Editorial: Suffer the little children on adoption policy
The piece critiques a Carter administration child welfare plan linking abortion, foster care, and adoption subsidies. It argues paying families to adopt hard to place children risks creating new welfare costs and incentives, while noting concerns about unjust loss of payments when a child is adopted by foster parents and the political pressure to offer alternatives to abortion. It calls for clearer cost details and safeguards.
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Congress
Department of Health Education and Welfare
HEW
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Senate
Carter
Califano
United States
Carter tax plan could double long term capital gains
AP analysis notes Carter's proposed tax package may tax long term capital gains as ordinary income a move supporters say simplifies tax forms and may spur investment while critics warn it could erase inflationary gains for homeowners and shift risk rewards. The debate centers on fairness inflation adjustments and the effect on the economy and jobs.
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John Cunniff
New York
Carter
Today in History Aug 10 1977 highlights and birthdays
On August 10 1977 the day’s history notes key events from 1945 Japan offering to surrender with Hirohito throne, 1821 Missouri statehood, 1845 Naval Academy founding, 1914 France declares war, 1921 FDR polio, 1943 WWII conference in Quebec, 1967 Gibraltar vote, civil disorders riot-training 10 years ago, East Africa expulsion threat 5 years ago, Hurricane Belle damage last year. Birthdays include Eddie Fisher 49, Esther Williams 73, Jimmy Dean 49. Thought for today by Ogden Nash.
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Associated Press
Hirohito
Missouri
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
France
Austria-Hungary
Franklin Roosevelt
Campobello Island
Roosevelt
Winston Churcheill
Quebec
Canada
Gibraltar
Britain
U.S
New York State
Eddie Fisher
Rma Shearer
Jimmy Dean
Ogden Nash
World Almanac Quiz Questions From 1940s Issue
The prompt lists questions about colonial governance the House of Burgesses the only British soil occupied by German troops in WWII and Venus diameter. It notes Amsterdam as capital but Hague as seat of government and provides Venus mean distance from the sun and its brightness ranking after sun and moon.
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House of Burgesses
Scotland
London
New World
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Venus
Earth
Reg agencies slow as ever in handling cases
A Senate study blames chronic delay at federal regulators. The FTC took 10 years to stop deceptive Geritol ads while a radio frequency dispute between Albuquerque and New York has dragged at the FCC for 36 years. The report cites undue delay as a key problem across agencies such as FTC FCC ICC FPC CAB and others.
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Washington
NEA
Federal Trade Commission
Albuquerque
New York City
Federal Communications Commission
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
FTC
FCC
ICC
Interstate Commerce Commission
FPC
Federal Power Commission
CAB
Civil Aeronautics Board
Senate study faults federal regulation delays and costs
The Senate committee finds regulation costs range from 16 to 130 billion dollars and notes huge losses from ICC delays. It highlights toy safety lag, hospital injuries, and industry incentives to delay. Recommendations call for procedural, enforcement, and management reforms plus new legislation to clarify agency mandates.
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Senate
ICC
Consumer Product Safety Commission
CPSC
Congress CRS Help for Lawmakers Sparks Ethics Debate
The Library of Congress CRS offers 500 researchers to answer up to 50 hours per inquiry for lawmakers. About 300,000 inquiries yearly cost taxpayers roughly $20 million. Most requests are proper, but some raise concerns like aiding a congressman's daughter with schoolwork, or personal information requests. Notable cases include tips on Swiss bank accounts for Speaker Tip O’Neill and biographical or speech needs for others, prompting scrutiny of appropriate use.
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Washington
Library of Congress
Thomas
O'Neill
Hudson Valley
Hamilton Fish, Jr
R.N.Y
Ronald Bo Ginn
D.-Ga
Walter Mondale
Daniel Floods
D.-Pa
Wyoming Valley Catholic Laymen's Retreat League
Capitol Hill
Congressional Research Service
CRS
Congress
Robert Byrd
D.w.va
Georgia
United States
Herman Talmadge
Robert Dole
R.kan
CBS
Tip O'Neill
U.S
Bermuda
Britain
Mondale
Switzerland
Elliott Levitas
D.ga
Daniel Flood
Easter Seal Society
Wyoming Valley Monument
Wyoming Valley Catholic Laymen’s Retreat League
Hubert Humphrey
D.minn
Lise Nickerson
Humphrey
National Association of
New York
Fish
mid-Hudson Valley
Cold Springs
Leon Jaworski
Watergate
Griffin Bell
Jaworski
Bell
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