Ohio S&L Crisis Highlights 1930s Echo and Bank Holiday
Ohio faced a state chartered S&L run centered on Home State Savings Bank. Gov Celeste declared a limited bank holiday to shield 71 state charters while the legislature sought a federal insurance bailout. The episode underscores risks from heavy securities concentration and underfunded state insurance pools.
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Ohio
S&l
Home State Savings
Cincinnati
E.S.M. Government Securities Inc
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
E.S.M
Home State Saving
S&L’s
Home State
S&ls
Celeste
Savings and Loan
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Drysdale Securities Corp
Lombard Wall
Correction on Park Avenue Laurens Street Post Office
The Aiken Standard correcting a misimpression about the old Park Avenue and Laurens Street post office. The building is owned by James P. Greene with his law offices on the main floor and several tenants. Greene plans to keep using and maintain the structure.
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The
Aiken Standard
Park Avenue
Laurens Street
Sesquicentennial Headquarters
James P. Greene
Pine Log
Aiken
Pine Long
Silver Bluff
Highway Department
Lynn Katonak
Pittsburgh
Mike Wallace
60 Minutes
Steel City
Pittsburgh Steelers
Steeler Dynasty
Hopeland Gardens
Point Park
Rand McNally
Origins and meaning of assassination through history
The piece traces the word from Hashshashin roots to modern use. It explains shifting ties to drugs ideology and politics and notes that assassination now refers to the planned killing of a prominent figure. It cites threats against Margaret Thatcher by the IRA.
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John Paul II
Ronald Reagan
Indira Ghandi
John
Robert Kennedy
Martin Luther King, Jr
New York
Margaret Thatcher
Irish Republican Army
Gorbachev's PR skills cited in Washington Wire analysis
The Washington Journal notes that hard liners fear Gorbachev will charm Americans and weaken support for the defense buildup as he visits the United States. The piece compares television's influence on politics with Reagan's image making and the US public’s focus on televised events shaping political outcomes.
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Washington
Mikhail Gorbachev
Washington Wire
Wall ‘Street Journal
Washington Post
Herblock
Journal Item
Reagan
United States
U.S
White House
Gorbachev
Lebanon
Walter Mondale
Mondale
Jack Kemp
George Bush
GOP
Aiken High School faces parity fight and city concerns
Readers push for renovation at Aiken High as the Concerned Parents for Aiken High School demand a plan and timetable. They contrast with new stadiums and other area schools while criticizing tax priorities and transparency.
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Aiken
Aiken High School
Concerned Parents For
Southern Association of Colleges and Universities
Midland Valley
Silver Bluff
South Aiken
North Augusta
Wagener Valley
Ridge Spring-Monetta
Aiken High
Eustis Park
Aiken Elementary
Laurens Street
Pinecrest
Lever
Scho
Schofield
Augusta Chronicle
Guerry C. McLendon
Idlewild Drive
There Is Too A Free Lunch. Fort Lauderdale Beach Memoir
A humorous Fort Lauderdale column riffs on education cuts and college life. The writer recalls beach trips, dorm sleeps in cars, and skimpy lessons about vacations, beer, bikinis, and a so-called free lunch, with no strong news event.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
William J. Bennett
Beach
Andalusia
Ala
Daytona Beach
Daytona
Boola
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Jeffrey
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