Governors Confront National Homelessness Crisis
Portland Maine leaders at the National Governors Association three day conference call homelessness a widening national crisis. Governor Mario Cuomo reported a 25 state study showing more homeless families than in 1980 and cited unemployment, housing costs, institutional discharges, and cutbacks in social funding as major causes. Cuomo urged action as shelters overflow and dignity issues rise.
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New York
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Seneca Army Depot
New York State
Charles Robb
Virginia
Poverty rate hits 15 percent in 1982 census report
Census Bureau data show 2.6 million more people in poverty raising the 1982 poverty rate to 15 percent, the highest since 1965. Real family income fell 3.5 percent from 1980 to 1981 and 5.5 percent from 1979 to 1980, with 1982 inflation eroding gains despite a 4.7 percent rise in median family income from 1981 to 1982.
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Sheldon Danziger
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Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Youth Survives Forest Ordeal On St Regis Mountain
A 13 year old boy, lost with only a t shirt and sneakers, survived a stormy descent and night in the Adirondack forest near St Regis Mountain. He sheltered under logs, kept still while voices nearby failed to reach him, and survived on maple leaves and wild onion until found. Authorities praised his calm, noting he stayed in the area as trained.
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Franklin County
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Harry
State Department of Environmental Conservation
DEC
Joseph Rupp
Paul Smiths
Rupp
Sandy Ross
Lake Street
Skaneateles
Adirondack Mountains
Sunday Herald Sights and Sounds by Tom Starner
Tom Starner provides a weekly TV and radio briefing in the Sunday Herald offering viewers and listeners a concise glimpse of notable broadcasts and channel picks for the upcoming week.
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Sunday Herald
American TV Cable Guide
Tom Starner
Congress to tax fringe benefits this year
Washington report notes Rep. Fortney Stark chairing the Ways and Means subcommittee on selected revenue measures says Congress will tackle taxing employee fringe benefits in 1983. The bill would end the tax moratorium, set IRS guidelines, and exclude certain non statutory benefits while preserving some tax-free status for pensions, health plans, and life policies. Senate Finance has not acted.
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Fortney Stark
D-Calif
Ways and Means
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Rep
Barber Conable
R-N.y
IRS
Senate Finance Committee
Senate motion to rescue rail pension system faces Senate vote
After House approval 398 to 5 a plan to avert insolvency and restore benefits for about 1 million retired railroad workers moves to the Senate Finance Committee where hearings were held today. Without action benefits could fall 40 percent by October and 80 percent by October 1, 1984. The system covers all railroad workers with ten years of service as an alternative to Social Security.
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House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Railroad Retirement Board
Congress
Stone to brief Reagan meet with Kissinger
Stone described his seven nation mission as useful and stressed face to face talks for peace. He met with Ruben Zamora of the Democratic Revolutionary Front in Managua and discussed a negotiated settlement for El Salvador amid a regional push by Colombia Mexico Panama and Venezuela to mediate. Zamora indicated guerrillas control most Salvadoran territory but urged prudent optimism and included rebels in any peace talks.
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Managua
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Panama
Venezuela
Nicaragua
Honduras
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Adolfo Portocarrera
Byrd Urges Scale Back War Games in Central America
Senate Democratic leader Robert Byrd called for scaling back U S military maneuvers in Central America to test the sincerity of Cuban and Nicaraguan leaders about peace. He noted Fidel Castro and the Sandinistas recently signaled willingness to coexist with neighbors and urged showing conciliation rather than escalation. Meanwhile U S officials said Salvadoran guerrillas are shifting from weapon smuggling to using ammunition medicine and communications gear via Nicaraguan routes, with about 6 000 fighters still able to re supply.
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