Presser Case Highlights DOJ Handling of Teamsters Probe
The article questions the Justice Department and FBI role in the Jackie Presser case, noting delays, immunities, and possible misled statements. It cites Judge Sam Bell forcing continued investigation, reveals monthly FBI payments to Presser, and mentions an indictment while Presser was reelected at the Teamsters convention in Las Vegas.
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Teamsters
Jackie Presser
Edwin Meese III
Department of Labor
Presser
Cleveland
Attorney General’s Office
FBI
Federal Grand Jury
U.S. District Court
Sam Bell
Las Vegas
William Brock
Keystone-Kops
Clyburn Appointed to State Industrial Commission
William Clyburn, longtime Aiken educator and public official, is named to the State Industrial Commission, creating vacancies in his hometown. He has served on Aiken County Council for six years and as Aiken City Council member, keeps his Aiken home, and assumes the new post July 1 as vice president of the State Democratic Party.
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William Clyburn
State Industrial Commission
Aiken
Clyburn
State Democratic Party
Women Seek Nebraska Governorship in Historic Primary
In Nebraska both parties nominate women for governor for the first time. Helen Boosalis wins the Democratic primary with 44 percent in a crowded field, while Kay Orr tops the Republican race with 38 percent as the leading woman among five candidates. Equality in the votes signals broad support for women candidates nationwide.
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Nebraska
Democrats
Helen Boosalis
Lincoln
Republicans
Kay Orr
Growing underclass reshapes American schools and future
Education Week warns a 40 million underdeveloped demographic inside the United States will grow rapidly, challenging schools with more nonwhite, poor, English learners from broken families. Rising fertility, high immigration, and aging teachers threaten standards unless schools, families, and governments act jointly.
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United States
Education Week
Colleges of Education
Dear Dr. Graham What Makes Today’s Youth Different
Billy Graham answers a letter from a great grandmother asking why today’s young people seem different. He cites pressures from media and peers, the glamorization of immoral living, lack of adult example, and the erosion of absolute moral standards taught in the Bible, noting homes often lack love and discipline.
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DR. Graham
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Southern Super-Tuesday reshapes 1988 race, Capps leads
The South mobilizes for a regional presidential primary in March 1988. Mississippi's Charles Capps urges a Confederate-money funded effort to nominate a candidate aligned with Southern values. He argues the South will influence the Democratic race and tilt national politics for years.
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Charles W. Capps Jr
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George Bush
Robert Dole
Jack Kemp
Howard Baker
Charley Capps
Jesse Jackson
Pearl Harbor
Colorado
Gary Hart
National Journal
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