Our View on Hugo and the San Francisco Earthquake Preparedness
The editorial argues for improved readiness after rescuers pull hundreds of bodies and some survivors from the Bay Area quake. It notes federal aid mobilization under FEMA and the need for repair of bridges and transit, plus possible retrofitting of older freeway spans and tighter highway standards.
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California
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Community Letters Highlight Shelter, Library Moves, and Power Concerns
Readers discuss winter shelter for storm areas using obsolete buses and semitrailers, urging immediate action and possible emergency legislation. They recall Aiken County Library moves, seek memories of prior locations, and critique big utilities favoring profits over small businesses and rural power access.
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Arthur R. Milro
Quinida Weeks
Dibble
Want To Write Letters To The Editor At Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters with the writer’s mailing address. Letters should be legible and preferably typewritten. concise pieces are preferred. All letters may be edited and condensed, with no subject limits. send to The Editor Box 456 Aiken SC 29802.
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Nancy Reagan's Memoir Accuses and Battlesold Writings
Recapping passages from Newsweek and USA Today the piece portrays Nancy Reagan’s forthcoming My Turn as a self justifying grievance spread over eight years in the White House. It notes her reliance on astrologer Joan Quigley shaping political scheduling and her battles with Don Regan while detailing strained ties with Patti and Ron and a media driven portrait of a dissatisfied first lady.
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Newsweek
USA Today
White House
Barbara Bush
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Patti
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Maureen
Michael
Nancy
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San Francisco
Joan Quigley
Quigley
Don Regan
Craia
Mikhail Gorbachev
Reagan
Gorbachev
Raisa
Regan
Liberalism in Crisis at FDR Event in New York
In YDE PARK New York liberals convened to ponder liberalism’s decline after a House vote cutting capital gains tax. Noted scholars Schlesinger Brinkley Rauh Howe and others discuss cyclical change and the need for new liberal language and action to revive the movement.
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Yde Park
N.Y
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
George Bush
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Alan Brinkley
Joseph Rauh
Schlesinger
Bush
Debt Reduction and Market Regulation Urged After Panic
Column argues Friday's market panic exposed excess debt across business government and the nation. It urges stronger securities regulation to prevent future crashes and calls for reducing overall indebtedness to restore stability and confidence.
Wrong To Count Aliens The Fond du Lac Reporter
The U S House vote to count illegal foreign citizens in the 1990 census is criticized as wrong. The piece argues southern and western states with many illegals gain seats at the expense of states without them. It notes aliens cannot vote but dilute citizen representation and calls for congressional reconsideration.
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