Nobel Prize a Just Reward for Gorbachev's Peace Efforts
The editorial argues Mikhail Gorbachev deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for guiding peaceful democratic reforms in Eastern Europe and preventing a Soviet collapse through glasnost. It notes his role in ending the Cold War and withdrawing troops, while acknowledging domestic unpopularity and possible limited time in power.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonid Brezhnev
Eastern
Europe
Gorbachev
East Germany
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Kremlin
East Berlin
Moscow
Erich Honecker
Berlin Wall
Paris
United States
Soviet Union
Credit Unions Defend Independence Against Bank Mergers
A letter from a long time credit union member argues that banks seek to dismantle credit unions, their not for profit model, and higher service levels. The writer urges readers to support credit unions as a viable, well reserved alternative to banks and warns against costly mergers.
Abolish Congressional Retirement for Social Security Reform
A letter argues lawmakers should relinquish Senate and House retirement benefits and be covered by Social Security and Medicare instead. The author proposes bills by Butler Derrick and Strom Thurmond, plus Irene Rudnick in the state legislature, claiming savings of over 5 million dollars monthly and equal benefits for legislators and citizens.
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Congress
Butler Derrick
Strom Thurmond
House
Senate
House of Representatives
Irene Rudnick
Write a Letter to The Aiken Standard Today
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters with the writer’s mailing address for publication. Letters should be legible and preferably typewritten and may be edited for clarity. Send to The Editor Box 456 Aiken SC 29802.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Standard
Aiken
Aiken, S.C
Production leadership names listed for a newspaper
The communication lists three senior roles: Production Director Sue S Brown, Business Office Manager Ellen C Priest, and Circulation Director Daniel S Holland. The record preserves the names and titles as shown.
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Sue S. Brown
Ellen C. Priest
Daniel S. Holland
The Sad Case of Joe Giarratano on Death Row
Richmond Va. columnist urges clemency for Joe Giarratano condemned for a 1979 rape murder. Supreme Court rejection cited, but author argues lack of proof beyond reasonable doubt and questions the state’s use of the death penalty.
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Joe Giarratano
Virginia
Boydton
Supreme Court
Doug Wilder
Joe
Giarratano
Newport News
Ichmond
Children and Pets Create Night of Trials and Litter
A windy rain soaked night leads to a Labrador mother giving birth in a kennel. The dog escapes and a frantic search through flooded streets ensues. After hours the dog returns with seven newborn puppies found in a dry shed. The family relocates the pups to the garage and keeps one or two.
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Lassie
Marco
Stormy
Baseball Playoffs and Budgets Clash in Uproar
The piece blends a chaotic baseball playoff scene with sharp political satire on George Bush. It riffs on umpire calls amid onfield chaos and transitions to critique of Bush on capital gains, taxes, and pragmatism, citing Trudeau and ongoing campaign chatter.
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Roger Clemens
George Bush
Boston Red Sox
George
Doonesbury
Garry Trudeau
Newsweek
Bush
Congress
Florida
United States
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Jeffrey B. Wallace
Melanie L. Arney
U.S. Supreme Court
Yale Law Journal
Mike Mello
Vermont Law School
Georgetown
Maryland
Ted Bundy
US. Supreme Court
Wallace
Bush and
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