Reagan era urges nuclear restraint and SRP diversification
The piece argues for a balanced view of nuclear weapons amid Reagan’s second term, noting the improbability of disarmament while urging arms talks with Russia. It highlights SRP's future role, the naval fuels plant, and the Defense Waste Processing Facility as steps toward diversification and long term planning for the 21st century.
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Ronald Reagan
Aiken
Savannah River
Naval Fuels
SRP
Defense
Poland's Show Trial Places Secret Police on Trial
The trial in Poland probes the 1984 murder of dissident priest Father Popieluszko by four secret police officers. Testimony highlights abduction and beating before the priest's body was disposed in a reservoir. Officials argue orders came from above while advocates urge broader accountability for regime repression. The case coincides with shifts in IMF sanctions and human rights debates.
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Poland
Solidarity
Leszek Pekala
Father Popieluszko
Popieluszko
State Department
Independent Lawyers Committee For International Human Rights
Gen. Jaruzelski
Jaruzelski
Birth of a New Galaxy Observed From Earth
Scientists map a cosmic jet from a distant galaxy that ignited a cloud leading to star formation and possibly a new galaxy. The Very Large Array in New Mexico tracks Minkowski's Object now nicknamed Minkowski's Galaxy as Wil van Bruegel of Berkeley calls the findings mind boggling.
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Milky Way
Earth
Space
New Mexico
Rudolph Minkowski
Minkowski
Wil van Bruegel
Berkeley
Florida A & M The Best Halftime Show
In a column on football’s halftime entertainment, the writer derides standard halftime acts and praises Florida A and M’s Rattler Band, noting its large players and energy. Pepper Rodgers of the Memphis Showboats imagines a prize-tackling halftime stunt with Herschel Walker, blending humor and critique.
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Brent Mushberger
New York
Wisconsin
Florida A. & M. Rattler
Tallahasee
Fla
Heaven
Florida A. & M
Slim Whitman
Orlando
Walt Disney People
Disney
Goofy
Santa Claus
Disney Air Force
Pearl Harbor
Phyllis George
Jimmy the Greek
Pete Rozelle
Pepper Rodgers
USFL
Memphis Showboats
Herschel Walker
Brent
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Editorial notes Hollings as centrist leader for fiscal reform
A reader forwarded an editorial praising Ernest F. Hollings of South Carolina for his presidential campaign and fiscal restraint plan. It argues he is best qualified among Democrats for experience and sober policy, urging centrists to push for leadership posts and urging parties to heed 1964 election lessons.
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John’s Island
Fritz Hollings
Ernest F. Hollings
Charleston
Senator Hollings
Steve Libby
Sumter
South Africa
South Carolina
Johannesburg
Durban
Indian Ocean
Indi
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