A Grave National Tragedy Of Lost Black Generation
The Sentencing Project’s study finds 25 percent of black men in their 20s are in jail prison or on probation or parole. It notes stark disparities with about 6 percent of white men in the same age group under supervision. The report cites drugs poverty unemployment and discrimination as root causes and calls for alternatives to mass incarceration such as victim restitution and community projects.
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Sentencing Project
Marc Mauer
America
Mr. Mauer
Washington
Fidel
Robin Hood
West
Miami
Yester
Manuel
Daniel
Ronald Reagan
CBS
Ronald
Wall Street
Mendel Rivers
Pulic
Barry
Richard Nixon
John Tower
Barney Frank
Jim Wright
Cure Panic in Asbestos Findings Spotlighted in Science
A Science magazine report by American and French researchers argues that in undamaged asbestos in schools and public buildings the health risk is far lower than many everyday dangers. It warns that aggressive removal can raise fiber exposure and that improper abatement poses long term cancer risks to workers and occupants.
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Science
U.S
Letters To The Editor On Shelter Grants And Tax Hikes
Aiken residents debate a $75,000 state grant for a homeless shelter and question use of tax funds. The writer recalls Salvation Army shelter services and opposes a one percent optional sales tax until property taxes are reduced, urging voter action in November.
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Salvation Army
Aiken
Teh Aiken
Aiken Standard Seeks Letters to the Editor
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters from writers with a mailing address. Letters should be legible and preferably typewritten and brief. All letters may be edited and condensed. Send to The Editor Box 456 Aiken SC 20802.
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Aiken
Aiken, S.C
Reagan Victory in Nicaragua Triggers Liberal Backlash
A column argues the Reagan Doctrine triumphed in Nicaragua and credits the West’s victory in the Cold War. It attacks liberal press, praises Contras, and calls out Apollo for supporting communism while urging accountability for leftist apologism.
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Nicaragua
Daniel Ortega
Treasury
Army
Campesinos
Washington Post
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
U.S
Stalin
Mao Tse-tung
Nixon
Indochina
Hitler
America
Brezhnev
Ethiopia
Angola
Mozambique
Grenada
Mr. Carter
Afghanistan
Mr. Reagan
el Salvador
Barry’s fall ends his DC political romance
The Washington Post poll shows Mayor Marion Barry still commands 25 percent of Democratic support despite arrest and federal indictment for cocaine. Critics say his self caused downfall, noting race arguments and leadership voids, with Jackson dropping from mayoral contention.
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Washington Post
Barry
Washington
Marion Barry
District of Columbia
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
Harlem
Powell
Politcian
Vivant
Jesse Jackson
Jackson
D.C
Studies Talk of Our Bodies and Badges of Knowledge
The piece riffs on endless studies about human bodies and habits, from teeth counts to toe totals, noting a Psychology Today find that colds may aid anagrams. It wryly catalogs forgotten food groups and odd health tips while lampooning overconfidence in scientific forecasts.
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Louis W. Sullivan
United States
N Lisher
Scott B. Hunter
Ellen C. Priest
Daniel S. Holland
Patrick J. Buchanan
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Brosnet
Moscow
Mr. Reaan
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Cuba
Caribbean
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Teddy Kennedy
Tip O'Neill
Fritz Mondale
Michael Dukakis
Mao
Ho Chi Minh
Joe
George
Mikhail Gorbachev
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Andropov
NLF
Hollywood
Claude Lewis
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Zaidan
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