Aiken Ties to America's Cup Run Deep in Winter Colony
The article traces Aiken’s historic links to the America's Cup via C Oliver Iselin and family, including Iselin’s role in four defending yachts from 1893 to 1903, Hope Iselin as the first American woman to sail in 1893, Harold Van derbilt’s 1930s defenses, and the Hopelands estate donated to Aiken as a public garden after Hope Iselin’s 1970 death.
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Dennis Conner
C. Oliver Iselin
Vigilant
Defender
Columbia
Reliance
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William Henn
Harold Vanderbilt
Enterprise
Rainbow
Ranger
America
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F. S. von Stade
von Stade
Skiddy von Stade Jr
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Hope Goddard
Hopelands
Whiskey Road
Aquino Faces Test as Philippine Victory Deepens Leadership Challenge
The Philippines awards 95 percent turnout on a new charter with up to 80 percent endorsing it while Corazon Aquino must now secure military support and craft a counter insurgency strategy against the New People's Army and Muslim rebels to stabilize her rule and spur growth.
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Corazon Aquino
Mrs. Aquino
Aquino
New People’s Army
Fidel Ramos
Armed Forces
Can't Say No In Fiscal Year Tax Debate
Guest editorial notes that federal spending rose from under 100 billion in 1961 to 107 billion in 1962 and a 1 trillion dollar budget is proposed. It argues Democrats will push higher taxes, compares taxes to Ado Annie, and warns of near 117k per capita taxes by 2020, urging a balanced budget amendment.
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Congress acts on catastrophe health insurance agenda
Congress moves ahead on a top domestic priority, catastrophic health insurance, as administration officials clash over policy. Reagan was expected to address the issue amid internal debates.
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Amerika on Trial roils networks amid controversy
Washington reports debate over ABC miniseries Amerika a 14 hour drama set a decade after a Soviet conquest. Conservatives and liberals attack the portrayal while ABC defends the controversial project alongside past battles over The Day After and Sticks and Bones.
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Chrysler Corp
John B. Sias
David Rabe
CBS
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