Rock Aid Sparks Global Hunger Campaign at Live Aid
The Live Aid concert and telethon boosted famine relief with about 35 million raised in the first week and an expected total between 56 and 70 million. July 16 saw a 16 hour show in London and Philadelphia watched by about 1.5 billion via satellite. Funds airlift drugs to Mozambique and truck food into Sudan, with long term work by agronomists, hydrologists and foresters to tackle hunger causes.
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Africa
Live Aid
Bob Geldof
London
Philadelphia
Mozambique
Sudan
Geldof
Chad
Mali
United Nations
United Way
Downtown Aiken’s appeal and parking challenge
Downtown Aiken prospers amid a mall boom with specialty shops and affordable eateries drawing visitors. Parking remains the key hurdle, as newer centers attract tenants while Laurens Street spaces become scarcer. Merchants could ease the issue by relocating staff two blocks away from downtown storefronts.
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Aiken
Laurens Street
Letters to the Commissars and Soviet Press Crackdown
A Detroit News opinion notes Gorbachev orders crackdown on slanderers at Pravda and urges newspapers to psychologically remodel workers. The piece argues Soviets flood Pravda with critical letters while authorities ignore public sentiment.
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Pravda
Communist Party
Mikhail Gorbachev
Soviet Union
The
Detroit News
Reagan Cancer Disclosure Sparks Press Scrutiny
The White House defends a full public account of President Reagan’s cancer and surgery while facing persistent press questions about discovery timing and treatment. Spokesman Larry Speakes cites confidentiality, yet editors abroad note openness strengthens trust in the U S political system as Reagan enters his second term.
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Washington
White House
Reagan
Larry Speakes
Speakes
Ronald Reagan
California
Walter F. Mondale
Soviet Union
Yomiuri Shimbun
U.S
Two court cases expose a society with a screw loose
In New York last week Sydney Biddle Barrows known as the Mayflower Madam pleads guilty to a misdemeanor and earns a $5000 fine while selling her story for $300000. In Brooklyn Christopher Thomas convicted of murdering ten people avoids murder charges by a jury citing emotional distress from drug use, prompting the author to argue for full responsibility and a tougher stance on crime.
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New York
Sydney Biddle Barrows
America
Hill Street Blues
Holy Name Society
Barrows
William Novak
Iacocca
Novak
Christopher Thomas
Brooklyn
Thomas
Reagan Cancer Survivable? Political Wolves Circling
In a sharp column Ashley notes editorials shift from attacks on Reagan to sympathy after cancer news. He argues opponents fear the president’s resilience and warn that the political wolves may still try to topple him despite recovery, citing historical odds and Johnson Kennedy eras.
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Reagan
Clare Boothe Luce
Lyndon Johnson
Kennedy
Johnson
Honey
Lincoln
Samarra
Dallas
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
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Mainichi Shimbun
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Hayato Ikeda
Masayoshi Ohira
Mike
Marcia
Barbara Walters
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Nancy
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Tip O’neill
Nixon
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