Sickness in sports and the payday problem in major leagues
Veteran writer Herman Helms critiques modern athletics as driven by money and fame. He cites baseball salaries and ticket percentages, questions loyalty to teams, and condemns union leadership and excessive college profits. A U S District judge highlights academic issues facing athlete programs.
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Herman Helms
Columbia State
Laurens County Touchdown Club
Helms
Reggie Jackson
California Angels
Joe DiMaggio
Jackie Robinson
Mickey Mantle
St. Louis Cardinals
Stan Musial
Dodger
NFL Players Union
Ed Garvey
Columbia
University of California
University of South Carolina
Clemson
University of Minnesota
U. S
Soviet Physician Calls to Outlaw Nuclear Weapons
Yevgeny I Chazov, Brezhnev’s personal physician and Soviet Academy member, urges the abolition of nuclear arms on a PBS program. He argues the arms race threatens humanity and calls for outlawing weapons production and destroying stockpiles, noting wide U S coverage but questioning Soviet media coverage.
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United States
Public Broadcasting Service
Yevgeny I. Chazov
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Academy of Medical Sciences
Earth
Chazov
New York Times
Russia
Par for the course and beer talk mix in lively column
A humorous column combines golf misadventure at Charleston Muni with a World Series beer theme. It skewers a gun incident, police search limits, and local chatter about beer barons and sports, plus a BBC tale and Bob Jones University museum anecdote.
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Charleston Muni
Muni
Bob Daniel
Daniel
England
Beth
BBC
U.S
BOB Jones University
Supreme Court
Mary Ellsworth Restivo
Bob Jones University Art Museum
Greenville
Fitzhugh Hamrick
The Poles Secret Weapon and Pope John Paul II
The piece examines Poland’s martial law, worker resistance, and Soviet pressure. It highlights Gen Jaruzelski's tactics and the persistent Polish mobilization, then shifts to discuss Pope John Paul II as a pivotal force, citing a new biography and his centrist stance on liberation theology and work.
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New York City
Poland
Gdansk
Wroclaw
Nowa Huta
Solida
Lech Walesa
John Paul II
Jaruzelski
Solidarity
Pope John Paul II
Paul Johnson
St. Martin’s
Wall Street crime and market defenses discussed
The article analyzes how manipulators profit from short selling and stock fear, citing Johnson and Johnson Tylenol cases and potential profits. It calls for exchange shutdowns at the first sign of a scare and record checks to deter such crime, arguing this is the minimum defense.
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Wall Street
Chicago Area
McNeil Laboratories
Johnson and Johnson
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Gallo Brothers
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NAVY
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Doonesbury
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