Feldstein's Rift With Reagan Sparked by Tax Policy Clash
Dr Martin Feldstein, Reagan's top adviser, questions the tax cut strategy and hints his disagreement with the president's economic plan. Despite tensions, Feldstein's views mirror a wider cadre of advisers who favor tax cuts, deficits, and market-driven growth to spur American prosperity.
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Picket Line Terrorism and the Hobbs Act Loophole
A state writer argues unions exploit a Supreme Court loophole in the Hobbs Act to justify aggressive picketing and violence. He cites 1980s incidents, political resistance in Congress, and officials in Alabama Pennsylvania and Kentucky opposing a bill to close the loophole.
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Howell Heflin
Thanh
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Senter Hoflin
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Insurance money and votes tied to unisex insurance bill
The piece argues Congress ties campaign contributions from insurance interests to votes on a proposed unisex insurance law. It notes PACs spent about 45000 4500000 in 1983 and early 1984, with dinners and cocktails for key committee members before pivotal votes. The bill dies this session, and the industry umbrella group spent 1.54 million to defeat the measure. It also surveys political figures and lobbying activity around the issue.
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Committee For Fair Insurance
Unisex
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Chapin
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Hams From Files of the News-Post Recall Local Election
Rain interrupted Frederick's polling as voters and workers persisted through showers and brightening skies. Early estimates hinted at a total vote nearing five thousand in the city election while Carroll County reports a terrific cloud burst washing out power lines and damaging telephones near Eldersburg. Teachers in Frederick County planned to attend summer schools with slightly higher attendance than 1933.
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Frederick County
Carroll County
Eldersburg
Sidewalk Days in Frederick drew crowds for bargains and blooms
Twenty years ago the Frederick Downtown Merchants Association sponsored Sidewalk Days with sunshine and sales on North Market Street. Nurseries Trees and Happy Acres displayed bargains while shoppers browsed, and a Red Cross Bloodmobile at Evangelical Lutheran Church in Frederick collected 124 pints of blood. About 156 people signed up, and notices were mailed to roughly 250 future donors. Calvary Mothers and Teachers Club held its annual banquet at Church of the Brethren with 49 in attendance. Mrs Carter Appleby, retiring president, thanked members for a successful year while Rev Ralph Sharpe spoke briefly.
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Mothers and Leachers Club
Calvery
Motherlist Church
Church of the Brethren
Carter Appleby
Ralph Sharpe
Calvary
Baha i Faith mischaracterized in Iran letter prompts critique
Michael Kennedy of Frederick argues Tom Tiede mislabels the Baha i as a sect of Islam and urges recognizing its independent identity and teachings. He cites the global spread due to merit in Baha ul l ah and condemns conflating the faith with Iran's persecution, urging accurate, distinct representation.
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Tiede
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Frederick parade echoes and veteran reflections at enlistment event
A reader recalls Frederick Maryland events this weekend featuring antique cars, bands, church groups and horse drawn vehicles. The piece notes a veteran observer and a confusing claim that Maryland National Guard presence occurred, offering reflections on uniforms and ceremonial public displays amid comments on Middle East conflicts and camouflage outfits.
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Chis
Maryland National Guard
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Saigon
Pornography blamed for violence toward women in Canada report
A 1984 Alberta Federation of Women United for Families report links pornography to rising violence against women and children. It cites content analyses by Neil Malamuth and Dr Susan Penfold, noting increased sexual violence with porn, and urges stronger laws to prevent harm rather than only treating aftereffects.
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Canada
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Special Committee On
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Psychology Department
University
UN Manet Toute
Malamuth
Winnipeg University
Vancouver
Susan Pentald
Canadian Psychiatriot Association
Penfold
James Bannon
Detroit Police Department
Entet
Standing Committee On Health Welfare and Social Affairs
Alberta Federation
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