Buttering Up By Free Clemson Stays Stirs State Officials
State officials receive complimentary hotel rooms at Clemson during home game weekends, including Auditor Edgar A. Vaughn Jr. and Adjutant Gen. T. Es ton Marchant. Funds come from the Clemson president's contingency fund aided by the Alumni Association. The episode draws calls for public exposure and condemnation of favoritism by state supported institutions.
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Clemson
Clemson Tigers
Greenville News
Edgar A. Vaughn Jr
Vaughn
State Auditor
South Carolina
University of South Carolina
Asians Show Strong School Performance Among Refugees
A three year University of Michigan study of 1,400 Vietnamese Chinese and Laotian households finds an average 3.05 GPA on a 4.0 scale and 30 percent of those tested in math top 10 percent, despite poverty. Study director Nathan Kaplan notes parents emphasize education and family cohesion with daily reading to boost achievement.
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University of Michigan
California
Nathan Kaplan
Michigan
Shultz Sees No Policy Change in Soviet Leadership
Secretary of State George Shultz notes no substantive shift in Soviet policies under Mikhail Gorbachev and Eduard Shevardnadze. He cites continued continuity despite televised optimism, contrasting Cold War era press theater with Moscow’s public relations changes.
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Washington
George Shultz
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Eduard Shevardnadze
Andrei Gromyko
Shultz
Shevardnadze
Helsinki
Finland
George Bush
Arthur) Hartman
Moscow
Konstantin) Chernenko
Soviet Communist Party
Gromyko
Tass
Leonid Zamyatin
Editorial on BBC censorship and information flow
The piece argues Britain inflates issues by censorship at the BBC over an IRA documentary. It criticizes government pressure under Leon Brittan, cites press coverage of crises, and notes the BBC's reversal to air the program, warning about information control and public influence. It equates censorship to Soviet practices and urges fuller information.
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British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
Leon Brittan
Northern Ireland
Reagan
Walter Mondale
U.S
TWA
America
Israel
Thatcher
Falklands
Britain
Argentina
Soviet Union
BBC Board of Governors
Formula For Election To The U. S. Senate
A historical look at bribery and money in Senate elections from 1899 to the 1980s. William Clark’s Montana seat purchase sparked reform and the 17th Amendment. Alfonso D Amato leads fundraising in 1986, with figures from Packwood and Ferraro/Holtzman influencing the pace of campaign money in a costlier era.
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William Clark
Titian
Rembrandt
Rubens
van Dyck
Clark
Montana
United States
Pennsylvania
Jesse Helms
North Carolina
Jay Rockefeller
Senate
West Virginia
New York
Alfonso D'Amato
D’amato
D'Amato
Oregon
Robert Packwood
Packwood
Senate Finance Committee
Reagan
Wall Street
Saudi Arabia
Israel
New Yorker
Gary Lewi
Lewi
Geraldine Ferraro
Brooklyn
Elizabeth Holtzman
Ferraro
Holtzman
Fred Wertheimer
Common Cause
Rockefeller
John Heinz
John Danforth
Missouri
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Claiborne Pell
Rhode Island
Frank Lautenberg
New Jersey
Russell Long
Louisiana
William Armstrong
Colorado
Lawton Chiles
Florida
John Glenn
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
al D'Amatos
Marcus Daly
U.S. Senate
Daly
Letters to the Editor at the Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters with the writer’s address for publication. Anonymous submissions are not considered. Typewritten letters are preferred though legible handwritten notes are accepted. All letters may be edited for space, clarity, taste, and libel.
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