Doonesbury Strip Ratings in Aiken Standard Survey
The Aiken Standard survey shows Doonesbury as the most disliked strip and tied for third in favorite picks, with Apartment 3G also widely disliked. Readers suggested Bloom County and For Better or Worse as desired additions amid 131 responses over four weeks.
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Doonesbury
Howard Cosell
Cosell
Aiken Standard
Gary Trudeau
Peanuts
Garfield
Blondie
Beetle Bailey
Family Circus
Bloom County
Aiken
Apartment 3G
Prince Valiant
Spiderman
Flash Gordon
Gil Thorpe
Berke Breathed
Bill
South Carolina
Hagar the Horrible
Winkerbean
GM weighing more plant closings and cuts at Buick division
GM may add more aging assembly plants to the 11 already slated for closure in coming years as it seeks to cut costs. Leeds in Kansas City suburb is flagged as still open, with other plants under review. Hoglund notes new high tech plants reduce demand for older facilities.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Kansas City
Leeds
William Hoglund
Hoglund
Roger Smith
Lake Orion
Wentzville
Oklahoma City
Hamtramck
Chrysler Corp
Ford Motor Co
Voyager’s Historic Flight Clears Final Hurdles to New York
The Voyager flight faced delays, fuel worries, and fatigue as it crossed the Pacific toward New York. Pilot Yeager flew from Edwards Air Force Base on December 14 with wing tips shaved to reduce drag and a faulty fuel gauge misled the crew about fuel. Engine issues arose including an oil deficiency later solved by manual pumping.
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Kitty Hawk
N.C
Yeager
Edwards
Desert
Voyager
Guam
Burt Rutan
New York
Reagan budget to decouple farm subsidies from production
Budget Director James C. Miller III says the 1988 proposal will overhaul farm aid by decoupling subsidies from crop output. The plan aims to cut overall spending by 52 billion with new revenue from user fees, asset sales including Amtrak line, and tax enforcement, amid Iran arms controversy.
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Washington
Reagan
James C. Miller III
Miller
Congress
Gramm-Rudman
New York
Iran
Fuel Economy Standards to Be Abolished by Bush Task Force
A Reagan era effort to curb auto fuel use is challenged by Vice President Bush’s regulatory relief group. The task force urges repeal of CAFE rules, arguing they curb large, powerful cars and drive jobs overseas, while critics warn repeal risks another oil shock and upends U.S. energy policy.
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Washington
U.S
George Bush
Presidential Task Force
Reagan
C. Boyden Gray
Gray
White House
United States
Wendy Gramm
Edwin Meese III
Commerce
Malcolm Baldrige
Labor
William E. Brock
Office of Management and Budget
James C. Miller III
Beryl W. Sprinkel
Council of Economic Advisers
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
Congress
General Motors
John Hartnett
OPEC
America
Insiders Storm Britain's Deregulated Market
London grapples with a wave of insider trading scandals two months after deregulation dubbed the Big Bang. Reports say workers in the Department of Trade and Industry may have engaged in illegal trading, prompting calls for an independent watchdog while others argue enforcement powers are being used to crack down. The episodes shake Britain and Wall Street and threaten London's standing as a major financial center.
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London
Britain
Department of Trade and Industry
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
City
Labor Party
Wall Street
The
Financial Times
Bishops accuse bishops of ignoring Bible in aid for poor
Former Reagan adviser William A. Niskanen says the Roman Catholic bishops ignore Scripture and sound economics in seeking more government help for the poor. He criticizes the bishops for a political agenda while defending individual salvation through the New Testament.
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Washington
Reagan
Bishops’ National Organization
William A. Niskanen
Bishops
Lyndon Johnson
Great Society
Niskanen
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James C. Miller
Iscrap
Bradberry
Southern Wholesale
Milledgeville
Augusta
Willbrook
W. James Rivers
Pine Log Rd
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