Voyager Flight Marks Historic Nonstop World Loop
Editorial selections from South Carolina papers praise the Voyager flight and USC spending debates. Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager endured a near crash at Edwards Air Force Base before a triumphant desert landing completing the first unrefueled nonstop circumnavigation.
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Associated Press
South Carolina
University of South Carolina
Richard Rutan
Dick Rutan
Jeana Yeager
California
Edwards Air Force Base
Burt
America
Halley
Voyager
Edwards Air Base
Sunshine
Reagan
White House
Pat Buchanan
Ollie North
Franklin Roosevelt
Billy Mitchell
Gandhi
Napoleon
USC shifts to private funds for donor events at Columbia
Columbia officials move to fund donor hospitality with private money and open discretionary account spending. Critics say public accounting is still owed for about 1.7 million dollars over nine years and warn gifts to legislators undermine credibility and create appearances of favors.
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Columbia
University of South Carolina
USC
James Holderman
Holderman
University
USC Discretionary Funds Details Spur Oversight Reforms
The University of South Carolina and President James B. Holderman face scrutiny over unappropriated funds. Trustees disclosed about half of the 729000 discretionary dollars used last year and half of 3.5 million over his tenure. Funds came from USC related business profits, not state funds. Attorney General says funds are public. future disclosures will occur after Jan 1 under ongoing audit and board oversight. A three person watchdog subcommittee will monitor all USC funds, including discretionary ones.
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Board of Trustees
USC
Othneil Weinges
Michael J. Mungo
Mungo
Dr. Holderman
Congress Back in Town With Fiendishly Difficult Tasks
The 100th Congress opens amid criticism of slow work and bloated subcommittees. Despite hopes of reform, lawmakers face intractable issues like farm subsidies and national defense. Byrd and Wright lead, but expect many showy hearings, paper, and little action as the new session begins.
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Washington
U.S. Congress
Congress
State of the Union
Lincoln
White House
Robert Byrd
Senate
Jim Wright
House
Rayburn
A Whacky Ride Through 1986 Memories and Awards
A recap of 1986 highlights and gibes across politics and pop culture. Don Regan jibes, Ed Meese porn report, Reagan quotes, TV spoof and sports moments color a year of excess. Knight-Ridder Service.
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Washington
White House
Don Regan
South Africa
America
Regan
Ed Meese
Justice Department
Ronald Reagan
Fortune Magazine
Reagan
Joe Isuzu
Isuzu
Washington scandal framed as seven investigations
The piece discusses why Congress faces multiple investigations, citing TV exposure as a driver for headline seekers like Sen. Daniel Inouye. It portrays Washington as an empire that fights presidents, with lawmakers, contractors, lobbyists, journalists, and aides coordinating to hinder leadership while praising or criticizing foreign policy decisions.
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Capitol Hill
Daniel Inouye
Washington
The
Wall Street Journal
LBJ
Nixon
Ford
Carter
Reagan
Washington, D.C
Henry Kissinger
United States
Iran
Nicaragua
Congress
Pennsylvania Avenue
Sen. Inouye
Open Honest New Year Resolutions From Royko
Mike Royko lays out a blunt plan to be more open with friends and colleagues. He names Georg Solti Meryl Streep Chuck Yeager Dan Rather Cronkite Steve Robin Leach and others while outlining frank feedback and boundaries. He stresses privacy and time limits in personal relations.
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Georg Solti
Georgie
Meryl Streep
Meryl
Chuck Yeager
Voyager
Buddy
Dan
Cronkite
Steve
Martin
Woody
Chow
Robin Leach
Robin
Bob de Niro
Bob
Ron
California
Don
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Columbia State
James B. Holderman
Israel
Universal Press Syndicate
George Bush
U.S. Capitol
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Spiro Agnew
Guy Vander Jagt
R-Mich
Imelda Marcos
Daniel Ortega
New York
Jack Nicklaus
Jackie
Gene Mauch
Dan Rather
Kenneth
Len Bias
Vanna White
Don Johnson
Lee Iaccoca
Jackie Presser
Ivan Boesky
Joan Rivers
Jim McMahon
Madonna
Lyndon LaRouche
Oliver North
Knight-Ridder
Paul Harvey
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
By Mike Royko
Mike Ditka
Tribune Media Service
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