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Monday February 9, 1981
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This Day In 1970's History: Monday February 9, 1981
  • The federal hiring freeze is working and will remain in force, according to officials of the Reagan administration. Every day, they said, 500 jobs are being eliminated from the government's payroll as employees retire or quit and are not being replaced. [New York Times]

  • Sharply higher military spending plans were detailed by Pentagon and industry officials. They said that the Reagan administration would seek increases totaling $32 billion over President Carter's proposals for the current fiscal year and the next one. [New York Times]

  • Cuts in urban aid will be softened by an easing of restrictions and requirements governing the use of federal assistance, President Reagan said. He told a group of county executives and state legislators that his administration would try to distribute the remaining aid in large grants, giving local governments maximum flexibility in determining how to spend the funds. [New York Times]

  • Gen. David Jones will retain his post as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to Pentagon cfficials who ended three months of suspense over President Reagan's decision. General Jones has been strongly criticized by some conservatives in Congress on the ground that he has been too closely linked to the Carter administration's military policies. [New York Times]

  • A desegregation suit was pressed by the Justice Department against the public schools of Charleston County, S.C. The department's statements suggested that the Reagan administration would not automatically halt all controversial litigation. [New York Times]
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