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...rebates to taxpayers. Carter thus will be in no position to repeat his earlier requests that Germany and Japan stimulate their economies and thereby increase imports from Britain, France and Italy, which badly need to sell more abroad to help their own recoveries. Japan and Germany are reluctant to adopt any major stimulus program for much the same inflationary worries that led Carter to withdraw the rebate. Some experts are relieved that "reflation" will not be made an issue by Carter, at least formally. Says one White House planner: "Pushing them [Japan and Germany] is probably the wrong tactical move...
...proposals suggest ways of improving and simplifying existing programs, or try to provide public service jobs for the poor. The most comprehensive plan-and the one Carter is expected to adopt in some form or other-is known as Consolidated Cash Assistance with Jobs. It would cover almost 34 million people who now get some form of federal public assistance, although drastically changing the way the help would be given. The proposal would continue some federal programs, such as child nutrition and old age assistance. But it would kill others, including food stamps and Aid for Families with Dependent Children...
Vellucci said last week he will sponsor a resolution at next month's United States Conference of Mayors calling for federal regulations that would allow local communities to adopt standards stricter than the federal laws...
...what about all those guys that spring practice could help, the ballplayers that could improve with some personal coaching, that deserve a closer look? Coach Joe Restic would like to see the Ivy League adopt a limited spring format where upcoming sophomores and non-lettermen could voluntarily don the pads to show their stuff, to learn techniques not yet mastered, to benefit from individualized attention, to get a better shake. This is what spring practice once was and this is what spring practice should again...
Cambridge residents who met in ward meetings throughtout the city discussed and voted on ten national and state issues that will be submitted as policy proposals to the Democratic State committee in the hope that convention delegates will adopt positions that reflect party members' opinions...