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Before Congress creates or expands multi-bilIiondollar federal programs, especially when deficit spending is involved, it should consider such examples as foreign aid and its 36-year impact on the national debt. Months ago a constituent asked Republican Sen. Jesse A. Helms of North Carolina how much foreign aid has cost the American taxpayers, including interest on… Continue reading Put Spending in Perspective

Even as Great Britain savors its victory over Argentina in the 74-day undeclared Falkland War, permanent peace-keeping and resolution of the sovereignty dispute over. the South Atlantic islands lingers as a nagging question. By accepted standards, the Argentines were wrong in resorting to aggression when they seized the Falklands (known to them as the Malvinas)… Continue reading Sticky Problems Remain in Falklands

School will start in Utah the last week of August and with less than six weeks remaining before Utah schools begin classes, 19 of the state’s 40 school districts still haven’t signed contracts with the teachers. This is about average for this time of year, according to an official of the Utah Office of Education.… Continue reading An Earlier School Settlemenfs Virol For Public

Back in 1960 a defendant pleaded guilty to the murders 0 a F orida circuit judge and his wife. His death sentence subsequently was comrnuted to life imprisonment. Nine years later the convicted slayer went to the Florida state courts with a petition to vacate the judgment, claiming technical violations in the proceedings. Two years… Continue reading Bills Would Alter Prison Lows

Whether you’re a citizen by birth or choice, the country has a right to your “fullest commitment.” George Washington, the Republic’s first president, made that statement – and his words are timely as we prepare to exercise an important right and duty within a few weeks. In the Nov. 2 election, Americans will be called… Continue reading Let’s Be Committed to Vote

Should Congress act at once to remodel the socalled insanity defense as it applies to Presidents of the United States? Or should it defer that aspect of the issue until a broader revision of the statute is undertaken? Democratic Rep. Mario Biaggi of New York thinks the lawmakers should move quickly to revise the bill… Continue reading Should Congress Bon lnsoniry Pleo?

The avowed federal crackdown on student loan delinquents apparently is for real – and it’s about time. From Philadelphia comes the report that federal marshals are seizing cars of people who allegedly have reneged on college loans. Within a few days 17 autos were impounded, including “a few Cadillacs, a Lincoln Continental and a Porsche,”… Continue reading Time U.S. Cracked Down on Defuulters

Super-clean air is always welcome in an industrial area – but bread and butter are prime necessities. That apparently was the thinking, in part, of the Environmenta Protection Agency in deciding to permit U.S. Steel Corp. to delay air pollution controls for up to three years and to divert the savings into new mill equipment.… Continue reading EPA Right in Eusing Regulations

Let’s take a breather from news of the economy. crime and global strife and talk about manners. Good manners are still in style. We’re not here to say present generations are any worse, in this respect. than those of the past. It could be they’re better. But there’s always room for improvement. Tennyson called manners… Continue reading Learning Nil Without Manners

Were it not for interest payments on the trilliondollar-plus national debt. the federal budget could be in balance rather than running large deficits. This often-overlooked fact stands in bold relief as debate proceeds in Congress on a proposed constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget. In fiscal 1983 projections, it is estimated that interest on… Continue reading Let’s ‘OK’ Budget Amendment