cancer Institute since 1937 traces goals and funding shifts, noting more than 100 cancer varieties and higher mortality than stroke. It describes debates over prevention versus treatment, environmental risks, and the rise of immunotherapy and drug therapies like Adriamycin while warning against funding biases toward mainstream research.
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Regulators Cater to Corporations in Washington Watch
Senate investigators led by Abraham Ribicoff find regulatory agencies deaf to public input. Industry outspends public groups in hearings across FCC FPC NRC and ICC with cases showing little or no organized public participation. AT&T spent about 1 million to oppose telecom competition.
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Orwellian Decree In Real Estate Textbook Case Urges Thought Control
A Chicago federal case against the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers seeks a consent decree altering its textbook The Appraisal of Real Estate and related materials The government claims the text promotes race religion and ethnic bias and would suppress minority civil rights The decree requires revisions by Sept 5 1978 and mandates seminars to teach new doctrines while rewriting ethics standards The column notes the decree mirrors Orwell 1984 and erodes academic freedoms
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Con Edison Officials Embrace Act of God Defense
Washington dispatch reports Con Ed lawyers, amid post blackout lawsuits, embracing religious arguments claiming the outage was an Act of God. Office chatter notes daily vesper services and prayer meetings as officials cite divine wrath and seek court acceptance.
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