Time to talk to the PLO Begin urged to seek peace talks
The piece argues Begin must acknowledge the PLO as a political fact and consider talks without preconditions. It contends that continued fighting harms Israel and the region, urges dialogue to halt shelling, and warns against relentless hardline stance hurting Israel’s standing and security.
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Mideast
Israel
Middle East
Menachem
Lebanon
Begin
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Jerusalem
West Bank
Judea
Sumeria
of Israel
Bean
Ndt
Oppose New York prison bond plan despite crowding
Supreme Court stay delays early release of about 270 inmates in Alabama to ease overcrowding. The piece argues against a $500 million New York bond issue for 4,000 new cells, citing high costs estimates up to $1.5 billion, minimal impact on crime, and suggests cheaper options like probation, community service, restitution, and earlier parole to reduce prison populations.
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Tom Wicker
New York Times
Supreme Court
Powell
Alabama
R.E. Warner
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Varner
Puerto Rico
Justice Department
New York
Watchdog FEC under fire on Capitol Hill
Washington observers say the Federal Election Commission faces growing opposition on Capitol Hill. While unlikely to be abolished, clues point to trimming its enforcement powers as regulators fear tighter campaign limits. The debate intensifies ahead of the 1982 campaign season with potential reforms to strengthen records and curb extreme fundraising abuses.
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Robert J. Wagman
Washington
NEA
Federal Election Commission
Capitol Hill
FEC
Republican Party
Party of the Wealthy
Democratic Party
GOP
Association
Political Action Committee
Political Victory Fund
Reagan Administration
White House
Lee Ann Elliott
AMPAC
Democratic Fund-Rai
Sers
General Motors
Stewart Mott
Commission
Grass-roots lobbying shapes 1980s Congress and industry power
A Congressional Quarterly report outlines how local lobby campaigns by soft-drink bottlers undertakers and hospital boards outpace Washington insiders. It notes campaigns rely on broad local reach in every district and that the House blocked a hospital cost containment bill 234 to 166 while bottlers won a territorial antitrust exemption through broad support.
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Carter
Anne Wexler
House
Congress
Alan Ehrenhalt
Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Senate
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Afl-Cio
America
Texas
Sam B. Hall Jr
Hall
Judiciary Committee
Judiciary
Peter W. Rodine Jr
National Soft Drink Association
Federal Trade Commission
Tll
Fast food chains push for extended targeted tax credit
Congress hears from McDonald’s Burger King and others as fast food operators press for an extension of the targeted jobs tax credit to ease the cost of hiring young, disadvantaged workers. Industry notes 68,000 small businesses nationwide could influence policy with restaurants in every district.
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Bill Keller
Congressional Quarterly
McDonald's
Burger King
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Pizza Hut
Congress
Clayton C. Taylor
McDonald’s Corp
Ronald Platt
National Restaurant Association
Hong Kong
Puerto Rico
Beirut
Fast-Food Chains Build Lobbying Muscle and PACs
In the early 1980s fast-food giants shifted from ambivalence to active lobbying, funding PACs and forming government affairs offices. McDonald’s leads with 1,400 owner-operators, Burger King coordinates 2,800 outlets, and KFC’s FLAG mobilizes small operators to lobby. Pizza Hut/Taco Bell pressed milk pricing reform, while labor costs drive the push for targeted job tax credits amid debates over minimum wage and program renewal.
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Red Lobster
McDonald’s
Chicago
Taylor
Burger King
Miami
Platt
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Legislative Action Group
FLAG
Jim Beckett
Washington
Gressman
Pizza Hut
Wichita
Kan
Larry Shauf
Taco Bell
Pepsico
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