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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1981
Page
4
A tentative contract settlement averts a 600000 member postal workers walkout. The $4.8 billion cost is seen as a taxpayer burden, but the U S Postal Service says a 20 cent stamp can cover it. Without judging wage demands, the deal lifts the immediate strike risk and signals potential postage increases.
The return of three U S pilots’ remains provokes sharp attack on Vietnam over missing in action cases. Officials say two pilots were known alive after their planes were shot down and accuse Hanoi of political bargaining and delayed repatriation harming families. Calls grow for no normalizing ties while demanding accountability.
In Rome on May 13 Mehmet Ali Agca shot Pope John Paul II and two bystanders. He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment after a two day trial. In Washington on March 30 James W Hinckley Jr was arrested for shooting President Reagan and three others. A federal grand jury returned no indictment as psychiatric evaluations extend the case. Elapsed times stretch to two months and four months respectively.
A review of liberal and conservative fund raising groups as they regroup after 1980 campaigns. McGovern forms Americans for Common Sense to counter PACs while Kennedy launches the Fund for a Democratic Majority. Independent Action seeks House protection. Democrats for the Eighties plan big ad buys.
George F. Will describes two boys in Chevy Chase Md who run a lemonade stand near the post office. They defend government subsidies as necessary for commerce and insist on saving a portion of profits while spending rest on immediate gratification, joking about taxes and policy as they mock adult economic debates.
Washington rumbles about the Aug. 7 shutdown of The Washington Star after years of newsroom attrition. The piece notes fewer competing dailies, cites the Newspaper Preservation Act, and observes The Star may hand Washington the daily field to The Washington Post starting Aug. 8. Doonesbury may return to The Post.
A Detroit Free Press report compiles hospital cautions from nurses about patient behavior before surgery and during visits. It covers preoperative prep, privacy during visiting hours, and safe attire, plus comical anecdotes about patients and reminders on errant conduct.
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