Texas primaries reveal Reagan domain and Senate races
Texas results show Kent Hance leading the Democrats in a Reagan aligned field while Phil Gramm sweeps the Republican side. Mondale trails Reagan in national polls, with Hart and Kruger in varied standings as Democrats grapple with unity and a shifting campaign tone.
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Kent Hance
Bob Kruger
Los Angeles Times
Ronald Reagan
Walter Mondale
Gary Hart
Reagan
Texas
Lebanon
Mondale
Hart
Dale
Ohio
Indiana
Jimmy Carter
Merle P. Millham left quiet life in Aiken for memorial in obituary tone
Merle P Millham died May 5 at Greenwood Methodist Home after 18 years in Aiken where he built Manor Press and led a printing life. He previously ran Yank bureau on Okinawa during World War II and befriended Manuel Roxas shaping a Philippine liberation book. His family supports a USC Aiken chancellor’s scholarship in memory of his son Steve.
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Merle Millham
Aiken
Greenwood Methodist
Japan
Yank Magazine
Yank
Okinawa
Liberal
Kans
Millham
Wichita College
Stanford University
California
OCS
Pacific
Philippines
Manor Press
Ohio
St. John’s United Methodist Church
Steve
Buenos Aires
Mr. Millham
University of South Carolina Aiken
Churches Question Tobacco Role in North Carolina
A North Carolina Council of Churches special committee spent two years on a report challenging tobacco’s moral status. The piece notes NC produces 42 percent of U.S. tobacco and faces economic stakes of 55 percent of state crop income and about 155000 jobs. Duke University ties to tobacco funds and the note compares tobacco to whiskey in social harm, while among denominations Kilburn cites moral concerns.
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North Carolina
North Carolina Council of Churches
Collins Kilburn
Duke University Divinity School
Dennis Campbell
Duke University
James B. Duke
Trinity College
Duke Foundation
Carolinas
Council of Churches
Do Russians Know How They're Hated
Washington writes that Soviet leaders faced a surge of global anti regime sentiment during the Los Angeles Games with groups like the Lithuanian Information Center and Hungarian Freedom Fighters Federation planning protests and even a Ban the Soviets Coalition raising funds for anti Soviet billboards and defector help. The piece notes these actions are free speech and that the U S government has refused to suppress them.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Lithuanian Information Center
Congest
Czechoslovak Freedom Federation
Los Angeles
Hungarian Freedom Fighters Federation
Junta Patriotica Cubana
Afghanistan Freedom Organization
Ban the Soviets Coalition
U.S
Helsinki
Galina Zybina
Nina Romashchkova
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan
Valery Borzov
Russia
Vladimir Salnikov
America
Radio Free Europe
Executive Pay Scrutiny Triggers Debate Across Industries
The piece contrasts high executive pay with labor and policy concerns, citing GM bonuses totaling 181.7 million for 5,807 executives and a 13.2 million package at NCR. It discusses inflation, talent shortages, and union leverage as factors shaping views on pay.
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Business Week
William S. Anderson
NCR Inc
Anderson
Sibson & Co
United Automobile Workers Union
Ford
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A reflective essay discusses rising youth suicide rates in the United States and Canada, noting drug involvement and a complex mix of social factors. It profiles Rod David, a popular high school athlete who died by suicide, and cites researchers and sociologists while questioning societal influences and church reverence.
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Quebec
Canadian Mental Health Assn
Rod David
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By Lars-Erie Nelson
Steve Young
Los Angeles Express
United States Football League
William E. Brock III
General Motors Corp
Brock
Forever Young
University of California
David Kennedy
Dennis Tolsma
National Centers For Disease
Rod Davids
Tucumcari
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Red
van Pryor
Rod
Derek Humphry
National Institute For Mental Health
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