Regulation and campaign law clash with cost benefit rule
A New Beginning aims to trim regulation but faces critique of cost benefit analysis. Weidenbaum argues benefits must exceed costs, while critics warn this simplification ignores safety, environmental impact, and market dynamics. The piece contrasts industry data bias with broader social costs and cites NYT discussions on deregulation and industry resistance. Also covers FEC First Amendment battles over Reader’s Digest campaign expenditures and related cases.
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America
Gallup
Council of Economic Advisers
Array Weidenbaum
Army Corps of Engineers
House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
Weidenbaum
New York Times
Rubber Manufacturers Association
Congress
B.F. Goodrich
Goodrich
Volvo
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Edward T. Pound
Washington
Federal Election Commission
FEC
Commission
Reader’s Digest
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Long Island
Jerome A. Ambro
Sharon L. Snyder
Yale, Ore
Reader’s Digest Association Inc
Kennedy
Larryann C. Willis
Election Commission
The
U.S. District Court
Manhattan
Preventive detention not a solution in crime debate
Tom Wicker argues against preventive detention as a rapid fix for crime. He cites New York Mayor Koch, Chief Justice Burger, and AG Smith, noting speedy trial reform and presumption of innocence as better aims. The piece warns such detention risks injustice, extended trials, and job loss, urging constitutional adherence.
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Tom Wickers
New York Times
Edward I. Koch
New York
Warren E. Burger
William French Smith
Reagan Administration
Justice Department
Robert Pear
District of Columbia
D.C
Amer
Ican Justice
National Council On Crime and Delinquency
Koch
Letters Ex warden says inmates well treated
A former warden and another ex-warden defend Marion Penitentiary conditions arguing inmates receive adequate food medical care visiting mail and religious services while cautioning against conjugal visits and outside interference. They advocate continued discipline rehabilitation programs and strong prison administration under Warden Phillips.
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Southern Illinoisan
Federal Penitentiary At
Marion
Thomas Bey
Anthony Paradise
Michael Garnett
Leonard Peltier
Menard Penitentiary
Phillips
Marion Penitentiary
Elza Brantley
Menard
Chester Murphysboro
Students defend music instructor Alexis Valk at SIU Carbondale
A letter from SIU Carbondale students urges the university and community to support Dr. Alexis Valk, a respected jazz musician and instructor who was terminated from the College of Communications and Fine Arts. The letter alleges harassment and unethical treatment by music department officials, cites Valk’s achievements, and calls on President Somit to review the grievance and address broader department issues.
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Southern Illinoisan
Alexis Valk
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Cypress Jazz Lounge
Dr. Valk
Southern Illinois
SIU
College of Communications and Fine Arts
C. B. Hunt
Valk
School of Music
Phillip Olsson
Somit
Gary Drenan
David Henderson
Richard D. McCoy
Ralph Russell
Carbondale
SIU football should remain in top division not new conference
Editor argues SIU football belongs in Division 1A or higher and should not seek a smaller 350 mile radius conference. He notes SIU's rise through the Missouri Valley and warns against downgrading to Division 1AA, saying successful athletics enhance university life and deserve priority and proper funding.
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Southern Illinois University Commission On Intercollegiate Athletics
SIU
Missouri Valley Conference
Commission
New Mexico
Texas
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