Secret Service Courage Under Reagan Shooting Spotlight
The article credits Secret Service agents and Washington police for risking their lives during the Reagan assassination attempt. Agent Tim McCarthy shielded the president and was wounded in the chest and liver, while DC officer Thomas Delahanty testified to the agents’ dedication amid the chaotic hotel exit melee.
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Secret Service
United States
Washington
Federal Security Agency
Reagan
Tim McCarthy
McCarthy
Washington Police
District of Columbia
Thomas K. Delahanty
Coal wage deal risks dampening a fragile industry
Eastern coal miners won a 36 percent wage and benefit rise over three years without a strike. The sizable increase comes as the Appalachian coal sector, hit by 25,000 job losses, faces high conversion costs from oil, transport bottlenecks, pollution controls, and disposal of ash, potentially depressing coal use despite higher pay.
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Appalachian
United Mine Workers
UMW
Five point program to reduce handgun violence proposed
The piece argues a total ban or registration is politically impossible due to the Second and Fourth Amendments and NRA opposition. It suggests a five point plan: ban future manufacture or import, educate on shotgun defense, offer cash for surrender, harsh penalties for armed criminals, and faster court handling.
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National Rifle Association
A Postal Note on Prices and Powers of Concession
A collage of cheap movie prices, moral quips, and jokes on consumption. The piece riffs on supply and demand and petty paradoxes from a theater to a drug store to a bishop’s dinner. It closes with a joke about a Lower Slabovian and a garden hose moving its owner.
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Slabovian
Vaughters Candidacy For Council Endorsed
A letter from Nancy Wilds of 245 Greenville St NV endorses Jane Vaughters for city council. The writer praises her clear thinking and advocacy for reasonable development with strong neighborhood protections and fiscal responsibility.
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Vaughters
Council
Jane Vaughters
Aiken
Nancy Wilds
Greenville St., NV
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