Military comeback signals shift in public view of service
A decade after the Paris cease fire, the draft era is ending with higher military recruitment and renewed campus access. Navy and Army programs report strong interest, ROTC enrollments rise, and pay and career opportunities improve as veterans reclaim pride in service. The nation moves past the Vietnam era with renewed support for defense.
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Paris
United States
South Vietnam
Saigon
Washington
U.S. Naval Academy
West Point
Air Force Academy
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Carter
Reagan
Senate panel clears Abscam sting tactics in brief report
A Senate special committee found the FBI did not entrap unsuspecting individuals in Abscam like operations. Seven Congress members were convicted and courts have not overturned these convictions on constitutional grounds. The report says stings can aid law enforcement if kept within rights.
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FBI
Abscam
Senate
Congress
The
Milwaukee Journal
Elite control over American policy challenge to popular sovereignty
A critic argues that federal courts have seized policymaking power, sidelining the people. It urges constitutional reform led by Congress to curb judicial power, restore state authority, and return policy control to the electorate.
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Washington
William Penn
America
Philospher
Congress
John East
R-N.c
Aiken Center of Astronomical Study in 1882 Transit
In December 1882 Aiken hosted a German observing team for the transit of Venus marked by an iron observatory and a marble marker. The site, Station II, stood beside John Weems and family property where markers and a rose trellis remained. The tale ties to Frederick Carl and Henry J. Carl, with later visitors and a noted 2004 and 2012 transit cadence.
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Aiken
Aiken County
P. Finley Henderson
Adolph Franz
John Weems
Edgefield Avenue
Weemses
Weems and Henderson
Weems
Edward P. Henderson
Galileo
Berlin
Umbra
Capetown
South Africa
Pacific Northwest
Siberia
John
Libba
Henry J
Buddy) Carl
Annapolis, Md
Jewel
Mr. Carl
Frederick Carl
Carls
Buddy Carls
Annapolis
Venus
Encyclopedia Britannica
England
Editor Letter Urges Israeli Lebanon Withdrawal and Accountability
Ronald Meshey argues Begin’s Lebanon war violates moral standards and US interests. He condemns Israeli strikes on Beirut, the Lebanese militia violence, and calls for immediate withdrawal, Camp David support, and renewed Reagan mediation to preserve peace and protect American Marines. He targets Begin as responsible for aggression.
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Israel
Menachem Begin
Lebanon
Begin
Beirut
America
Nazi Germany
Pres. Reagan
Nixon
Aerial Sharon
West Bank
Gaza
Camp David
United States
Middle East
Ronald Meshey
Silver Bluff
Thanksgiving gratitude for a diligent sheriff's department
A letter from a reader expresses thanks for the county sheriff and deputies who patrol after midnight to deter a prowler. The writer notes relief from the intruder's stealth and urges prayers for law enforcement, whose work is dangerous and demanding.
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