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Other promotions play upon fears that the Social Security system will go bankrupt. Long Island Trust, a commercial bank in New York, produced a newspaper ad showing a hand holding a Social Security check for $235.59. Across the face of the check is stamped: "Insufficient Funds." Reads the caption: "Will...
The troika cannot always keep an eye on everything, and when it lets an issue slip by, the result can be chaos. Secretary of Health and Human Services Richard Schweiker, charged with developing a program to keep Social Security solvent, last May produced with Stockman's help a proposal to...
The West Germans were also anxious that the ailing Brezhnev might be stricken during his visit to Bonn. At times, such as on his arrival, Brezhnev's jaw hung slackly, and he breathed heavily. His hosts say that the Soviet leader was suffering from a recurring affliction of the...
For some of the old salts gathered last week in Groton, Conn., to witness the commissioning of the U.S.S. Ohio, the U.S.'s first Trident nuclear-powered submarine, the occasion was tinged with sadness. Standing before them was the frail but still forceful Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, the man...
Though some of Rickover's aging defenders have left Congress in recent years, he doubtless hoped for a sympathetic ruling from President Reagan, at 70 no spring chicken himself. Asked about Rickover, Reagan reminded reporters that William Gladstone was Britain's Prime Minister at 83. But at week...