Budget cutters seek cuts across 83 federal programs
Lewis K Ulher discusses Reagan's budget plan aimed at slowing federal spending growth from 13.5 percent in 1980 to about 5.3 percent by 1984. The piece highlights major proposed cuts including food stamps, arts funding, college loans, and the Export-Import Bank, and promotes NTSC’s study Road Map to Emergency Spending Reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis K. Uhler
National Tax Limitation Committee
Reagan
Congress
Carter
National Endowment For the Arts and Humanities
America
David Stockman
Office of Management and Budget
N.W
Washington, D.C
Sending aid to communist nations
Dr George Benson argues that U S foreign aid to Communist nations and loans from international banks are ill conceived. He contends aiding Communist governments helps them appeal to the Third World and weakens freedom, urging a massive program of doing nothing to support communism and to let the Soviets face consequences without American subsidies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Benson
United States
Free World
Soviet Union
Love that transforms hostile hearts in prison visit
A Christian woman speaks gospel to prisoners and helps a resentful inmate find compassion. She finds his sick, hungry family, secures aid, and the man, visiting them, proclaims belief in God. Prayer asks for compassionate outreach to bitter souls, as thought for the day notes transformation through love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Vernal fashion forecast amid spring snowstorm notes
Montage by Joan Cochran muses on a blizzard delaying spring while fashion trends shift from winter to feminine silhouettes. She notes leaded glass effects, revived ruffles, ruching, lace inserts, tiny tucks, puff sleeves, and refined looks on young women including public figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Cochran
Jane Pauley
Rona
Cotton
Fashion Trends Foresee Spring Silk and Sheer Lingerie
The piece surveys spring fashion with silk colors from pastels to bright reds, noting ruffles, camisoles visible beneath sheer jackets, and a continued brevity in lingerie. It critiques bikinis versus one piece suits, then forecasts a bold year for pants including capris, knickers, harem pants, mid calf cuts, jeans as integument, and Bermuda kilts for summer 1981.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden Nash
Capri
View on Black Lung and Budget Cuts Sparks Debate
The President’s proposed budget reductions target black lung benefits qualifications. A Carter era study found up to 88 percent of paid claims lacked adequate disability evidence, prompting calls to tighten eligibility and shift more costs to mine operators. The speaker, a coal miner’s son, warns against harming truly disabled workers but urges curbing inflation and waste. Contacts for Congressman Williams’ offices in Warren and Youngstown and Washington are provided.
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Congressman Williams
Youngstown Rd. SE
Warren
Federal Plaza East
Youngstown
Washington, D.C
Advice on mail order plants from the Better Business Bureau
A BBB column warns consumers about deceptive mail order plant sales and home profit schemes. It advises checking guarantees, using established common names, and obtaining reliability reports. It notes risks of dormant stock, refund difficulties, and bankruptcies by fly-by-night firms. Contact details for the BBB in Mahoning Valley are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Federal Trade Commission
BBB
Better Business Bureau
Better Business Bureau of Mahoning Valley Inc
P.O
Bank Building
Youngstown
Ohio
Soviet Propaganda Perils and U S Inside Edge
An analysis warns that Soviet propaganda will remain a major tool into the 1960s, citing Dr. Richard F. Staar on a huge Kremlin apparatus and blandishments within the United States. It highlights pro Soviet committees, figures like Bella Abzug and Andrew Young, and calls for Senate scrutiny of groups such as the Institute for Policy Studies to curb domestic subversion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Harrigan
Washington
U.S
Ussr
Staar
Kremlin
el Salvador
Central America
United States
World Peace Council
Free World
Institute For Policy Studies
Vietnam
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Mother Hubbard
Lyle Williams
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Bete
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Key
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