Weinberger Budget Strategy Guides Defense Spending Since 1981
Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger has pursued a steady budget approach since 1981, with high initial requests followed by trims to settle near administration targets. The pattern has largely aligned with Reagan administration aims, sustaining the defense buildup through the early years.
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Libba Cotten Receives Honor at Quiet Grammy Ceremony
Syracuse’s Elizabeth Cotten, 93, wins a National Academy award for best ethnic or traditional folk recording. She flew to Los Angeles for a quieter afternoon ceremony while the main Grammy telecast aired. The Arhoolie album was recorded earlier by John Overton in 1979, when Cotten was 88.
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Syracuse
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National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Los Angeles
Arhoolie Records
Elizabeth Cotten
John Overton
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Weinberger Defense Budget Battles Through the Years
The text outlines Weinberger's yearly defense budget negotiations with Stockman, noting repeated adjustments to inflate or trim requests. It highlights 1983 to 1986 patterns, congressional acceptance around 93 percent, and observers calling the process a Kabuki dance, with final approvals typically near 93 to 94 percent.
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David Stockman
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Stockman
Wall Street Journal
Pete Domenici
Senate Budget Committee
Syracuse No 20 in Rand McNally Almanac livability list
Syracuse ranks 20th among the nation’s livable communities in Rand McNally’s Places Rated Almanac, down from seventh in 1981. The survey weighs economy, climate, housing, health care, crime, recreation, education and the arts, placing Northeast cities high while New York City sits at 25.
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Lip reading is not a cure for deafness
A profoundly deaf speaker warns that lip reading alone fails many with hearing loss and urges teaching sign language. He notes only about 26 percent of spoken language is visible on the lips, recounts his own failed attempts to adapt, and credits sign language with lasting social belonging and contentment.
Reagan quips on Nicaragua amid peace delegation report
Members of the New York State Witness for Peace recount two weeks in Nicaragua visiting Ocotal near the Honduran border where CLA backed Contras attacked a coffee plant killing fifteen, and a government day care serves 180 children while Sweden aids a lunch program for 400. The group urges action to halt war policy as 8,000 Nicaraguans have died.
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Peace movement critique on policy drift toward war
Gary Weinstein of the Syracuse Peace Council laments that public dissent from grassroots groups on Reagan era Central America policy often goes unheard until near-war when major outlets like the Herald American finally voice concern. He cautions that delaying critique costs lives and warns for action against future conflicts and social injustice.
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Harvard University
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Gary Weinstein
Syracuse Peace Council
Seeds of resentment sown To Dr Hess at ESM district
A reader letter condemns salary freezes at East Syracuse Minoa Central School District, arguing long-serving teachers faced harsh cuts and sowed resentment. The author praises the district staff, questions administrative respect, and urges fair contracts to match national recognition. The letter also discusses scouting concerns and parental responsibility in choosing reputable troops.
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Fritz Hess
Syracuse-Minoa
ESM
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Skepticism in James Kilpatrick Founding Fathers column
In a February 21 column, David M. Brown notes James Kilpatrick’s skepticism about whether questions on government power can ever be settled. He argues reason guided the Founders against British rule and urges skeptics to defend their viewpoint to be taken seriously.
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