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As Republican Rep. Jack Kemp of New York told Congress recently, continued use and abuse of drugs and alcohol by young people is “more than an individual family crisis – it’s a national tragedy.” If the congressman’s information is correct, two-thirds of all American youngsters experiment with drugs and alcohol before they finish high school.… Continue reading One Town Against Drugs

The national election process, so vital in America’s democratic society, has shown signs of deterioration in the past few decades. It needs a shot in the arm maybe some overhauling. Voter turnout has declined in every presidential election since 1960. That year 62.8 percent went to the po s – not exactly impressive even then.… Continue reading Stop Voter Borticibotioun Decline

Because it’s usually the newspapers that lead the fight to preserve freedom of the press, some people tend to consider the First Amendment guarantee a special privilege for the news media. This is not so, of course. Freedom of the press means the right to a free flow of responsible information and opinions to the… Continue reading Freedom of Press Helps AII

When Congress adjourned without acting to lring down staggering federal deficits, it followed a road paved with the good intentiors but quest.ionable actions of many pre. vious Congresses which have i allowed the national debt to more than quadniple in the past 20 years. : The lawmakers temporarily pulled thermelves out of the current fiscal… Continue reading U5, peb; Rumpcmtly Out of Line

Solidarity, the Polish experiment in worker democracy, was “killed” under a new unionism law adopted by Poland’s Parliament-but it obviously has a very live “ghost.” Unrest has been evident in intermittent strikes, riots and demonstrations since the repressive action Oct. 8. Recently 10,000 people crowded a small Nowa I-luta cemetery for the burial of a… Continue reading Solidarity Isn’t Dead Yet

The economic recovery, to this point, has underlined an accepted axiom: Wha: business is good, most people benefit. Employment goes up; the general level of prosperity rises; the government gets more tax dollars and slpends less in jobless an welfare benefits. Yet, despite all that business and free enterprise do to elevate the standard of… Continue reading Youth Need Lesson in Economics

Business competition under the free enterprise system has been highlyinstrumental in developing and maintaining America’s standard of living at a place of eminence in the world. We look to business and industry for jobs, payrolls, a big share of the tax revenue, and goods and services that we need for the necessities and luxuries of… Continue reading Business Needs Better Image

When Congress debates a pay raise for federal white collar workers in the weeks ahead, taxpayers as well as the employees will have an important stake in the issue. A lot of money is involved, and with annual federal deficits looming in the neighborhood of $210 billion, affordability ought to be a prime ooncem in… Continue reading Congress, Freeze Workers’ Wages

Today marks the 196th anniversary of the hrstonc signing of the Constitution of the United States. By presidential proclamation rt is observed as Citizenship Day, with Constitution Week commemorated through Sept. 23. it was at the old Philadelphia State House that the constitutional convention convened May 25, 1737 with 55 delegates. The scene was tamilrar.… Continue reading Citizenship Day”.
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Counterfeiting is an age-old crime – and the makers of phony money had a record year in 1982. During last year alone, counterfeiters manufactured $82.3 million in bogus money, an all-time record, accordmg to Rep. Frank Annunzio, D-Ill., who quoted United States Secret Service reports. Annunzio said in a Congressional Record statement that Americans were… Continue reading Counterfeiting Rises in U,$,