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Richard Schultz Schweiker (June 1, 1926, Norristown, Pennsylvania – July 31, 2015, Pomona, New Jersey), Republican.
Richard S. Schweiker represented Pennsylvania's 13th District in the U.S. House (1961–1969) and the state at large in the U.S. Senate (1969–1981), then served as the 14th U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Reagan (1981–1983). He began his career as a moderate Rockefeller Republican and grew steadily more conservative after Reagan named him his preemptive running mate ahead of the 1976 Republican National Convention — an alliance told in full on the Deep Dives tab. The complete chronological record, including his Senate Intelligence Committee work reviewing the original JFK assassination investigation, is on the Timeline tab.
As Secretary, he spent much of his two years defending the department's budget against the administration's own proposed cuts, and his name went on the 1981 Social Security proposal Congress rejected. The more lasting record is quieter: the plan that became Medicare's prospective payment system for hospitals, the Medicaid waiver that let Katie Beckett be cared for at home and became a national option for disabled children, and the first federal tamper-resistant packaging rules after the Tylenol murders. The full account is the "Two Years at HHS" Deep Dive; the regulations he signed and the lawsuits brought against the department have their own pages, HHS Regulations and HHS Litigation.
Claire Schweiker
His wife, Claire Joan Coleman Schweiker, was a Philadelphia native and the valedictorian of her high school class. Before their 1955 marriage, she was the original "Miss Claire" on Romper Room, the pioneering children's educational program then broadcasting out of Philadelphia — one of the show's earliest hostesses, from 1954 to 1956 — and gave it up after she and Richard met and married six months later. Raised, like her husband, in what she called a "strictly Pennsylvania Dutch family that stressed values and service," she would later say the two of them "see our primary purpose in life as serving God."
A 1953 radio and television broadcasting graduate of Temple University — later the first recipient of the school's Alumni in the Media award and a member of its hall of fame — she moved to Washington after her husband's election to the House in 1960. She gave speeches on public service, health, and faith into the early 1990s, served as vice chairman of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Ball, and was a former president of the District's Republican Wives Club, alongside memberships in the International Club of Washington, the Senate Wives Club, and the Senate Ladies Red Cross Unit. In September 1981, The Washington Dossier put the couple on its cover for a profile titled "For a Healthy America."
Claire Schweiker died April 28, 2013, of respiratory failure at Inova Loudoun Hospital in Leesburg, Virginia, at age 81 — survived by her husband of 57 years, their five children, a sister, and 23 grandchildren.
Legacy: How His Story Gets Retold
His 1976 selection remains the standard historical reference point whenever a presidential candidate considers naming a running mate before securing the nomination. This is a representative sample of that recurring coverage, not an exhaustive news archive.
Contemporary coverage calling Reagan's move "one of the most astonishing and bizarre turnabouts in a campaign full of surprises" after it failed to swing the nomination.
Read it →When Ted Cruz named Carly Fiorina his running mate before the 2016 nomination was decided, outlets across the board cited the Reagan-Schweiker gambit as the direct historical precedent — and the cautionary tale, since it failed both times.
Read it →A Trump-era retrospective using the 1976 episode as the history lesson for modern speculation about unconventional running-mate strategy.
Read it →Authored Works
Three works he wrote or contributed to, drawn from Wikipedia's own bibliography for him.
An early, detailed case for shifting the United States to an all-volunteer military, later used as a blueprint for the actual transition.
Written the same year as the Church Committee's review of the original Kennedy assassination investigation.
A chapter-length statement of his health-policy views, published the year before he became HHS Secretary.
- Richard Schweiker — Wikipedia
- Congress.gov member record (S000159)
- U.S. House of Representatives, History, Art & Archives
- Miller Center — Richard Schweiker (1981–1983)
- GovTrack.us member profile
- Social Security Administration — History
- American Olean — "The AO Story" (Franklin Tile Company founding and history)
- Washington Post, Aug. 3 2015 — "Richard Schweiker, former congressman, senator and Reagan Cabinet secretary, dies at 89" (Emily Langer)
- Washington Post, May 21 2013 — "Claire J. Schweiker, 'Romper Room' hostess, wife of U.S. politician" (Megan McDonough)
- The Washington Dossier, September 1981 — "For a Healthy America" (cover) and "Looking After the Nation's Welfare: Richard and Claire Schweiker" (Don Oldenburg)
Home Life & Career
Timeline
His life and career year by year, from Norristown and the Navy through Congress, the 1976 campaign, HHS and after.
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Home Life & Career
Deep Dives
Long-form, sourced narratives on the chapters of his career that need more than a timeline entry.
Sources and notes follow each piece.
Home Life & Career
Connections
The presidents, senators and other public figures whose careers crossed his, and what the record shows they did together.
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Topics
Everything on the site about one subject, from bills and floor speeches to archive folders.
Congress.gov policy areas and Penn State's folder categories.
Legislation, floor-record mentions, and archive folders grouped by subject, drawn from Congress.gov's own policy-area tags and the archive's folder categories rather than a separately curated list. Select a topic to view everything on this site connected to it.
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Legislation
The bills he sponsored and cosponsored in the House and Senate, 1961–1980.
Sources: Congress.gov (Library of Congress), with House-years bills from the Congressional Record.
Congress.gov's bill database reliably covers 1973 (the 93rd Congress) onward; his House years (1961–1969) are represented unevenly as a result. Bills marked from the floor record were identified instead through the Congressional Record's bill-introduction announcements for that period — they carry no committee, cosponsor, or related-bill data, but supplement the earlier record. The Speeches page covers the remainder of that period. Select any bill to view its details.
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HHS Regulations
The Federal Register documents he signed or approved as Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1981–1983.
Source: the Library of Congress's scans of the Federal Register.
Every Federal Register Document Bearing His Signature
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HHS Litigation
Published court opinions captioned with his name, as every case against the department was while he was Secretary.
Source: the Caselaw Access Project, Harvard Law School Library.
Published Court Opinions Naming Him as a Party
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Voting Record
Every recorded roll-call vote he cast: House 1961–1969, Senate 1969–1981.
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Speeches & Floor Record
His floor statements and other appearances in the Congressional Record, 1961–1983, with full transcripts where available.
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In the News
Newspaper coverage that names him, 1955–1995.
Sources: The New York Times, Penn State's Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive, and the Library of Congress.
Newspaper coverage of his career: New York Times articles that mention him, Pennsylvania papers — Penn State's Daily Collegian, Lancaster Farming, and local weeklies — and the Washington Evening Star's coverage of his early House years. Pennsylvania and Evening Star entries are newspaper pages, shown with the passages that mention him; Times entries are articles, shown with their headline and summary.
Sources: Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive (517 pages); Chronicling America (Library of Congress) (29 pages); New York Times Article Search API (1060 articles).
How this list was compiled
Compiled by searching each archive for his name, then keeping only pages that clearly refer to him ("Sen. Schweiker," "Richard S. Schweiker," or his surname alongside words from his public life such as Senate, Congress, HHS, or Reagan), since Schweiker is a common Pennsylvania surname. Recurring address boxes that list Pennsylvania's members of Congress every week are excluded. Excerpts are reproduced from each page's OCR text and may contain scanning errors; follow the link to read the page itself. New York Times entries come from the Times's Article Search API, which searches the full text of each article but returns only its headline, abstract and lead paragraph; articles that name him only further down are marked as such, and the link leads to the full article on nytimes.com (a Times subscription may be required). The Washington Post and The Philadelphia Inquirer archives have no public search interface and are not yet included.
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| 1995-07-14 | The New York Times Page 00015 |
Report Urges New Steps to Protect Blood Supply
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| 1995-01-18 | The Daily Collegian Page 1 |
…indy 45-degree tempera tures, much better than past frigid inaugurals. Outgoing Democratic Gov. Ro bert P. Casey was a few feet away from Ridge, as were former Republican Govs. Dick Thorn burgh and William Scranton. Ridge, his wife, Michele, and Lt. Gov. Mark Schweiker and his wife, Katherine, then walked at the head of a parade stretched out about a mile around the Capitol complex. They later climbed into a covered reviewing stand to watch the hour-long parade. Later in the day, the festivities were to continue with four d…
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| 1994-11-02 | The Dallas Post Page 18 |
…S. Singel (D) YES NO NO NO NO NO NO Tom Ridge (R) YES NO NO NO NO NO NO Peg Luksik (C) YES NO NO NO NO NO NO Patrick Fallon (L) YES NO NO YES YES NO YES Timothy Holloway (P) YES NO NO NO NO NO NO | LT. GOVERNOR Thomas P. Foley (D) NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Mark S. Schweiker (R) YES NO NO NO NO NO NO James Clymer (C) YES NO NO YES YES NO YES Vincent F. Hatton (L) YES NO NO YES YES NO YES NO NO NO YES Mark D. Freeman (P) YES NO NO EE A "2 —l A RA ED I RW A We H&E…
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| 1994-10-29 | Lancaster Farming Page 89 |
…constituents... to listen to your concerns, to understand your needs and to actively represent your best interests in the State Legislature. To help me be effective in Harrisburg. I encourage you to vote on Tuesday. Novembers, for TOM RIDGE for governor. MARK SCHWEIKER for Lieutenant Governor and RICK SANTORUM for the U. S. Senate. Chambersburg, were on hand to accept their Jamesway Top Sales Leader. J-Star Genuine Parts Top Sales Leader. Gold MVP, and Three Million Dollar Winners’ Circle awards. Also at the meeting, Brenda…
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| 1994-10-20 | The New York Times Page 00001 |
THE 1994 CAMPAIGN: PENNSYLVANIA SENATOR Struggle for the Senate; In Pennsylvania, Round 2 on Healt
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| 1994-10-15 | Lancaster Farming Page 51 |
…government and school districts the option to balance tax sources, permanently reduce property taxes and eliminate nuisance taxes. But Ridge adds these stipulations: 1. "Local tax reform must not be a vehicle for a tax increase," he Ag Coalition for RIDGE/ SCHWEIKER Farmers for Ridge, Dennis Grumbine, chairman. Agribusiness for Ridge, Mike Brubaker, chairman. Ad authorized by Ridge for Governor Committee Ad paid by Pennsylvania Ag Republicans Dan Cook, chairman system. A second to vote up or down any future increase in i…
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| 1994-06-05 | The New York Times Page 032 |
South Carolina Governor Ends Bid for Presidency
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| 1994-05-09 | The New York Times Page 00001 |
Casinos Became Big Players In the Overhaul of Welfare
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| 1994-05-07 | Lancaster Farming Page 51 |
…r. But first he must beat four other challengers Tuesday in the Republican primary. Make Tom a winner. Give him your vote May 10. Casey years by $2 billion while reducing state spending by a like amount. Reform workmen’s comp to protect Ag Coalition for RiDGE/SCHWEIKER Ad authorized by Ridge for Governor Committee Ad paid by Pennsylvania Ag Republicans workers without bankrupting farmers. Speed up DER permit process immediately with an executive order. Exempt DER permits for normal farming practices. Involve farmers and oth…
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| 1994-04-23 | Lancaster Farming Page 39 |
…e know Ridge has the brains, training, experience and courage to do the job. He’s already proved that. But first that “working class kid from Erie” must win the Republican primary May 10. And that’s up to you. REPUBLICAN PRIMARY MAY 10 Ag Coalition for RIDGE /SCHWEIKER Tom Ridge, who’s seeking the Republican nomination for gover nor May 10, wows son Tommy with this farm tractor on visit to a southeast Pennsylvania farm. Wife Michele and daughter Lesley also accompanied Ridge on farm tour. Dan Cook, chairman. Farmers for Rid…
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| 1994-02-14 | The Daily Collegian Page 6 |
…from her family's abuse and death threats: a shelter set up Ridge garners GOP nod for Pa. governor; opponents call support unimportant By RICH KIRKPATRICK ward," said Ridge, who regarded Party's choice for lieutenant Asked his reaction to Schweik- beforehand, Schweiker said, "I Associated Press Writer the endorsement important to his governor. He must run sepa- er, 41, a business executive and had plenty of nice things to say year-old drive to the gover- rately in the primary and could two-term commissioner, Ridge about Tom…
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| 1993-06-13 | The New York Times Page 015 |
CHILDREN; From Mazes to Mermaids, Fun for All Ages
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| 1993-04-18 | The New York Times Page 001 |
POSTINGS: A Glimpse of the Past; A Tour of Flatbush Houses
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| 1992-10-23 | The New York Times Page 00012 |
Delay on Aspirin Warning Label Cost Children's Lives, Study Says
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| 1992-10-10 | The New York Times |
BRIEFCASE
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Can Fidelity Succeed Selling Itself Short? . Fidelity Investments, the fund giant that has more assets under management than anyone else in the mutual fund industry, is now offering a way to unload some of those assets that is unusual for the industry - s
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| 1992-07-09 | The Daily Collegian Page 1 |
…of labor support" statewide. The Council previously had endorsed Democrat Bill Clinton for president over Republican George Bush and expected independent candidate Ross Perot. The group has endorsed Repub licans before for the Senate, choosing John Heinz and Richard Schweiker in past elections. Six years ago, the council chose Democrat Bob Edgar in his unsuccessful bid to unseat Specter. Toohey said the council "selected performance over promises" for the 1992 campaign. "Senator Specter has a record of Summit concludes By MARTIN C…
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| 1992-01-05 | The New York Times Page 001 |
The Bad Boy of Insurance Ratings
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| 1991-12-01 | The New York Times Page 052 |
Werner Bamberger, 73, Ex-Reporter for Times
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| 1991-10-22 | The New York Times Page 23 |
The Democrats' Best Ticket
By Barry Nalebuff
The Democratic Presidential candidates have a problem and it's not just President Bush. To run a credible primary campaign costs about $25 million. How can a candidate raise that kind of money in a recession when few people believe George Bush is beatable?
The solution for the Democrats is to change the rules of the game right now. Two candidates need to join forces and run as a team, a Presidential-Vice Presidential ticket.
With the right two candidates, the team would possess tremendous advantages in the primaries. Put two strong Democratic candidates together and the team would have twice the manpower, twice the resources, twice the media attention and immediate front-runner status. If no other such teams were formed, all other candidates would face 2 on 1 competition before the convention.
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| 1991-09-16 | The New York Times Page 00001 |
Aid Fund Considered By Insurers
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| 1991-09-13 | The New York Times Page 00012 |
S.& P. Scrutinizes Insurers
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| 1990-01-16 | The New York Times Page 00026 |
Joseph S. Clark Is Dead at 88; Ex-Mayor and Reformist Senator
By Glenn Fowler
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| 1989-06-12 | The New York Times Page 00002 |
Roosevelt Home Marks Royal Hot-Dog History
By Harold Faber, Special To the New York Times
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| 1988-11-27 | The New York Times Page 038 |
OUT OF THE KITCHEN, INTO THE CABINET
By Helene von Damm
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| 1988-11-21 | The Daily Collegian Page 3 |
…Because Bush's transition team appears to be concentrating on the high visibility positions first, it may be some time before most of the Penn sylvanians find out if they were really contenders. But it is clear that Pennsylvania which can boast of Drew Lewis, Richard Schweiker and Dick Thornburgh in recent or current Repub lican Cabinets stands a good chance of getting one of its own into the Bush inner circle. There are several reasons for the large number of Pennsylvanians being linked to Bush administration posts, according to l…
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| 1988-08-14 | The New York Times Page 001 |
THE NATION: A History of Republican Conventions; Despite a Well-Managed Game Plan, Republicans Play Intramural Hardball
By Warren Weaver Jr.
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| 1988-08-10 | The New York Times Page 00012 |
Reagan's Cabinet: Who Has Served
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| 1988-06-21 | The New York Times Page 00020 |
Washington Talk: Congress; Members' Conduct May Be in Line but Out of Step
By Robert D. Hershey Jr., Special To the New York Times
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| 1988-05-01 | The New York Times Page 013 |
WHAT'S NEW IN TRADE ASSOCIATIONS; TOWARD GIVING UP EGO AND GETTING TOGETHER
By Diane Cole
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| 1987-12-27 | The New York Times Page 18 |
IN SHORT;
FICTION
By Mason Buck
LEAD:
A TEMPORARY RESIDENCE. By Helen Hudson. (Putnam, $18.95.) The title of Helen Hudson's novel refers to Mt. Hope, an internment camp in World War II where thousands of Japanese-Americans have been imprisoned. The camp's name is sadly ironic, since the humiliating conditions that exist there have caused the innocent evacuees to adopt a fatalistic motto, ''Shikata ga nai'' (''It can't be helped'').
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| 1987-10-14 | The New York Times Page 00008 |
Executive Director Named for President's AIDS Commission
By Philip M. Boffey, Special To the New York Times
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| 1987-08-19 | The New York Times Page 00022 |
On Insurance; Don't Alter the McCarran-Ferguson Act
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| 1987-08-16 | The New York Times Page 026 |
PRO & CON: WOMEN VS. THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY; Sex, Risk and the Actuarial Equation
By Michael Freitag
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| 1987-05-30 | The New York Times Page 001 |
YEARLY COST OF AIDS WILL SURPASS $10 BILLION BY 1991, EXPERTS SAY
By Robert Pear, Special To the New York Times
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| 1987-04-18 | The New York Times Page 027 |
MONY'S WIDE DIVERSIFICATION
By Leonard Sloane
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| 1986-10-10 | The Daily Collegian Page 1 |
…ntinued on, waved at each other. Just before ducking into the aircraft, Reagan turned and waved again and blew a kiss. Minutes earlier, standing at a lectern on the lawn, Reagan said that for the United Collegian national scene. Former Cabinet member and U.S. Sen. Richard Schweiker, Los Angeles Times National Editor Michael Miller, and the recently retired president of the Stanley Tool Co., Donald W. Davis, were Lion's Paw members. Steve Garban, University senior vice presi dent for finance and operations, and several University trustee…
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| 1986-05-18 | The New York Times Page 018 |
More on 401(k)'s
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| 1986-05-04 | The New York Times Page 014 |
Retirement Plans
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| 1986-02-16 | The New York Times Page 3 |
SCULPTOR ACHIEVES A 50-YEAR DREAM
By Laurie A. O'Neill
FOR 50 years Gifford Proctor has nurtured a dream. It first took shape, in his mind's eye, in pre-war Europe. He pursued it over decades, committing it to paper, forming it in clay and shaping it in plaster.
Mr. Proctor, a 74-year-old sculptor who lives in Wilton, is creating a statue of George Washington. The piece is strikingly nontraditional, portraying a Washington who is weathering a storm - discouraged yet indomitable. It shows him with chin down, arms folded and feet firmly planted, his voluminous cape unfurled behind him as if he were standing into the wind.
The sculptor is paying tribute, he said, ''to an extraordinary man,'' whose ''moderation, virtue and determination'' can serve to inspire us all.
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| 1986-01-29 | The New York Times Page 00003 |
THE SHUTTLE EXPLOSION; CHEERS TURN TO NUMBNESS AS CONCORD HIGH SCHOOL MOURNS ONE OF ITS OWN
By Matthew L. Wald, Special To the New York Times
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| 1985-12-22 | The New York Times Page 020 |
MODERATE PANEL PUSHES FOR MORE WELFARE AID
By John Herbers, Special To the New York Times
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| 1985-10-03 | The New York Times Page 00026 |
Secretary of Collision
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| 1985-09-24 | The New York Times Page 00001 |
MET LIFE: 'OLD LADY' IS ACTIVE
By Leonard Sloane
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| 1985-05-05 | The New York Times Page 074 |
MISS WELCH HAS NUPTIALS
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| 1985-04-09 | The New York Times Page 00022 |
LIMELIGHT FALLS UPON SUSAN BAKER'S GOSPEL WORK
By Maureen Dowd
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| 1984-12-21 | The New York Times Page 35 |
THE ANTIABORTION VIGILANTES
By Warren M. Hern
Two dozen abortion clinics or offices have been bombed, burned or otherwise attacked this year. Some have been destroyed. In previous years, other clinics have been bombed or burned. One physician was kidnapped with his wife and held hostage for a week. Another was threatened at gunpoint and released. Another doctor's wife and child narrowly escaped injury when rifle bullets riddled their house.
If 24 synagogues or churches had been bombed, there would be a national investigation. But the Federal Government has made no serious efforts to stop or even investigate the bombings of abortion clinics.
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| 1984-12-11 | The New York Times Page 00002 |
EXECUTIVE CHANGES
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| 1984-12-07 | The New York Times Page 00002 |
EXECUTIVE CHANGES
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| 1984-10-23 | The New York Times Page 00026 |
REAGAN'S EFFORT TO CHANGE COURSE OF GOVERNMENT
By Hedrick Smith
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| 1984-04-19 | The New York Times Page 00017 |
A LOOK AT GOVERNMENT REGULATION
By John Corry
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| 1984-03-12 | The New York Times Page 00002 |
Washington Watch; Reagan Panel's Industrial View
By Peter T. Kilborn
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| 1984-02-07 | The Daily Collegian Page 2 |
…PROGRAM to obtain a position related to major to define job goals to develop effective search strategies • opWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 - 7:00 pm WARNOCK LOUNGE Puna Stale Ulmer Clevelaowl -and Piesamot Csl free By MARIA MARTINO Collegian Staff Writer Former Sen. Richard S. Schweiker was studying ceramic engineering at Penn State when, he says, he "got a little off course" and ended up in politics. "I found tremendous success getting involved with student government," recalls the 1950 graduate. "I learned a lot about how politics works, t…
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| 1984-01-28 | The New York Times Page 015 |
SATURDAY NEWS QUIZ
By Linda Amster
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| 1984-01-23 | The New York Times Page 00016 |
SMITH SIXTH TO RESIGN FROM CABINET
By Wolfgang Saxon
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| 1984-01-23 | The New York Times Page 00001 |
ATTORNEY GENERAL IS REPORTED READY TO LEAVE CABINET
By Steven R. Weisman, Special To the New York Times
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| 1983-11-16 | The New York Times Page 00030 |
DEFECTIVE NEW INSURANCE LEGISLATION
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| 1983-11-05 | The New York Times Page 012 |
MEDICARE ADVISORY UNIT SEEKING MAJOR CHANGES
By Robert Pear
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| 1983-10-31 | The New York Times Page 00008 |
BRIEFING
By James F. Clarity and Warren Weaver Jr.
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| 1983-10-11 | The New York Times Page 00028 |
AIDES HOPE TO FILL WATT'S POST SOON
By Philip Shabecoff, Special To the New York Times
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| 1983-09-01 | The New York Times Page 00001 |
STANDARD RATES SET FOR HOSPITALS UNDER MEDICARE
By Robert Pear, Special To the New York Times
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| 1983-07-09 | The New York Times Page 005 |
COURT BLOCKS RULE ON NOTICE BY FAMILY PLANNING CLINICS
By Marjorie Hunter, Special To the New York Times
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| 1983-06-21 | The New York Times Page 00022 |
A POLITICAL INSIDER'S NEW VIEWS FROM THE OUTSIDE
By Robert D. Hershey Jr., Special To the New York Times
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| 1983-06-08 | The New York Times Page 00002 |
LIMITS SOUGHT ON BANKS' INSURANCE ROLE
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| 1983-05-28 | The New York Times Page 007 |
U.S. AGREES TO KEEP DATA ON TOXIC WASTE VICTIMS
By David Burnham, Special To the New York Times
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| 1983-05-17 | The New York Times Page 00016 |
GENDER AS AN INSURANCE ISSUE FACES SHOWDOWN IN CONGRESS
By Michael Decourcy Hinds, Special To the New York Times
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| 1983-04-10 | The New York Times Page 029 |
PARENT-SUPPORT LAW LANGUISHING IN INDIANA
Special to the New York Times
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| 1983-04-01 | The New York Times Page 00004 |
EX-AIDE AT AGENCY IS NOW AT PARADYNE
By Robert Pear, Special To the New York Times
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| 1983-03-10 | The New York Times Page 00024 |
MARGARET HECKLER TAKES OATH AS U.S. SECRETARY OF HEALTH
Special to the New York Times
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| 1983-03-04 | The New York Times Page 00012 |
Mrs. Heckler Approved As Secretary of Health
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| 1983-02-26 | The New York Times Page 007 |
REAGAN'S NOMINEE BACKS COURT LIMIT
By Robert Pear, Special To the New York Times
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| 1983-02-20 | The New York Times Page 005 |
IDEAS AND TRENDS; Courts Block Federal Rule on Contraceptives
By Margot Slade and Wayne Biddle
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| 1983-02-16 | The New York Times Page 00030 |
Squeal Rule Sophistry
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| 1983-02-13 | The New York Times Page 1 |
CLINICS OPPOSING BIRTH-CONTROL RULE
By Sandra Gardner
TAPED to the window of the waiting room in the Planned Parenthood clinic in Hackensack is a note printed in felt marker: ''Planned Parenthood of Bergen County Absolutely Will Not notify parents of minors receiving services.''
The sign is more than a reassurance that the clinic's long-standing policy of confidentiality remains in effect. It also is a symbol of the fierce battle being waged around the country against what its opponents call the ''squeal'' or ''snitch'' rule: Department of Health and Human Services regulations requiring all family-planning clinics receiving Title X funds to notify the parents of minors receiving prescriptions for birth control.
The regulations, which are scheduled to go into effect Feb. 25, define ''minor'' as an ''unemancipated'' person up to and including the age of 17.
Federal health officials say that the regulations are designed to promote family participation in social-agency services. Familyplanning clinic workers, on the other hand, say they expect the rules to frighten off teen-agers and lead to even greater numbers of teen-age pregnancies.
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| 1983-02-11 | The New York Times Page 00027 |
THE SQUEAL RULE'
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| 1983-02-02 | The New York Times Page 00010 |
Senate Approves Mrs. Dole As Transportation Secretary
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| 1983-01-31 | The New York Times Page 00016 |
WASHINGTON TALK; The Calendar
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| 1983-01-30 | The New York Times Page 003 |
THE NATION; Birth-Control Rule Challenged
By Michael Wright and Carline Herron
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| 1983-01-30 | The New York Times Page 30 |
AMERICA'S NEGLECTED ELDERLY
By Didi Moore
Didi Moore is a New York based freelance writer with a special interest in family issues. he crisis with my mother began when she was just 80,'' said a 49-year-old public-relations woman from the East Coast. ''She'd had a couple of falls before, but this time it happened in the middle of the night. She tried to get to the phone, but she fell again. Fortunately, my uncle just happened to come by the next morning.
''The doctor suspected that she'd had several small strokes,'' said the distraught daughter, who asked not to be identified. ''When it was clear that she couldn't go on living alone, we hired round-theclock nurses at $400 a week. But first one didn't show up; then my mother didn't like another. Each time it was something else.
''So we brought her to our house for a while, but it was extremely hard on me and the rest of the family. We talked about a nursing home. And though she didn't want to go, it became apparent that it was the only way.
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| 1983-01-25 | The New York Times Page 00023 |
U.S. TO REQUIRE NOTICE TO PARENTS IF CHILDREN RECEIVE CONTRACEPTIVES
By Robert Pear, Special To the New York Times
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| 1983-01-24 | The New York Times Page 00008 |
HEALTH CARE COSTS UP 11%, NEARLY TRIPLE INFLATION RATE
By Robert Pear, Special To the New York Times
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| 1983-01-21 | The New York Times Page 00026 |
CONTRACEPTION: A RULE DIRECTED AT 'BAD KIDS' (MALES EXCEPTED)
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| 1983-01-20 | The Daily Collegian Page 5 |
…than spending the money, the coun cil could establish a cushion against potential loss or reduction of federal' revenue sharing. Or, as various council members have suggested, the borough could use the money to install street reader opinion Breaking barriers Richard S. Schweiker is concerned for the "health and safety of minor adolescents who are given prescription birth control drugs and devices paid for with taxpayer's money." He proposed the mandatory notification of all such minors' parents This proposal has been met with resista…
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| 1983-01-17 | The New York Times Page 00012 |
THE CALENDAR
By Marjorie Hunter
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| 1983-01-16 | The New York Times Page 003 |
WITH BUDGET AXES ALL ABOUT, SCHWEIKER PREFERRED A SCALPEL
By Robert Pear
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| 1983-01-15 | The New York Times Page 039 |
ANSWERS TO QUIZ
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| 1983-01-15 | The New York Times Page 024 |
MRS. HECKLER DISPUTES 'TOKEN' WOMAN LABEL
By Robert Pear, Special To the New York Times
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| 1983-01-14 | The New York Times Page 00016 |
RICHARD SCHWEIKER'S NEW EMPLOYER
By Robert Pear, Special To the New York Times
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| 1983-01-14 | The New York Times Page 00001 |
Index; International
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| 1983-01-14 | The Daily Collegian Page 13 |
…s for the National Fami ly Planning and Reproductive Health Association. Suits will be filed simultanbously in U.S. District Court by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the American 'Civil Liberties Union. The rulemaking, started in Feb ruary by Richard S. Schweiker, for mer secretary of health and human services, sets the notification guidelines for the use of funds sup plied under Title X of the Public Health Service Act. Pending appro val by the Office of Management and Budget, the rules are expected to be published i…
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| 1983-01-13 | The New York Times Page 00001 |
JOB CHANGES AS A PORTENT; News Analysis
By Hedrick Smith, Special To the New York Times
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| 1983-01-13 | The New York Times Page 00001 |
REAGAN CHOOSES EX-REP HECKLER TO BE THE NEW SECRETARY OF HEALTH
By Robert Pear, Special To the New York Times
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| 1983-01-13 | The New York Times Page 00001 |
News Summary; THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1983
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| 1983-01-13 | The New York Times Page 00022 |
Who Runs Health and Welfare?
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| 1983-01-13 | The Daily Collegian Page 3 |
…n to replace Schweiker By BETTY ANNE WILLIAMS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON President Reagan yesterday nominated former Rep. Margaret Heckler to be secretary of health and human services and the third woman with Cabinet rank in his admin istration —after Richard S. Schweiker resigned to head a lobbyist group. Heckler, who was defeated in a bid for a ninth congressional term from Massachusetts last No veinber, described the new job as "the hardest assignment in Washington." "You have offered me the greatest challenge of my life,"…
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| 1983-01-12 | The New York Times Page 00022 |
Stifle the Squeal Rule
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| 1983-01-12 | The New York Times Page 00001 |
News Summary; WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1983
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| 1983-01-12 | The New York Times Page 00001 |
SCHWEIKER RESIGNS POST IN CABINET TO JOIN AN INSURANCE ASSOCIATION
By Steven R. Weisman, Special To the New York Times
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| 1983-01-11 | The New York Times Page 00014 |
New Birth Control Rule Near
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| 1983-01-11 | The New York Times Page 00009 |
REAGAN CONSIDERING TAXING HEALTH PREMIUMS
By Robert Pear, Special To the New York Times
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Home Coverage & Media
Photographs
Public-domain photographs, and a guide to the photograph collection in his papers.
Sources: the U.S. Senate, the Library of Congress, the National Library of Medicine, and Penn State.
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Video & Audio
Footage of him from C-SPAN, the Reagan Library and documentaries about the Church Committee.
Sources: C-SPAN and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
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Archive Finder
A searchable guide to the boxes and folders of his papers at Penn State.
Source: Penn State's finding aid for the Richard S. Schweiker papers.
This site covers what is digitized and publicly searchable. For personal correspondence, internal drafts, press statements, and other material not represented elsewhere here, the primary source is the physical collection below. Search a topic to identify the box and folder that hold it, so a research visit can begin with a precise list rather than an open-ended search.
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