Sweetheart Deal in Trade Bill Draws Taxpayer Ire
The Senate retains a $365 million rebate provision for three large U.S. sugar refiners amid a heated clash with Reagan administration critics. Proponents say the refunds protect jobs. critics argue the subsidy walls in foreign competition and inflate prices. The piece urges a presidential veto of the protectionist bill.
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Senate
U.S
John Chafee
R-R.l
United States
Reagan
Capitol Hill
Navy bungling in Mos cow embassy guard spy case
The piece questions the Navy's handling of a Mos cow embassy guard espionage probe that exposed possible Soviet exposure of the Marine guards. It notes flawed lie tests and coerced testimonies leading to dropped charges for Cpl. Arnold Bracy while Sgt. Clayton Lonetree faces court martial.
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Navy
Marine Corps
U.S
Moscow
Cpl
Arnold Bracy
Bracy
Clayton Lonetree
Lonetree
Alcohol Impaired Driving Costs Billions and Lives
The National Safety Council reports traffic collisions cost 48.6 billion dollars yearly and alcohol involvement accounts for at least half of traffic fatalities. Eliminating drinking and driving could save billions and thousands of lives.
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National Safety Council
Brennan Dominates Final 1987 Supreme Court Term
The 1987 term ended with Justice William Brennan shaping most major outcomes. Brennan led key rulings on police promotion, plant closings, and creation of new speech boundaries while Rehnquist and Scalia showed limited alignment. Brennan spoke 16 majority opinions and remained the court’s feistiest figure through a term colored by Powell’s retirement and Bork’s nomination.
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Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
California
Lewis Powell
Reagan
Robert Bork
Powell
Bill Brennan
William Rehnquist
Antonin Scalia
Rehnquist
Scalia
Sandra Day O’connor
Byron White
Stevens
O’connor
Brennan
Thurgood Marshall
John Paul Stevens
Marshall
Alabama
Maine
Texas
Louisiana
High Court
Eisenhower
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Hugo Black
Justice Brennan
Richmond
New Jersey Supreme Court
Ashley Cooper Sees It on Government Gaps and Dining Etiquette
Ashley Cooper comments on government perks and Iran Contra media coverage, highlighting discontent with Congress and presidents, then shifts to dining hygiene as HELEN Fallon questions waitstaff cloth use. The column closes with a humorous nod to nudist camp etiquette.
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Strom Thrumond
Paris
Reagan
Miss Fawn Hall
Sen. Boren
Okalhoma
Yale
Helen Fallon
Ashley
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Nodd
Bruce Babbitt
By James J. Kilpatrick
Universal Press Syndicate
Ashley Cooper
By Ashley Cooper
Marjorie Brearley
Wall Street Journal
Columbia
Robert S. Milner
Pleme
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