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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1981
Page
4
Adm Thomas B Hayward announces phase two of a plan to restore smartness in the Navy. Officers and senior enlisted will discard boards and liberty cards return for non rated personnel. The move aims to boost morale discipline and respect for rank as the service modernizes and reequipps.
The piece argues Congress will not cut Social Security benefits, despite worsening deficits. It suggests raising taxes is easier politically, noting past tax hikes for deficits and that lawmakers fear no political gain from benefit reductions until the fund nears bankruptcy.
The article links vigilante fantasies to rising anger at crime and faltering law enforcement. It notes Death Wish II budget growth, foreign pre sales, and director Michael Winner saying mugging worsens, with films channeling public frustration as real frontier justice risks eruption.
Union leaders from APWU and NALC pressed for a 5 percent annual raise over three years plus a 2.7 percent catch-up and new COLA formula, backed by Dr. Popkin. Postal Service counters with likely 40 cent first class stamp by 1983 and warns of costs and potential strikes remain unlikely but not ruled out.
George F. Will argues that framing riots as cries for help masks the immoral reduce of responsibility, noting parallels from Watts to Liverpool. He cites organized looting, youthful participation, and the spread of riots across cities and nations, alongside media narratives.
A critique of U S news coverage in August 1977 noting the Bert Lance affair and Billy Carter as overblown targets while looting and riots spread. It contrasts British reactions and cites Midge Decter on liberal racism and the danger of pack media influencing public perception.
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