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...into his homework. When one assistant produced a 318-page stack of regulations, covering 57 categorical grant programs, that the Administration has reduced to six pages applying to nine block grants, Reagan grinned broadly. "Let me see those," he said, his actor's eyes detecting a fine prop. He effectively displayed the contrasting piles of paper at the press conference...
...rule that people must purchase their stamps. Some officials view the cuts as a chance to pare administrative costs as well as marginally effective programs. Says Democratic State Representative Francine Panehal of Ohio: "It's a golden opportunity to get rid of programs that were worthless and prop up those that really work...
...suburbs not blessed with tennis courts. That's bowling balls and pool tables. At the local station, the Letter Carriers union hands over a check, explaining the money was raised at a softball game between postal supervisors and "the credit union girls." Firefighters from all over; "what with Prop 2 1/2 and all," one Boston fireman explains, "it's been a tough year for us." But still they got out and collected, filled the boot, had a tag day. The Pioneers, telephone company employees with 18-plus years of service, and the Future Pioneers, telephone company employees with 18-minus...
...state of St. Lucia (pop. 120,000) has opened a $400,000 asphalt plant, courtesy of Caracas. In Panama, officials are planning to erect a $100 million bridge to span the canal-with Venezuelan backing. An estimated $100 million in Venezuelan money has flowed into embattled El Salvador to prop up the civilian-military government headed by Christian Democratic President José Napoleón Duarte, who spent seven years of exile in Venezuela. Even the right-wing regime of Guatemalan President Fernando Romeo Lucas García, no friend of Venezuela's democratic government, has received an estimated...
Private charter airlines also did well last week. Jet Airways of Los Angeles operates five Learjets and a twin-engine Piper Navajo prop, but demand has been so strong that the company is now looking to lease more planes...