In Passing Rail Transport Wish Echoed Across Valley
Readers lament deteriorating railway crossings and rail service in California. They urge revived passenger trains, better coordination among rail bus and air networks, and improved infrastructure to handle population growth and fog season travel. They urge government priority for integrated, affordable transport options.
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Central
Central Valley
Bakersfield
San Joaquin Valley
Reno
San Francisco
California
Poet Failers
Sand Sea
Rocky Mountains
Shafter
Department of Transportation
Child care crisis calls for action by business and government
Edelman and McEntee urge urgent expansion of high quality affordable child care as two thirds of preschoolers and over 34 million school age children have working mothers. They cite economic returns, welfare reduction, and widespread gaps in private and public support, urging federal, state, and private action.
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Edelman
Children’s Defense Fund
McEntee
American Federation of State
Harris
New Zealand charting a radical free market reform path
The piece profiles Prime Minister David Lange and finance minister Roger Douglas steering New Zealand away from socialism toward privatization and deregulation. State assets, forestry, and utilities are privatized or corporatized, subsidies cut, and debt to be reduced by asset sales. Exports rise, while public critique labels the plan Reaganomics.
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David Lange
Lange
New Zealand
U.S
United States
Roger Douglas
New
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Hispanics reshape national politics endangering Democrats
Weekly Forum analyzes a near historic Republican surge among Hispanics in 1988 with California and other states showing a shift. The piece argues Hispanics will soon become a major voting bloc, potentially altering U S politics by 1990 and beyond, as GOP courting accelerates.
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Jack Otero
Labor Council For
United States
California
Republican Party
George Bush
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Marian Wright
Gerald W. McEntee
Paul Harvey News
New New Zealand
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Paul Harvey
Baronets Party
MS. Albright Evaluat
Stephanie Graves
David Bogan
Denise Rumsey
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