Spartan Olympics Face Private Funding Push and Wide Venues
Los Angeles pivots to a privately funded 1984 Games plan dubbed Spartan Olympics. Peter Ueberroth leads a strategy relying on corporate sponsorships and broadcasting rights to cover a 450 million budget while facilities are donated by McDonald’s Southland and Atlantic Richfield. Venues span Long Beach to Westwood with yachting, wrestling, soccer, and more amid security and boycotts concerns.
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Washington
Los Angeles
California
Peter V. Ueberroth
Lake Placid
N.Y
Ueberroth
Coca-Cola
Levi Strauss
Fuji Film
Japan
McDonald’s Corp
Southland Corp
Atlantic Richfield
McDonald’s
University of Southern California
Southland
California State University
Dominguez Hills
Long Beach
Anaheim
Pasadena
Santa Monica
Westwood
Runaway Walter Polovchak faces custody clash between US and USSR
Walter Polovchak, a 14 year old with U S permanent residence and religious asylum, battles Illinois custody rulings after fleeing Ukrainian parents to Chicago. The case pits the ACLU INS and state law over whether he must return to the Soviet Union or stay in America.
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Walter Polovchak
Chicago
Illinois
U.S
America
Soviet Union
Walter
Illinois Court of Appeals
American Civil Liberties Union
Ukraine
Immigration and Naturalization Service
INS
U.S.S.R
Polovchaks
ACLU
United States
Reagan
Serious observations on South Carolina medical schools and industry
Ashley Cooper discusses Dr. W W Easterlin Jr s critique of SC dual public medical schools amid fiscal strain and doctor distribution issues. He argues funds should push rural access over new schools, questions political motives and critiques AT T and U S Steel mergers impacting services and competition.
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W. W. Easterlin Jr
Georgetown
S.C
AMA
U.S
South Carolina
Alabama
Reagan era Taiwan policy sparks FX arms sale debate
An opinion piece argues that denying FX fighter sales to Taiwan would perpetuate Carter era policy and risk China relations. It warns against appeasing Beijing and urges firm U.S. arms support for Taiwan to counter Russian influence.
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Washington
China
NATO
Saudi Arabia
America
Taiwan
State Department
Peking
Haig
Poland
Russia
U.s.-China
Carter
Reagan
Congress
U.S
U.S. - Taiwan
AWACS
Netherlands
Regan
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Southern Bell
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West Germany
Aiken
Samuel A. Cothran
Scott B. Hunter
A. B. Cubredge
Sue S. Brown
Rodger Ragan
Sharye A. Whisenant
Aiken Communications, Inc
Rutland Drive
Doonesbury
AKAD
Yey
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