Reagan plan ties welfare to work with 800000 potential workers
The Reagan administration proposed a workfare rule tied to welfare to require about 20 hours of work weekly for many recipients, potentially placing up to 800000 in community jobs. Exemptions apply for already employed or disadvantaged groups. jobs could include school guards, aides, and park attendants.
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New York Times
Washington
Reagan
Congress
AFDC
David A. Stockman
Office of Budget and Management
Stockman
Louis B. Hayes
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Hayes
California
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
New York
Utah
Massachusetts
Louisiana
Congress aims to finish budget work by August
Congress leaders pledge to complete action on Reagan budget cuts by August with a summer review. The plan seeks 409 billion in five years, balancing budget aims, while sparking debate over program reductions and tax changes.
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Alan Cranston
Senate
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Capitol Hill
Carter
White House
David A. Stockman
House
Thomas P. O’neill Jr
D-Mass
O'Neill
Howard Baker Jr
Tennessee
Ronald Reagan
James R. Jones
Dokla
House Budget Committee
Cranston
Edwin R. Bethune Jr
R-Ark
O’neill
GOP
Junior high years fuel stress acne and marijuana use
The Associated Press examines early adolescence as junior high reshapes independence and family dynamics. It notes teens as young as 12 risk marijuana retreat from home, peer influence, and hidden stress, with one 18 year old sharing ongoing pot use begun in ninth grade and the quest for quick relief.
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John Barbour
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Postal Service to raise first class rates to 18 cents
United States Postal Service officials criticized the Rate Commission while announcing an 18 cent first class stamp effective March 22, with proposed larger increases across parcel post and other classes. The action, taken under protest, aims to address large deficits and stabilize revenue, though it risks further rate proceedings and higher borrowing costs.
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New York Times
Associated Press
Washington
Robert L. Hardesty
United States Postal Service
Postal Rate Commission
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Rate Commission
Postal Service
United States Court of Appeals
Hardesty
Atlanta benefit raises 148000 for slayings probe
Atlanta Mayor says a three hour benefit concert by Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. raised about 148000 for the police investigation into the slayings of 20 black children. The event at the Atlanta Civic Center drew 4600 attendees with tickets 25 or 100 dollars and additional donations and an after concert auction.
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Atlanta
Frank Sinatra
Sammy Davis Jr
Maynard Jackson
Atlanta Civic Center
Sammy
Frank
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