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University Daily Kansan
Page 0449_1 from reel: L 2129 (1981-01-20 to 1981-07-30)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/113899

Title: $12 Billion in Budget Cuts Approved
Summary: The House Education and Labor Committee approved $12 billion in budget cuts affecting programs like student loans and Head Start, with funds for Head Start programs to be cut by about 16 percent.
Category: national news
Subjects: federal budget; education funding; congressional action
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Haig Continues Foreign Policy Talks
Summary: Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig Jr. continues foreign policy talks with China's leaders, including meetings with Chinese foreign ministers and plans to invite China's prime minister to visit the United States.
Category: national news
Subjects: foreign relations; diplomacy; Reagan administration
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Company Fined for Radiation Misuses
Summary: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined the Wichita Aircraft Instrument Company $18,000 for allegedly exposing employees to radioactive contamination, with specific allegations of mishandling radioactive materials.
Category: national news
Subjects: occupational safety; radiation exposure; OSHA
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Wheat Yield Expected High for '81
Summary: Kansas farmers expect to harvest the seventh largest winter wheat crop in history despite a mid-May freeze, with the Crop and Livestock Reporting Service estimating the crop at 329.4 million bushels.
Category: national news
Subjects: agriculture; crop production; Kansas farming
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Shipment of Fighters to Israel Halted
Summary: The Reagan administration halted shipment of four jet fighters to Israel due to concerns about Israeli attack on an Iraqi nuclear power plant, with Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig Jr. stating the U.S. would use force only for legitimate self-defense.
Category: national news
Subjects: foreign policy; military aid; Middle East relations
Confidence: 0.8

Title: SMU Football Placed on Probation
Summary: Southern Methodist University's football program was placed on two years probation by the NCAA for recruiting violations, with the university also banning one assistant coach from recruiting for one year.
Category: sports
Subjects: NCAA violations; college football; athletic probation
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Pete Rose Ties League Hitting Record
Summary: Pete Rose tied Stan Musial's National League record for career hits with a line drive to center field, becoming the fourth player in the 105-year history of the National League to hold this record.
Category: sports
Subjects: baseball; sports records; Philadelphia Phillies
Confidence: 0.8

Title: AMA Won't Divest Its Tobacco Stock
Summary: The American Medical Association declined to divest its pension fund of $1.4 million in tobacco stocks, with many doctors arguing it was inappropriate for the AMA to profit from a leading cause of death.
Category: national news
Subjects: medical ethics; tobacco industry; American Medical Association
Confidence: 0.8

Title: FDA Studies Prescription Drug Pamphlets
Summary: The Food and Drug Administration has started a three-year program to test the effectiveness of patient information leaflets for 10 prescription drugs, aiming to provide consumers with better drug information.
Category: national news
Subjects: drug safety; FDA regulations; patient information
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Middle Class Targeted for Most Tax Relief
Summary: Taxpayers with incomes between $20,000 and $50,000 would receive the bulk of tax relief under President Reagan's revised tax program, with most taxpayers likely to find other conclusions in the report.
Category: national news
Subjects: tax policy; economic relief; middle class
Confidence: 0.8

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: Bucky's Dairy Bar; Audiotronics; Jay's Shoppe
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

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