Budget cuts threaten the poor and elderly, say human resources experts
After Congress returns from Easter recess, debate over Reagan's budget continues with growing mistrust. Human Resources 81 at SIU Carbondale highlighted the risk of belt tightening on needy populations and warned that shifting funds away from social services could hurt the elderly, children, and low income families while state cutbacks fail to compensate.
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Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Hans Fischer
Congressional Budget
Illinois
CBO
Washington
John Castle
Siu
Letters How Carbondale can economize
Edward L. Adams of Carbondale writes to editors and officials urging Congress to rescind federal grants and financing for lowering railroad tracks and the Carbondale convention center, supplementing a Chamber of Commerce call for nationwide sacrifice.
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Carbondale Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
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Carbondale
Edward L. Adams
Journalists share Cooke's guilt
Janet Cooke's Pulitzer Prize fraud is placed in a broader critique of media distortions. The piece argues deception is widespread in newsrooms, comparing fabrication to omission and naming media figures and outlets while urging accountability for journalists who shape opinions.
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Southern Illinois
Janet Cooke
Washington Post
Washington, D.C
Orlando Letelier
William C. Orthwein
Carbondale
Reagan budget cuts risk harming the poor study says
Congressional Budget Office and a trio of research groups challenge the administration's claim that seven safety net programs shield the truly needy. They find most benefits go to the middle class, with 25 billion in cuts aimed at 17 programs for the poor. The report notes AFDC and other core aid face substantial reductions while the elderly safety net remains protected.
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Harrison Donnelly
Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Reagan
Congressional Budget Office
CBO
University of Chicago
Center For the Study of
Center For the Study of Welfare Policy
Project On Food Assistance
Food Project
America
Tively
Office of Management and Budget
David A. Stockman
Chicago
New York
Louisiana
Chicago Center
California
Reagan budget cuts threaten elderly services say experts
A House Select Committee on Aging study asserts Reagan proposals would dramatically shrink health nutrition housing legal and social services for millions of Americans 65 and older. It estimates about 10 million reductions in services and billions in tax transfers to the rich with 15.8 million seniors unaffected by the tax cut.
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Warren Weaver Jr
New York Times
Washington
Reagan
House Select Committee On
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
House
Pepper
Legal Services Corp
Senate
Committee On Aging
Using American arms to destroy an ally
William Safire argues that Saudi oil interests and Saudi Arabia’s leader Yamani challenged U.S. arms sales logic to Israel. He asserts Reagan must reassess policy, curb State and Defense Department missteps, and ensure arms transfers defend rather than threaten allies. The piece critiques Jerusalem and Riyadh dynamics, the AWACS plan, and Rostow’s ACDA appointment as potential pivots.
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New York Times
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Sammy Davis Jr
Michael Deaver
United States
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Saudi Arabia
Carter
Alexander Haig
Defense
Casper Weinberger
Congress
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Yamani
Tel Aviv
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Sheik
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Russia
Haig
Moshe Dayan
State Department
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