Can't Afford Surrender
The mid term election impact on congressional politics remains unclear until new members vote on defense spending and taxes. A Democratic House will complicate Reagan’s agenda, yet Reagan’s program for economic recovery remains the coherent plan, needing no surrender of core tax and spending cuts.
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Tip O’neill
House of Representatives
Reagan
Lyn Nofziger
White House
Nofziger
Senate
House
Kohl of West Germany Warns on Debt Burden
The speaker, Chancellor Helmut Kohl, warned that living beyond means and rising public debt threaten future generations. He criticized excess public spending and argued a moral question about burdening successors with unsustainable debts, noting the need to face the toughest economy since World War II. Ronald Reagan echoed the sentiment.
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Ronald Reagan
Helmut Kohl
West Germany
Starting Early alcohol education program for children
The American Automobile Association launches a new program titled Starting Early to curb drunk driving by teaching elementary pupils how alcohol affects the body and mind. Field tests reached 290 schools and over 5,000 students from kindergarten through sixth grade across seven programs. Early results are not yet known, but the effort aims to reduce highway deaths by education.
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American Automobile Association
Utah Health Study Refutes Fallout Cancer Claims
In a Salt Lake City federal court, Dr. Charles R. Smart testified after nine weeks of trial that Utah has had the nation’s lowest cancer rate since 1966. He founded the Utah Cancer Registry and found no excess cancers from Nevada fallout, attributing health to Mormon lifestyle rather than radiation.
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Nevada
Utah
Salt Lake City
Charles R. Smart
Latter-day Saints Hospital
Utah Cancer Registry
Thought For Today: Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody
Quote attributed to John Churton Collins from 1848 to 1908 warns against universal praise. It presents a skeptical view of flattering talk and character judgment.
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John Churton Collins
God Can Help You Overcome Alcohol Dependence
Dear reader explains gradual alcohol dependence and how God can provide inner strength to resist temptation. Counseling through faith includes fleeing temptations, facing underlying problems, and giving life to Christ to receive daily guidance and support.
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DR. Graham
R.G
God
Christ
The Bright Future Is Thataway Big Car Makers Profit
The piece notes Chrysler and General Motors generating over a billion dollars in profits in the first nine months of the year from non auto sectors. It cites a shift from traditional industries toward fast-growing fields like computers, cable, automation, and new materials, with forecasts of plastics, non petroleum fuels, automated factories, disposable clothing, voice-activated doors, and medical advances shaping the coming decade.
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Detroit
Chrysler
General Motors
Debating South Carolina Medical Schools and Budget Pressures
Ashley Cooper frames Dr. Jim Edwards as a national figure who could steer Columbia politicians toward closing the second USC medical school in Charleston. The piece discusses budget cuts, potential shifts in support from Gov. Riley and Sen. Dennis, and the political leverage surrounding the Charleston university amid Reaganomics.
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Jim Edwards
Columbia
South Carolina
University of South Carolina
Edwards
Medical University
Charleston
U.S. Secretary of Energy
Dick Riley
Greenville
Riley
Second
Gov. Riley
Bill Workman
Senate
Gilbert E. McMillan
Aiken
Thomas E. Smith Jr
Florence
Charleston-Georgetown
Sen. Smith
Rembert Dennis
Berkeley
Dennis
Tommy Hartnett
Charleston University
Sen
Hartnett
Sen. Dennis
Columbia Medical School
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Ashley Cooper
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