Supreme Court justice cites home murder news on capital punishment
Justice William H. Rehnquist, recalling a February murder of a Supreme Court librarian near the Capitol, urged faster death-penalty action. He criticized repeated appeals that delay executions, calling the death penalty virtually an illusion and saying the system undermines justice. The case highlights national concern over capital punishment effectiveness.
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Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Wayne Car] Coleman
Donaldson
William H. Rehnquist
Atlanta
Capitol Hill
United States
Rehnquist
No Stockades Please Proposals Fail To Back Stockade Plan
Criticism of the penal system and prison labor for garbage disposal prompts proposals to resume a county stockade. While useful work for prisoners is praised, past abuses warn against a return to the old system. Prison labor could become a political tool, and we vote against the stockade plan.
Debate Over Japanese Auto Exports and Free Trade Policy
The article argues that alleged voluntary limits on Japanese auto exports to the United States are pressured by Congress and congressional leaders warn of legislated quotas. It criticizes import curbs as harming consumers and delaying American automakers from remaining competitive while noting internal Reagan administration divisions and political maneuvering.
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Commerce
Malcolm Baldrige
United States
Reagan Administration
Baldrige
Congress
Tokyo
Detroit
Capitol Hill
United Auto Workers
Sputnik
Jane Fonda
William Sloane Coffin
U. S
Wall Street
Eldridge Cleaver
America
Japanese carmakers resist export limits to United States
Japanese auto industry officials reject Reagan trade envoy Brock's call to cut exports. In Washington, Japanese lawmakers gauge Capitol Hill sentiment as Detroit gains influence. A voluntary cutback could trade for favorable terms later and avoid a broader trade war.
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United States
Reagan
William Brock
Washington
Congress
Detroit
Capitol Hill
Japan
Supply side ramblings and public notices from a late edition
A collage of light political humor and social commentary touches on Reagan Johnson politics and supply side economics with satirical asides. The piece notes a Seventh Day Adventist growth rumor, old ads, and jokes about pensions alimony and aging. It ends citing the League of Women Voters Charleston Directory of Public Officials.
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Reagan
League of Women Voters of
Charleston County
Lasse Helpine
The Importance Of A Close Neighborhood On Azalea Place
In a 1950s developed cul de sac Azalea Place neighbors bonded by shared childrearing and mutual aid. The piece traces postwar upheavals from Sputnik to cultural shifts, noting generational divides and political critique, ending with a hopeful revival as a new generation of children play. The guest author, a retired Du Pont executive formerly named Aiken’s Man Of The Year, notes ongoing civic duties.
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Azalea Place
Karl Marx
Aiken Standard
du Pont
Aiken
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