One-Parent Families and School Performance Debate
The piece notes a tenfold rise in one parent families over a decade and cites a Kettering Foundation study of 18,000 students across 14 states. It finds lower high achievement and higher absence and discipline problems among one parent children, urging educators and society to address family instability and its impact on schooling.
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Sun Belt
Census Bureau
Marriange
Charles F. Kettering Foundation
National Association of Elementary School Principals
Kettering
Reagan Tax Reform Faces Rough Road in Congress
The Reagan administration pushes fiscal reforms aimed at stability but faces strong congressional opposition. Senators and House committees push back on a broad tax cut, signaling deep divisions over how to balance economics and politics.
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Reagan
White House
Senate
House
Congress
June 19 1981 historical highlights and quotes
On this date in history various events are noted including the first steamship crossing the Atlantic with the Savan h arriving Liverpool in 1819, Dominican friars in 1773 establishing the first settlement in what is now California, Congress banning slavery in U.S. territories in 1862, and the Statue of Liberty arriving in New York in 1885. The day also features a Churchill quote about looking back to see forward.
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Ross
Atlantic Ocean
Liverpool
England
Swiat
California
Congress
U.S. Territories
New York City
France
Soviets race for strategic minerals and power
Phyllis Schlafly argues the Soviet Union seeks control of critical nonfuel minerals through imports and influence in Africa and elsewhere. She cites Brezhnev and military leaders on dependency risks, warns U S industrial base weakness, and criticizes environmental land use policies hindering mineral exploration and production.
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Benjamin Franklin
Soviet Union
Russia
Afghanistan
Leonid Brezhnev
Prague
West
Persian Gulf
Africa
Free World
A.N. Lagovskiy
U.S. Industrial Council
Sea Island
Dresher
India
Reagan Carries High Cards As House Democrats Split
Washington analysis notes Democrats collapse into disarray as House Speaker Tip O’Neill struggles to craft a non Reaganite tax bill amid internal rifts. Reagan presses with June speeches and ally backing while Senate Finance Chair Robert Dole moves to finish marking up a modified tax bill by June 26, threatening to shape the outcome. The clash pits O’Neill’s liberal faction against reformers, with Dole leveraging White House support to force House action and keep the president’s tax plan alive.
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Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Washington
Ronald Reagan
Senate Finance Committee
House
Thomas P
Tip) O'Neill
Dan Rostenkowski
Ways and Means Committee
Reagan
O'Neill
Rostenkowski
San Antonio
Denver
Washington Star
White House
Danny
Wall Street Journal
Texas
Kent Hance
Barber Conable
Hance
Ways
William Brodhead
Liberal Democratic Forum
Jim Wright
Budget Committee
Jim Jones
Robert Dole
Dole
Senate
Silver vs paper money at heart ofSolyorSol yom case
Commentary argues the Constitution bars states from paying debts with unbacked paper money and favors gold or silver payments. It follows Richard Solyom’s suit against Maryland seeking silver or gold payment for a $1,006 land condemnation, warns Supreme Court may rule but could reshape currency.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
House
Senate
Richard L. Solyom
New Jersey
Solyom
Maryland
U.S
Edwin Veira
Supreme Court
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Jim Welsh
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Phyllis Schlafly
America
Alton D. Slay
Air Force Systems Command
House Armed Services Committee
Slay
United States
William H. Dresher
College of Mines
University of Arizona
Inside Report
Ralph de Toledano
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