Cuomo's struggle with unions and jobs in New York
Cuomo, backed by public employee unions, faces protests as he plans layoffs of 5,000 to 7,000 state workers. Lawmakers debate extending a sales tax to certain professional fees to save jobs, while critics warn against shrinking payroll. The piece notes historic public sector growth and the push to do more with less.
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New York
Mario Cuomo
Ed Koch
New York City
Cuomo
Koch
Lew Lehrman
Lehrman
Assembly
Stanley Fink
Warren Anderson
Senate
Fink
Anderson
Civil Service Employees Association
James Biggane
Thomas Kean
New Jersey
Allies press Reagan on arms talks and missiles
Western allies urge flexibility in U S Soviet arms reductions to avoid early Pershing II and cruise missile deployments. Kohl and Colombo back interim agreements while Thatcher signals needed flexibility. Reagan faces domestic and international pressure as nuclear freeze momentum grows.
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Washington
Reagan
Europe
European
Yuri Andropov
United States
Emilio Colombo
Helmut Kohl
Margaret Thatcher
Joemo
Reagan Aide Nominee Faces Senate Hearing Delays
Helen Thomas notes fears of nuclear holocaust as Kenneth Adelman, Reagan's Arms Control nominee, faces a delayed Senate confirmation after Easter amid questions about his disarmament commitment. A staff memo from Edward Rowny fuels intra agency rifts over liberal negotiating stances and progress.
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Thal
Kenneth Adelman
Reagan
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Capitol Hill
Senate
Edward Rawny
Adelman
Smiling Ed Meese and the EPA resignation fallout
Washington observers view Edwin Meese as a central figure in EPA and Legal Services upheavals, praising his hardnosed stance toward bureaucratic enemies while warning that policy framers remain in place. A Business Week poll indicates growing public support for stricter pollution laws despite administration pressure to loosen them.
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Washington
Edwin Meese
Anne Burford
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Burford
Cabinet Council
James Watt
Meese
Ed Meese
White House
Legal Services
The
Washington Post
Reagan
Business Week
Lou Harris
Watt
Farm women aid city folk with donated wheat
Five Montana women from WIFE travel to Washington and donate 740 tons of whole wheat to the Salvation Army after initial rejections by organizations. They bake, testifying to farm wives' resolve to help neighbors amid hunger while grain stocks rise.
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Salvation Army
Jo Ann Forsness
Wolf Point
Mont
Ms. Forsness
Montana
Washington
First Street
America
Ronald Reagan
Nebraska
Shirley Ball
Ron Marlenee
H-Mont
Agriculture
John Block
Agriculture Experimental Station
Sharon Norman
New York
General Motors
United Foundation
Norman
Forsness
Ball
Ginger de Cock
Marie Anderson
Army
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Newhouse News Service
Helen Thomas
Rowny
Kohl
United Press International
Robert Healy
Vy Burford
Rita Lavelle
Lavelle
California
Smiling Ed
Syracuse Jreck
Syracuse
Pasianard
Wast Taft
Buckley
Lenin
Dracena
Bae
Oer LG
Agfila
Mary McGrory
Lilith
Fleischmans
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