Aid programs take human shape in Wildcat Kentucky
In Wildcat Kentucky aid becomes personal to Charley and Betty Davidson who live in a three bedroom white frame home with modern plumbing and a garden. The article from Martha Angle and Robert Walters shows how federal spending symbols like Section 502 and Title IV reach families in rural Appalachia beyond abstract figures.
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Martha Angle
Robert Walters
Wildcat
Appalachia
Soul Hollow
Charley
Betty Davidson
America
Kentucky Mountain Housing Builds Homes in Poor Eastern Kentucky
In Clay and Jackson counties, Kentucky Mountain Housing has created 60 homes and rehabilitated 400 more, financed by federal subsidies and crafted by unemployed local workers. The David family and others moved from a four room shack to own homes supported by a deep 1 percent Farmers Home Administration loan, with no defaults or major delinquencies.
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Davidsons
Clay County
Charley Davidson
Kentucky Mountain Housing Development Corp
Farmers Home Administration
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Kentucky Mountain Housing
Community Services Administration
Clay
Jackson
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Farmers Home
Foreign aid clash shields costly United States expenditure
President Carter’s foreign aid plan faces congressional cuts that critics say miscast as anti waste while preserving near Ford levels. Despite promises to double aid, the package remains at about 7.4 billion with congressionally trimmed potential costs rising overall.
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U.S
Congress
Carter
Arms race debate splits on defense and diplomacy
CIA officials say the Soviets would avoid an atomic war. a Culver study backs Carter’s arms talks by arguing civil defense is ineffective for deterring nuclear conflict. Critics warn Soviet civil defense could shift the balance, while diplomats remain the best shield. The piece also notes U S use of foreign aid to expand markets and deter conflict, despite short term economic costs.
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Central Intelligence Agency
Soviet Union
John Culver
Iowa
Carter
CIA
Air Force
Curtis Lemay
Strategic Air Command
United States
U.S
Congress
Health care costs and national health insurance debate
President Carter plans to propose national health insurance to curb rising costs and improve access. The piece argues the issue is complex, requiring humane reform beyond ideology, noting Medicaid reimbursement problems, third party payment effects, drug overuse, unnecessary surgery, and the need for preventive care and better planning to prevent cost escalation.
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Carter
American Medical Association
Congress
Portland votes to establish popular regional government
A Portland area ballot measure creates the first popularly elected regional government for a multi county metro area. The new Metropolitan Service District will begin with 12 council members and an elected CEO, supervising land use, sewers and transit while seeking voter approval for a tax base to fund expanded regional services. The move aims to give citizens control over regionwide agencies and curb creeping unaccountable bureaucracies, despite concerns from suburbs about loss of autonomy.
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Neal R. Peirce
Washington Post
Portland
Oregon
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
U.S
CRAG
Columbia Regional Association of Governments
Metropolitan Service District
Portland Area
MSD
Minnesota
Twin Cities
MSC
Portland University
Ronald Cease
Tri-county
Cease
Neil Goldschmidt
Goldschmidt
Denton Kent
Feds
TriMet
Rick Gustafson
Dade County
Miami
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Aid
Church of the Brethren
M. Dwayne Yost
Yost
Kentucky Mountain
Neal Peirce
NEA, Inc
George Carlin
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