OUR VIEW Congress Needs To Stop Special Interest Funding
The piece argues incumbents benefit from outspending and PAC money, calling for ending corporate and union backed PACs and soft money, banning speaking fees, and reforming campaign finance to restore public trust and reduce pay-to-play perceptions in Congress. It cites costs to run campaigns, the Keating case, and Congress’s slow reform progress.
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Congress
Washington
California
Bush
House
Senate
Letters To The Editor On Nuisance Laws In Aiken County
A reader argues for a nuisance law to curb horse pens trash piles and junk cars in Horse Creek Valley citing health hazards and better council procedures. The letter criticizes city officials for prioritizing self interests in a Jan 22 meeting and praises Councilman Fred Cavanaugh for public spirited leadership amid controversy.
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Aiken County
Horse Creek Valley
Aikken
Equipac
Harriet Delaney
Rhone Drive
Dibble Road
Fred Cavanaugh
Aiken
Help For Hugo Victims Rebuilding Needs Emphasized
A reader endorses immediate physical aid for Hugo disaster victims. The writer agrees with Karen Stein that affected residents require hands on help from capable young students to reconstruct homes and restore stability after extensive damage.
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Karen Stein
Hugo
Writing Letters to The Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters with the writer’s mailing address for publication. Letters should be legible and preferably typewritten. Brief, direct submissions are preferred and all letters may be edited or condensed. Send to The Editor Box 456 Aiken 29802.
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Aiken
Business office manager and circulation director roles listed
Ellen C. Priest is named as business office manager and Daniel S. Holland as circulation director in the staff listing.
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Ellen C. Priest
Daniel S. Holland
Arizona Senators Face Keating S L Scandal Fallout
The Arizona senators Dennis DeConcini and John McCain navigate the Keating Five affair with contrasting tactics and polls showing fluctuating public opinion. DeConcini defends intervention as standard constituent help, while McCain stresses earlier admission of error. Public recall activist Ed Buck eyes ballot pressure amid ethics scrutiny and possible Senate committee action.
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Hoenix
Dennis DeConcini
John McCain
Arizona
U.S
Phoenix
Charles Keating
Lincoln Savings and Loan
DeConcini
Ed Buck
Buck
Evan Mecham
Garrido
John Glenn
Alan Cranston
Donald Rie
S&l
Keating
Bahamas
McCain
Arizona Republic
DeCon- Cini
Arizona Ratio
Dennis
Gadfly Buck
Mecham
Mecham Recall
Economic warfare and the U S Japan trade clash
A column cites transcripted views of Akio Morita and Shintaro Ishihara on U S industrial decline and Japan's global strategies. Morita warns Americans neglect production economics while Ishihara frames current competition as economic warfare, urging vigilance against the money-centric model and skill gaps in U S industry.
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FBI
Marion Barry
D.C
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Uptown
New York
Harlem
Manhattan
NAACP
Benjamin Hooks
Barry
Savings and Loan Associations
Morita
America
United States
Japan
Aed States
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Gary Art
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Aline Rett
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Chicago
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Sony
Shintaro Ishihara
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