Home homework ban questioned as labor rule clash grows
The Department of Labor aims to end a rule barring piecework in home garment production. Vermont knitters and small manufacturers say the home setup benefits families and local business, while union officials warn of a sweatshop spread and job losses.
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Department of Labor
George Miller
House
Subcommittee On
Vermont
Edgar Rommey
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Rommy
New York
Labor Department
Labor
Donovan
Japan presses defense shift under white paper call
A cabinet approved Japanese white paper urges a more active national defense program. It warns Soviet global expansion could outpace U.S. capabilities, highlighting Japan’s long pacifist posture and the need to win public support for greater military spending. The United States should cooperate with Japan as it redefines its role in Western defense.
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Far East
Japan
United States
U.S
North Korea
Reagan
Suzuki
Pacific
Notable events on September 7, 1981 and earlier
On September 7 historical notes mark Begin and Sadat’s Camp David meeting in 1978, Napoleon’s 1807 move toward dictatorship by dissolving the Tribunate, and the 1940 start of the London Blitz during World War II. The day’s year count notes 250th day of 1981 with 115 remaining.
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Ws . Menachem Begin
Anwar Sadat
Camp David
London
Window of vulnerability debate over US ICBMs
The piece argues whether the United States truly faces a vulnerability to a Soviet first strike on its Minuteman and Titan ICBMs. It reviews proposed fixes from shelters to submarines, cites James Schlesinger’s testimony on missile accuracy, and urges慎慎慎 the president to consider broader military posture and long term strategic balance.
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V.h.krulak
Nevada
Utah
North Pole
Strategic Review
Arthur G.B. Metcalf
Metcalf
Minuteman
The
New York Times
Pentagon
Times
James Schlesinger
Defense
Schlesinger
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Soviet Union
United States
Schiesinger
Liberators foothold in U S soil sparking debate
Ralph de Toledano argues independence movement in Puerto Rico shifted to a Soviet influenced liberation drive. He warns U N debates could threaten U S sovereignty, calls for confrontation to remove the United Nations from U S affairs. The piece blends Cold War rhetoric with Puerto Rican status questions and U S foreign policy critique.
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Washington
Puerto Rico
San Juan
U.S
Truman
House of Representatives
Caribbean
United Nations
U.N. General Assembly
United States
General Assembly
U.N
Soviet Union
Assembly
Wasteful travel sparks White House spending critique
The Inside report notes senior officials blasted coast to coast Reagan vacation travel as wasteful. Caspar Weinberger and David Stockman flew for defense meetings at $15,000 fuel cost. Controversy over air traffic controller rehiring looms amid presses for reform.
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Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Washington
Reagan
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
David Stockman
Air Force
Weinberger
San Francisco
California
Stockman
White House
Transportation
Drew Lewis
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
PATCO
Dwayne O. Andreas
Springfield
Ill
Gasohol
Archer Daniel Midland
Andreas
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Minneapolis
Gasphol
Paul Findley
Illinois
Coleman
Richmond
Yorktown
Edward M. Kennedy
Walter F. Mondale
Kennedy
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
National Front
Mondale
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Carter
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Kremlin
KGB
Alger Hiss
Senate
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