Congress poised to backtrack on tax indexing plan
A column warns Congress may repeal the 1981 indexing provision that would adjust tax brackets personal exemptions and the standard deduction for inflation starting 1985. It argues bracket creep hits lower and middle earners hardest, urging readers to contact lawmakers to keep relief intact and prevent new tax increases.
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Louis Rukeyser
Francis M. Gaffney
Indexation Task Force
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Gaffney
Ronald Reagan
Treasury
Donald Reagan
Readers urged to contact area lawmakers with opinions
The column asserts every citizen's voice matters to elected officials and urges letters on important issues. It provides names and addresses of Senators Glenn Metzenbaum Matia Nabakowski and Van Meter and Representatives Ashbrook Mottl Pease Bowman Camera Colonna to clip for reference.
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Paul R. Matia
Ronald L. Nabakowski
Thomas A. van Meter
State House
Columbus
Ohio
Marguerite E. Bowman
J. Leonard Camera
Rocco J. Colonna
Women Power Emerges If ERA Fails in Ratification
Washington report argues the ERA deadline could trigger a broader women’s political influence beyond ERA, training groups like NOW to push campaigns, fundraise, and mobilize voters. It notes women—about 1 percent of the population—could swing 1982 elections, pressuring Republicans and shaping policy after years of advocacy.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
ERA
Women’s Movement
National Organization For Women
American Civil Liberties Union
National Conservative Political Action Committee
GOP
Democratic Party
Time to face reality about American industry and trade
The writer argues that Japan and other nations are catching up across consumer electronics, clothing, and goods once dominated by the United States. Rising import competition, cheaper overseas labor, and market manipulation threaten American living standards, job security, and the domestic budget. The piece predicts a long-term leveling of global standards and warns Americans may face higher costs and slower homeownership.
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Japan
U.S
To smoke or not to smoke debate rages in press
The narrator critiques the surgeon general, tobacco industry ties, and evolving cancer risks from smoking. Citing new findings on tar nicotine and radon, the piece portrays smokers as precondemned yet conflicted, detailing personal quit attempts and the lure of cigarettes at gatherings.
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Virginia
Carolinas
Colombia
Surgeon General
U.S
New England Journal of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Worchester
Anti-nuke debate grows on Capitol Hill and in the public
Washington newsflash: as Reagan shifts from hardline arms stance to talks and mutual reductions, lawmakers and activists push to define how many megatons deter the Soviet threat. Critics call the buildup madness while the White House performs drills and unveils a $4.2 billion civil defense plan to relocate millions in a nuclear attack.
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UPI
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Amy
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Capitol Hill
el Salvador
White House
Reagan
United States
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European
Moscow
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Thomas O'Neill
Senate
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