Farm bill limits free enterprise in agriculture
Reagan era farm bill hangs on Congress amid rice supports and loans. It expands government intervention if crops falter and costs taxpayers at least 10.8 billion over four years. Voluntary wheat set aside may extend to corn. tobacco and sugar subsidies persist, dairy aid shrinks, and a Soviet grain deal could boost supply without immediate price gains. Overall the plan helps big players while keeping farmers tied to federal controls.
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Reagan
Congress
Triculture
John Block
Jesse Helms
North Carolina
Soviet Union
Watkins Resigns From Carbondale City Council
Rev Charles Watkins longtime Carbondale resident and First Christian Church pastor will leave mid November for Owensboro Kentucky to become minister at a church there His four year council tenure and community service draw praise from Mayor Hans Fisher and residents as the city faces replacing another elected member Watkins is credited with stability and leadership and will be missed in Carbondale as he pursues a new faith and civic role in Owensboro
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Charles Watkins
Carbondale
Hans Fisher
First Christian Church
Kentucky
Owensboro
Watkins
Ensign Watkins
Kentucky Post
Cit
Letters tribute to Makanda editor and town as tale of turmoil
A set of letters criticizes Makanda as a model of hostility in Southern Illinois. Jim Santori’s Sept. 28 report on a probe highlights irregularities and improprieties tied to a $40 Norma Rae admission and VISTA project issues. The resort to congressmen and the White House is noted, with Rudmann calling Makanda the most volatile in four years, while residents lament the disruptive settlers and poisonous atmosphere.
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Southern Illinoisan
Makanda
Southern Illinois
Jim Santori
Norma Rae
White House
VISTA
Postcard Trickery Triggers Mail Privacy Debate
A reader, Virginia Marmaduke of Pinckneyville, recalls receiving a mass mailed postcard signed Pat urging a call to 1 800 942 0510. A caller claimed to be Pat and revealed it was a national marketing ploy prompting questions to Congressman Paul Simon about mailbox and telephone privacy laws and potential regulatory fixes.
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Southern Illinoisan
Pat
Patricia
Patrick
Paul Simon
U.S. House Postal Committee
U.S
Virginia Marmaduke Pinckneyville
Grass roots lobbying turns letters into political leverage
A Portland apartment firm ran a contest inviting tenants to write to their congressman in support of Reagan's economic plan, offering a boat trip as a prize. The episode illustrates how so-called grass roots pressure is often amplified by marketing, mail campaigns, and orchestrated lobbying to influence lawmakers.
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CTL Management Co
Portland
Ore
Congress
Reagan
Les AuCoin
D-Ore
CTL
Victor Kamber
Organized Labor
Kamber
Washington
Congressional
David A. Keene
G. Colburn Aker
Hill and Knowlton
Richard P. Conlan
House Democratic Study
Norman J. Ornstein
American Enterprise Institute
Ornstein
Richard A. Viguerie
Falls Church
Mass Mail
Viguerie
National Right To Work Committee
The
Conserva
Tive Caucus
Capitol Hill
Neo conservative divides Reagan era in US politics
The article analyzes a deep split within the Republican coalition between modernist libertarian economists who favor individual freedom and traditionalists seeking group order. It links this intra-conservative struggle to defense budget battles, Stockman’s economics, and a broader shift toward authoritarian neo-conservatism driven by Moral Majority and other factions.
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Frank Viviano
Pacific News Service
Pentagon
Reagan
United States
Lawrence Chickering
Institute For Contemporary Studies
Chickering
Benjamin Disraeli
William Gladstone
Atlantic
Disraeli
Alexander Haig
William French Smith
Edwin Meese
Africa
Latin America
The
Stockman
Stevensville
Mich
David
Wall Street
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Congressional Quarterly
Midwest
Ted
Terior
James Watt
David Stockman
Henry Ford
Cyrus Eaton
Armand Hammer
America
Chamber of Commerce
Gladstone
Axtur
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