Bishops Prepare New Pastoral on the American Economy
More than two thirds of the 300 Roman Catholic bishops met at St. John's College in Collegeville Minnesota to review a first draft of a forthcoming pastoral letter on the American economy. The document led by Archbishop Rembert Weakland will be published next year and mirrors the bold defense of national affairs in their previous letter on defense and nuclear arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s College
Collegeville
Minn
Rembert G. Weakland
Bene
Dictine Monk
Milwaukee
Lay Commission
U.S
Michael Novak
William Simon
Treasury
Nixon
Ford
Novak-Simon
Richard Nixon
Congress
Power and resolve in face of terrorism and economic critique
A long analysis contrasts American power with terrorist tactics in the hijack crisis, debating access to power and national will. It surveys political, economic, and moral strengths, cites Nabih Berri and Iran, and weighs public policy on unemployment and taxation, ending with a Catholic pastoral letter critique and conservative counter-movement.
Aiken County Republicans Push SRP Expansion Bond Debate
Letter writer Kevin Landry replies to Ken Goad and a GOP call to expand the Savannah River Plant. He argues restarts and site choices hinge on federal action, cites environmental and irrigation concerns, notes SRP’s economic impact, and urges attention to textiles, growth, roads, schools, and a proposed commuter tunnel as a safety measure.
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Ken Goad
Aiken County
Republican Party
Savannah River
City of Aiken
Democratic Party
Goad
Department of Defense
NPR
Reagan
Washington
Aiken
Lexington County
House
Clemson
Atrocities in Afghanistan Spark Global Silence
A United Nations report on human rights in Afghanistan details mass executions torture and village massacres by Soviet backed forces. It notes 50,000 political prisoners in Kabul and provincial capitals, 21,000 executed since 1978, and mass civilian casualties including attacks on rural communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afghanistan
United Nations
Felix Ermacora
U.N. Commission On Human Rights
Ermacora
Pakistan
Babrak Karmal
Kabul
Pol-i-Charki
Ghazni
Padkhwab-e-Shana
Logar
Kulchabat
Bala Karz
Mushkizi
Kandahar
Europe
United States
Soviet Union
Thought For Today Quote by Malcolm Muggeridge
A reflective Thought for Today features Malcolm Muggeridge remarking that only believers in the Fall of Man can truly appreciate how funny men are. The line offers a wry, philosophical view on human nature.
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Malcolm Muggeridge
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New York City
America
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Tehran
Emmett Hughes
Beirut
Nabih Berri
Iran
Greece
Rome
Whiskey Road
SRP
Hitchcock Apartments
Laurens
Library
Bostwick
South Boundary
Coker Springs Road
Rollingwood Road
Hitchcock
Dolan
Kevin Landry
Lancaster St. SW
Consuela
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