Opposition to budget cuts prompts reevaluation of spending
The piece urges reconsideration of Reagan era cuts as Congress balks at a blanket five percent reduction and highlights inequities in 1982 cuts that hit the poor while the rich gain tax breaks. It argues for targeting essential programs, addressing regulations, and balancing compassion with efficiency in federal spending.
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Reagan
Congress
House
Legal Services Corporation
America
Defense Department
Iowa
Skokie TV drama blends memory and imagination
CBS Tuesday night aired Skokie a docu drama recreating the 1977 78 Nazis parade in a Chicago suburb. The lead was fictional. complex issues gave way to the confrontation between Holocaust survivors and neo Nazis. The program emphasizes humanity, memory, and the First Amendment as safeguards against totalitarianism.
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Skokie
CBS
Chicago
Danny Kaye
Buzbee Passed Over as Stevenson Chooses Stern for 1982 Ticket
State Sen Ken Buzbee, after an estimated 5000 spent courting Stevenson, misses the 1982 governor slate as Grace Mary Stern is named Lake County Clerk running mate. Stevenson favors suburban Chicago votes and a woman in high office, balancing the ticket with James Donnewald as treasurer. Buzbee, 43, remains a Southern Illinois force and likely seeks reelection, urged to view the setback as a character builder in a political career with future chances.
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Ken Buzbee
Adlai Stevenson
Lake County
Grace Mary Stern
Stevenson
Chicago
Stern
Buzbee
James Donnewald
Buz
General Assembly
Southern Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Jimmy Carter
Farm Bureau aid helps rural landowners buy rail right of way
A Jackson County Farm Bureau team aided a Murphysboro and Pomona Township landowners group in securing miles of Illinois Central Gulf Railroad right of way after a five year effort. Jim Kirk organized meetings and communications, Tillie Brush handled records and payments, Bill Struck advised early on, and Herbert Kylinstra guided negotiations. Trustees named: John Brogsmiller, John Erickson, Bill Hartline.
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Southern Illinoisan
Jackson County Farm Bureau
Murphysboro
Pomona
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Jim Kirk
Tillie Brush
Bill Struck
Herbert Kylnstra
Illinois Agricultural Association
Bloomington
Jackson County
ICG Railroad
Farm Bureau
Jackson County Railroad Land Trust
John Brogsmiller
John H. Erickson
Carbondale
Bill Hartline
Alto Pass
Reagan can't deliver free lunch
New York Times columnist Tom Wicker argues that Ronald Reagan overpromised on tax cuts, budget balance, and military buildup, with Stockman revealing no concrete plan to raise $100 billion. He notes rising interest rates, a looming recession, and media driven expectations that presidents struggle to meet.
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Tom Wicker
New York Times
New York
Ronald Reagan
David Stockman
Reagan
Flint
Mich
Congressional Budget Office
Stockman
Rea
Gan
Congress
Wall Street
Edward Yardens
E.F. Hutton
Bloody guillotine becomes part of history
Francois Dupuis notes France’s 1977 abolition of the death penalty under President Mitterrand, ending the use of the guillotine. The piece reflects on public opinion, crime rates in other nations, and the guillotine’s status now as a museum relic.
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Francois Dupuis
International Writers Service
Paris
France
Francois Mitterrand
Europe
Mitterrand
West Germany
Austria
United States
Robert Badinter
Hungry mouths drive Poland protests over food crisis
In Poland a year of change centers on food shortages fueling widespread protests and strikes led by Solidarity. Rural Solidarity represents 3.5 million private farmers as farmers blame government missteps, demanding better treatment and more investment in agriculture while livestock output and industry lag.
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Poland
Solidarity
Soviet Union
West
Jan Kosnik
Warsaw
Janusz Hanam
Polish Academy of Sciences
Musn
Rural Solidarity
Jan Kujac
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