United States cannot afford draft, study says
The Cato Institute study by Roger Nils Folsom argues that rising military pay and pay reforms outperform conscription. It notes real military pay down 20 percent since 1973 and that benefits, not cash, deter recruits. Reinstating the draft would save little, with potential gains under two billion dollars yearly. Copies available from Cato Institute in San Francisco.
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United States
Cato Institute
Roger Nils Folsom
San Jose State University
David Boaz
Folsom
Front St
San Francisco
Calif
Youth wage gap reform gains unlikely support change
An editorial argues a youth differential in the federal minimum wage could lift black youth unemployment, noting 37 percent of blacks favor a lower teenage wage while 36 percent fear adult job losses. It cites Reagan administration backing and growing black community support as improving prospects for reform.
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U.S
Congress
Copley
History Highlights From June 29 in Past Years
The entry recalls events on June 29 across years: Hanoi and Haiphong bombed during the Vietnam War. Other notes include Tahiti under French control, Miami Beach chosen for the 1972 Democratic convention, a U.N. veto on Israel, Iran/Navy hostage trial mentions, and birthdays such as Prince Bernhard and Stokely Carmichael.
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Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
United
Patrick Henry
France
South Pacific
Tahiti
Miami Beach
United States
U.N. Security Council
Iran
U.S
Prince Bernhard
Netherlands
Stokeley Carmichael
White House shields Haig amid Kirkpatrick clash and budget fights
White House aides seek to shield Secretary Haig from fallout after his critique of Jeane Kirkpatrick over Iraq diplomacy. The piece notes Gramm’s Senate Budget influence, Weinberger’s civil defense push, Allen’s hush hush Israel briefing, and Senator Dole’s tax bill strategy impacting administration cohesion.
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Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Washington
White House
Alexander Haig
United Nations
Jeane Kirkpatrick
al Haig
Kirkpatrick
Reagan
Haig
Dean Fischer
Iraq
United States
State Department
Far East
Reed
High Level Defense Science Board
Richard V. Allen
National Security
Hushbush
Israel
Allen
Jerusalem Post
Wolf Blitzer
Bob Dole
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury Department
Dole
Timerman Critique and McCarthyism Echoes in Buckley Column
William F Buckley rails at Jacobo Timerman and the New York Times portrayal of human rights in Argentina. He cites contrived outrage, lax defense of rights, and calls for Timerman's return to Israel while denouncing McCarthyism era rhetoric.
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William F. Buckley
Atlanta
Jacobo Tamerman
Bertrand Russell
Thomas Jefferson
America
Timerman
Analytical
Tom Wicker
New York Times
Ernest Lefever
Alexander Haig
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Haig
Kirkpatrick
Argentina
Peron
Jacobo Timerman
Israel
Reagan at NAACP convention risks alienating black voters
Commentary by Carl T. Rowan notes Reagan declined to speak at the 71st NAACP convention last year, now faces delegates who feel he has written off black America. It highlights Reagan's limited black aides, Pierce’s role, and persistent black unemployment, arguing voters expect clear policy beyond rhetoric.
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Carl T Rowan
Denver
Ronald Reagan
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Miami
Reagan
America
Pierce
Jimmy Carter
Detroit
Great Society
Mr. Reagan
Reagan Palace
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Jim Welsh
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Phil Gramm
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Gramm
House
Budget Committee
Manatt
Defense
Caspar W. Weinberger
Soviet Union
Weinberger
Air Force
Tom Reed
California
Terisero
Voodoo Economics
Gulag
Afghanistan
Uganda
Central African Republic
New York
Housing and Urban Development
Samuel R. Pierce Jr
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