Aging conference on aging reveals political theater and scarce policy
The White House Conference on Aging is criticized as all talk and little substance. It focuses on more government spending for the elderly, rejects benefit cuts, and urges a national health insurance program while warning Social Security is financially strained and overburdened workers.
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White House
United States
White House Conference On
Gumption to Buy a Home By Russell Baker
Russell Baker argues in the New York Times that the housing market now locks young buyers out of ownership. He compares past and present costs, explains tax incentives favor existing homeowners, and warns of a potential political backlash as a nonpropertied generation grows.
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Russell Baker
New York Times
New York
Reckless publicity and public nuisance bikers and climbers
The AP Log criticizes media sensationalism around thrill seekers like Spider Dan Goodwin and Evel Knievel while noting the risk to youths in undisciplined stunts. It urges police action to treat adventurist daredevils as public nuisances and curb their notoriety.
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Associated Press
AP Log
Wire Service
Dan’’ Goodwin
Chicago
John Hancock
Goodwin
Evel Knievel
Niagara Falls
Farm bill mirrors government role in agriculture debates
American farmers push for policy changes while the Reagan administration advances a farm bill packed with price supports subsidies and loan guarantees. Critics note $10 billion in projected four year federal spending and a glut of government ownership like 300 million pounds of moldy yellow cheese.
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Congress
Farmer Association
House
Senate
William Mullins
Shabbana
Ill
National Corn Growers Association
Reagan
Mullins
Reward and punishment as foreign policy tool
The piece argues that foreign policy should use both rewards and penalties to guide state behavior. It critiques U S and Reagan era strategies toward Cuba and the Soviet Union, urging rational incentives, stronger leverage, and attention to psychology in diplomacy. It cites Vietnam Cambodia Poland and Poland as contexts for reward based leverage and warns against negative isolation.
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Robert Wesson
Hoover Institution
Cambodia
Vietnam
Poland
United States
Florida
U.S
Cuba
Castro
Caribbean
Jamaica
Michael Manley
Edward Seaga
Central America
Nicaragua
Reagan
State Department
Europe and Italy clash in growing wine war
Italian wines win praise abroad yet provoke protest at home as France battles cheap imports and blending. The Franco-Italian wine war highlights uneven EU rules, northern Europe tax barriers, and potential strains as Greece Spain and Portugal join the Community.
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Mario Denglio
Milan
U.S
Europe
France
Sete
Italy
European Economic Community
Agricul
Greece
Spain
Portugal
Britain
Germany
Scandinavia
Netherlands
Western Europe
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