Picking Time in the Orchard Harvest and Labor Debate
A commentary on apple harvest season as orchardists rely on Jamaican pickers and Puerto Rican labor arbitrations. It argues for local American workers, critiques federal Department of Labor policies, and condemns government pressure to recruit from Puerto Rico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Department of Labor
Labor Department
Feds
Puerto Rico
American Enterprise Institute For Public Policy Research
Washington, D.C
Is Forced Retirement Bad
An editorial argues the 1979 federal ban on mandatory retirement before 70 will have broad effects. It notes potential interim status and possible future full abolition, weighing costs to employers and workers and questioning discrimination claims versus practical outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. MacDonald
Macdonald
Congress
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Death Penalty Debate and Death Row Realities
The piece contends Mrs. Dolores Denman uses the death penalty as campaign fodder while detailing how Florida Texas and Georgia push toward executions. It notes 265 inmates on death row and the legal process surrounding each case amid wider policy debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Dolores Denman
State of
New York
Hugh Carey
Jeremiah Bloom
Perry Duryea
Robert Abrams
Carey
Supreme Court
Florida
Texas
Georgia
John Spinkelink
United States
Spinkelink
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Tallahassee
Leo Alford
Alford
Kennedy Health Plan Threatens Higher Taxes and Costs
The piece argues Kennedy’s national health insurance could require rising taxes or larger deficits if funded via the general fund. It notes congressional resistance to payroll tax hikes and critiques cost controls, while contrasting private and public roles in health care and warning about efficiency and inflation risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank van der Linden
United States Press Inc
Washington
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Democrat
Kennedy- Corman
Afl-Cio
Congress
General Fund
Kennedy
Treasury
van der Linden
Congressional Budget Office
Curtis
Meany
White House 'pros' On Carter's Management
White House insiders discuss Carter's leadership at Camp David with Mondale as staff liaison. They assess Ham Jordan Rafshoon Jody Powell Stu Eizenstat and Pat Caddell as power brokers shaping the 1980 effort while Bert Lance's probe and budget struggles loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
New York Times
Carter
Mondale
Camp David
Jody
Rafshoon
Powell
Stu Eizenstat
Congress
Ham Jordan
Stu
Ham
Pat Caddell
Caddell
Teddy
Greg Schneiders
Daryl Conner
Bert Lance
Lance
Jim
Vance
Brzezinski
Annapolis
Ford
Reagan
Peking
Carter criticizes nuclear carrier while cutting other defenses
The defense appropriations clash centers on President Carter opposing a 37 billion nuclear aircraft carrier as wasteful while simultaneously cutting the Navy shipbuilding budget and delaying key weapon programs. Critics say his past actions contradict his stated aim to boost immediate fighting strength of the Army Navy and Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
White House
NATO
Rip van Winkle
Mr. Carter
Army
Navy
Air Force
Congress
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Winchester Evening Star
Amos Tuck School of Business Administration
Dartmouth College
The
American Enterprise Institute
Carl T. Curtis
Nebraska
Senate Finance Committee
George
Rosalynn Carter
Solzhenitsyn
Harvard
Hamilton Jordan
Jimmy Carter
Vietnam
Nixon
Bob Strauss
Jerry Rafshoon
Jody Powell
Winchester Evening Star Inc
Kent St
Winchester
Thomas T. Burd
Ain
Aive Roy E. Potts III
Lewis H. Ebert
Lane
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