Rivers Of Red Ink Flow From Washington
Discussion rapidly outlines the budget crisis as Speaker Wright pushes for tax increases to meet Gramm-Rudman-Hollings goals while Democrats hesitate. The piece notes potential deficits beyond target, Reagan opposition, Byrd’s cautious stance, and calls for a line-item veto to curb spending.
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Jim Wright
House
Capitol Hill
Congress
Wright
Gramm-Rudman-Hollings
Senate
Democratic Party
Reagan
White House
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Sen. Byrd
Virginia Kaplan remembered as devoted teacher and benefactor
Virginia Cocalis Kaplan, longtime Aiken educator and USC Aiken English professor, died after a life spanning journalism, teaching, and philanthropy. A graduate of Wellesley, she earned a USC master’s, joined USCA in 1963, retired in 1981, and endowed the Kaplan Award for Writing in memory of her late husband Gordon? The obituary notes her kindness, loyalty, and impact on students and the community.
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Virginia Cocalis Kaplan
Aiken
George McMillan
Edisto Avenue
Kalmia Hill
Raymond Kaplan
Wellesley College
University of South Carolina Aiken
University of South Carolina
Columbia
Kaplan
USCA
William C. Casper
Diamonds in Meteor Spark Star Dust Debate
A meteor fall in a Mexican cornfield yielded tiny diamonds. Initial thoughts blamed Earth impact, but later work showed the diamonds predate Earth, likely formed from a star that died before our sun. Poets claimed stars contain diamonds, now scientists see stellar remnants in meteor dust.
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Earth
The Big Constitutional Gamble
Analysis of the Iran arms deal and Iran contra inquiries shows a clash between Executive power and congressional and judicial authority. The Reagan administration seeks to avoid a constitutional crisis by maneuvering around the courts while supporting the special prosecutor. The outcome depends on Walsh’s scope and forthcoming testimony.
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New York City
Washington
Senate
House
John Poindexter
Lawrence Walsh
Warren Rudman
R-N.h
Edwin Meese
Justice Department
Meese
Department
Oliver North
Walsh
Michael Deaver
Supreme Court
Richard Nixon
Congress
Ronald Reagan
Nixon
Pentagon
Supreme Court misrules on exclusionary evidence
A Maryland era opinion notes two Supreme Court cases on the exclusionary rule. It condemns the Dunn ranch barn ruling and scorches the Hicks stereo seizure as a nonsense overreach. Scalia’s Hicks opinion is labeled unbelievable and a travesty of justice.
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Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S
Ronald Dale Dunn
Arizona
James Thomas Hicks
Hicks
Antonin Scalia
Scalia
Rehnquist
O’connor
Dunn
Byron White
White
Phoenix
Supreme Court
Fremont Weeks
Kansas City
White Legislator Joins Black Caucus Sparks Reflection
The piece questions Rep. Eugene Foxworth Jr. of Charleston joining South Carolina s 16 member Legislative Black Caucus and discusses color consciousness versus colorblindness. It notes the historic white dominance and questions the caucus s concrete gains while raising possible future caucuses.
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S.C
Legislative Black Caucus
Legislative White Caucus
Eugene D. Foxworth Jr
Charleston
General Assembly
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Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Mike Ken
SMU
Universal Press Syndicate
Ashley
Ann Hewitt
Alex Thien
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Alex
Jane
Tarzan
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