Thurmond Charts Two-Pronged Plan Amid Senate Shifts
Thurmond backs a constitutional balanced budget goal with gradual cuts and supports Kemp Roth tax relief while opposing gun control. The Judiciary Committee reshapes as conservative newcomers Denton East Grassley join, Kennedy moves to labor. Thurmond remains a popular figure with South Carolina constituents and aides, balancing long hours and wide influence as talk of a 1984 Senate run circulates.
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Thurmond Family Life Grows Stepped Up After Inauguration
Nancy Moore Thurmond describes a busier pace since Ronald Reagan’s inauguration and her husband Strom Thurmond’s Senate role. The four children attend public school in Virginia when Congress is in session, while the family spends summers in South Carolina and nearby beaches.
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Kathyrn Smith Revisits Thurmond Life for Newspaper
Former Aiken Standard reporter Kathryn Smith now writes for the Orangeburg Times Democrat. A Georgia graduate, she conducts a second examination of Senator Strom Thurmond's political career and family life.
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