USDA urged to probe Klan links in Arkansas agency
Washington reports the Agriculture Department asked its inspector general to investigate allegations of racism and links to the Ku Klux Klan among Arkansas officials. An internal study by the Office of Advocacy found perceptions that many northern Arkansas Agriculture officials may be KKK members. The Soil Conservation Service review produced unsubstantiated but serious charges, prompting the inspector general inquiry at the request of Assistant Secretary John J. Franke Jr. and amid a separate civil rights controversy involving a black conservationist.
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Reagan Aims Rules to Curb Personal Phone Calls
The Reagan administration plans early next year to propose regulations limiting long distance personal calls by federal employees. General Services Administration spokesman Joseph M. Slye said the draft focuses on genuine abuse while allowing reasonable calls. Budget reform work has paused amid concerns over arms sales to Lean.
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Superfund program slowed again by funding delays
The Superfund toxic waste cleanup effort slows as Congress delays funding and President Reagan has not signed an order to implement the $9 billion operation. Representative James Florin of New Jersey, a key supporter, comments on the hold up.
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Mayors Report Urges Action on Homeless Crisis
A survey of 25 cities shows the nation's economic recovery bypassing the poor with over half of municipalities lacking resources to aid all hungry residents. Homelessness worsened in most cities based on data from November and December. Immigration enforcement costs are being scaled back to below congressional levels for the 1982 law signed by Reagan, which bans hiring illegal aliens and offers amnesty to those who arrived before January 1, 1982.
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