Necessary Evil Standby for Social Security changes
Budget Director David Stockman warned over the weekend that tampering with Social Security may be necessary due to a large deficit. He suggested holding down cost of living increases and reviewing or eliminating about 1,350 field offices, with the Ottawa office named as a target. The plan aims to cut 17,000 workers, aided by greater efficiency and new computer systems, while facing opposition from unions and Congress.
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David Stockman
Ottawa
Kansas
Missouri
Congress
Reader letter condemns city trash remark and dumping in the country
From Our Readers complains about a city remark in the Ottawa Herald April 11 front page. Eula McMillen of Pomona cites dumped trash including a divan on a neighbor's property and urges action, noting country residents pride in farms and residences and calling for accountability.
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Ottawa Herald
Eula McMillen
Pomona
Viewers for Quality Television names Cagney & Lacey best drama
In a non scientific poll by Viewers for Quality Television CBSs Cagney & Lacey is named best quality drama and NBCs The Cosby Show best quality comedy. The group formed by Donna Deen and Dorothy Swanson drew 190 of 534 ballots with Cagney & Lacey edging St. Elsewhere by six votes.
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Jerry Buck
Los Angeles
CBS
NBC
Donna Deen
Plano
Texas
Dorothy Swanson
Hillsdale
Mich
Dorothy
Detroit
St. Elsewhere
Ms. Deen
WQT
VQT Awards
Cagney & Lacey
Sharon Gless
Daniel J. Travanti
Veronica Hamel
Hill Street Blues
Bruce Weitz
Colasanto
Ottawa Herald subscription rates and policy details
Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates for trade area and outside area with monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual options. Tax inclusions noted. out of state subscribers taxed differently. publisher is Robert B. Wellington.
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Cedar
Ottawa
Kansas
Robert B. Wellington
Tax deductibility of state local taxes sparks federalism debate
Washington coverage notes a looming fight over continuing to deduct state and local taxes on federal returns. The issue carries fiscal stakes, with ACIR estimating $30 billion in revenue if eliminated, and raises questions of federalism and impact on state and local governments nationwide.
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David
Broder Washington
Treasury
Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
ACIR
Daniel P. Moynihan
D-N.y
Washington
Congress
Moynihan
Daphne A. Kenyon
New York
California
Delaware
Maryland
Massachusetts
Washington, D.C
Mario Cuomo
Memo From Mac: Low Blown Smoke On World Affairs And Auto Pay
Roving Norris News Service editor John McCormally mocks White House PR moves and Reagan Germany trip, notes South Africa’s proposed repeal of racial bans, touts tax protest ideas, blasts CEO salaries at GM Ford and Chrysler, and complains of Supreme Court grant to hear a perjury case.
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John
Reagan
Deaver
Germany
Lee Tacocca
White House
Free Enterprise
Doug Flutie
Thyroid link in elderly heart rhythm issues?
Dear Dr Donohue notes out of step heartbeats may stem from hyperthyroidism in elderly women. A doctor should check thyroid before assuming arterial disease or hypertension. blood pressure often normal. A 75 year old reports leg cramps ease by pinching the upper lip and counting to 20, claims success but awaits others. Another reader asks if male impotency is mostly psychological. answer says at least half due to physical causes, with younger men more psychological.
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DR. Donoghue
J.E
Prayer for Today and Thought for the Day
Daily devotional excerpt offers a Psalm 27 14 verse call to courage and patience. It prays for strength as darkness deepens and thanks God for life and the life beyond while noting that God can provide in any circumstance.
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God
TV Tonight Highlights A Mixed Movie Night
A cluttered TV guide lists The Star Chamber with Michael Douglas and Hal Holbrook, Battle of the Bulge with Henry Fonda and Robert Shaw, Romancing the Stone with Michael Douglas, plus sports and talk shows. Notes include Space, End of the Game, and various ongoing programs across ESPN HBO PBS and ABC News.
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Star Chamber
Michael Douglas
Hal Holbrook
Sharon Gless
Highway To Heaven
Mark
Jonathan
Robert Hooks
Paul Winfield
Paula Kelly
Colt
Jody
Howie
Mark Russell
Espn
Henry Fonda
Robert Shaw
Robert Ryan
Simon — Boccanegra
Anna Tomawa-Sinton
Sherrill Milnes
Vasile Maldoveanu
Arthur Halley
San Fancisco
Ragory
Jacqueline Bisset
Ray
Mancini
Arturo Frias
Las Vegas
Orlando Romero
New York
Sara
HBO
Kath- Jean Turner
Danny DeVito
St. Elsewhere
Peter White
St. Eligius
PKA
Marata
David Merman
Motorweek
Bob
Mazda
David Letterman
Ary Muledeer
ABC News
Cen
Joan Hespn
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VQT
Knollwood Court
Mac
U.S
IRS
General Motors
Roger Smith
Ford
Chrysler
Supreme Court
Natalie
Tootie
Blair
Fear Bill Cosby
Joe Garagiola
Guido Sarducci
Trapper John
M.D
Barney Miler
Amelie Biza
Gene Hackman
Susan Anspach
Henry Thomas
Mrs. Stone
Rome
Warren Beatty
Tte Senya
Jill St. John
Guy Miller
Cameron Mitchell
Eva Bartok
Mary Arden
Burns & Alleneson Sports Focus
Julius Ulna
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