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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1981
Page
4
United Press International reports Maryland voters turned down a Reagan backed candidate for Congress while Michigan residents resisted a plan to cut property taxes. In Pennsylvania, Centralia residents approved evacuating the town to escape a 19 year old underground mine fire with 79 percent turnout.
In Washington UPI reports that Ernest Lefever, Reagan's pick for assistant secretary of state for human rights, faces opposition from eight Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democrats after two days of hearings. Amidnational news, Maryland voters elect Steny Hoyer to replace the late Spellman in the 5th District with 55.1 percent, while George Bush jetted in for Audrey Scott. Michigan rejects a tax rollback plan as Gov William Milliken endures another tough electoral defeat.
President Reagan faces Democratic opposition over proposed Social Security reductions. The White House says the plan remains sound but is open to alternative methods to keep the retirement system solvent. Proposals include delaying 1982 cost-of-living increases, raising the earnings ceiling, ending foster-care benefits, and reducing early retirement benefits from 80 to 55 percent for those retiring at 62.
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