Readmittance of Poland to IMF sparks loud rebuke
The Reagan administration withdrew objections to Poland joining the IMF, citing reduced tensions, but critics accuse Warsaw of intensified repression. They point to Solidarity banning, church harassment, a priest’s murder, disappearances, and renewed anti church campaigns. They urge Reagan to veto Poland’s IMF bid.
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Reagan
Poland
International Monetary Fund
IMF
Wojceich Jaruzelski
Jaruzelski
Chuch
Solidarity
Jerzy Popieluszko
Warsaw
Father Popieluszko
Tadeusz Zaleski
Krakow
Father Zaleski
Jozef Cardinal Glemp
Gen. Jaruzelski
United States
Moscow
U.S
Free World
William B. Colgate remembered for community service in Aiken
William B. Colgate a Purdue graduate and former Purdue teacher who spent 41 years at E. R. Squibb and Co. moved to Aiken 18 years ago. He served as elder at First Presbyterian Church led the First Tuesday Club and helped in the Artist Guild and Council on Aging. He volunteered with adopt-a-grandparent program and spoke to Laurens Street School pupils about aging.
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Bill Colgate
Aiken
Purdue
Washington State University
E. R. Squibb and Co
Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Artist Guild
Aiken Area
Reagan aides clash over summit plans and meetings
In Santa Barbara Mikhail Gorbachev faces mixed signals from White House aides Donald Regan and Robert McFarlane on summits versus plain meetings. McFarlane argues for careful groundwork and potential summits, while Regan warns against meetings for meetings sake. Reagan stays silent, but signal suggests cautious openness to a meeting before any summit.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Mikhail Gorbachev
White House
Donald Regan
Robert McFarlane
Reagan
Gorbachev
Regan
McFarlane
Don
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Berlin
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Mikhail
Tax Reform: A Scary Thing for Workers and Benefits
The piece argues tax reform can lower rates and broaden the tax base by taxing fringe benefits like health and life insurance, claiming current taxes on wages are unfair. It notes NCCMP fears loss of benefits and urges caution, while advocates say reforms reduce overall taxation and simplify the system.
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Washington
National Coordinating Committee For Multiemployer Plans
NCCMP
Congress
Treasury Department
Treasury
Legal Service
Pne
Aiken Standard Letters to the Editor Policy
The newspaper invites signed letters with the writer’s handwriting and mailing address. Anonymous submissions are not considered. Letters should be legible preferably typewritten and may be edited for space clarity taste and libel. Address letters to Letters to the Editor Aiken Standard P O Box 456 Aiken SC 29801.
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Aiken Standard
P.O
Aiken
S.C
Emory students weigh cyanide tablets and fallout shelters
The column recalls 1960s drills and a 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis pledge to survive nuclear war. It contrasts Emory students considering cyanide pills with the writer’s nostalgia for school fallout shelters and a tough, practical spirit of preparedness.
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Emory University
Gregory Peck
Ava Gardner
Australia
Emory
Reagan
Khrushchev
Jonestown
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