Defense cuts clash with welfare plan in Nixon shift
The editorial notes an $4 billion welfare expansion tied to a $4 billion defense reduction, arguing cuts can be found without harming security. It cites Navy ships like the New Jersey, Army, and Air Force adjustments, Congress timing, and the goal of stabilizing budgets and welfare financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Laird
Long Beach
New Jersey
Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Air Force
Pentagon
Congress
Defense Department
Insect Talk and Heart Attack Mood Link Study
A Journal of the American Medical Association item warns about black fly bites in the Adirondack region causing violent reactions and recommends repellents ointment and antihistamines. A separate study in Psychosomatic Medicine links low mood on the MMPI to lower survival after heart attack, from University of Oklahoma researchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adirondack
New York State
Journal of the American Medical Association
James H. Barnard
Roosevelt Hospital
New York City
University of Oklahoma Medical Center
Rewriting World Politics by Civil Liberties Perspective
The speaker argues that civil liberties, not labels like socialist or capitalist, better define nations. Nations mix trends. pragmatism guides policy. Russia’s path toward state capitalism and fascist traits in civil liberties is contrasted with Scandinavian models. Military regimes may rise in South America with diverse self-styled ideologies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Scandinavia
Low Countries
South America
China
Sydney Harris on democracy, capitalism and human rights
The remark argues that fascist states mirror capitalism and democracy. it asserts property rights derive from human rights, not the reverse, and claims the United States ranks high due to its democratic nature rather than capitalism alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cialist
U.S
What Dat Isle and the Peace Plan Folly
A spoof recounts the 43rd year of a lightning campaign to wipe Viet Naman guerrillas from West Vhtnnngs shores. The tale centers on Ambassador Cabbage and Viet Naman negotiator Miss How Bot Dem and ends with General Hoo Dat Don Dar cresting a mock peace solution, funded by U.S. aid, amid superfluous political satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Vhtnnng
Paris
Henry Cabbage
Bot Dem
Solomon LeSnave
Whar Dat
Cabbage
Statistics and politics blur truth in dope and budgets
George Robeson argues that two dubious claims in a Long Beach Unified School District report and Governor Reagan's budget boast illustrate how statistics can mislead. He notes drug use reports reflect disciplinary actions rather than true incidence and that Reagan's claimed economies rely on budget maneuvers, with a tax rebate posed as a gift in an election year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach Unified
Reagan
Long Beach
Bill Irwin
Jim Cooper
The Poets Laureate of England and Indian Sign Language
Walter Hamilton’s The Poets Laureate of England traces the office history with lives of laureates and lampoons. William Tomkins’ Indian Sign Language explains Plains Indian gestures from Sioux experiences with drawings for learning signs.
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the Poets Laureate OF
England
Walter Hamilton
Gale
William Tomkins
Dover
Wyoming
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National Socialist Workers
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Pak Opp Ngo
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Hoppe
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What Dat
Royal
Madame Hoo
Hoo
Mainland
George Robeson
Set
Irwin
California
Hollywood
Ssarrakaes
KitchenAid
Wa Eastman
Home Appliance Co
Pacific Avenue
U.S. Post Office
Aoy
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