Carter Reagan clash overs the 1980 tax cut plan
The editorial questions Carter’s economic program and its political timing, arguing the plan is heavy on business tax cuts and government spending while neglecting savings, dividends, and capital gains tax issues. It calls for a broader reform of tax and regulatory policy and a deeper economic debate between Carter and Reagan.
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Ronald Reagan
White House
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Reagan
Mr. Carter
All's Quiet In Tehran on Hostage Crisis
The piece argues Washington has kept a low profile as 52 Americans remain captive in Iran for over 300 days. It urges serious private diplomacy, warns against a Tehran kangaroo court, and questions any Kharg Island invasion as a last resort that could endanger the hostages and Middle East peace.
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Iran
Carter
Ayatollah Khomeini
United States
Kharg Island
Jack Anderson
Aiken Standard Responds to Letters to the Editor Policy
The Aiken Standard outlines letters to the editor requiring the writer’s signature and mailing address, rejects anonymous submissions, urges legibility, allows editing for space and libel concerns, and sets a 200 word limit with editors’ discretion for exceptions.
Reagan era cabinet talk and diplomat under fire
A column notes Republican cabinet staffing calls during Reagan Bush era, warns about overexposure of future appointees and questions ambassador Woodcock's China comments. It reflects on Leonard Woodcock’s Taiwan stance and laments partisan diplomacy affecting U S foreign service unity. It also recalls Sam Levenson humor about family life and grandmothers.
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Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Bush
John Connally
Howard Baker
William Simon
Alexander Haig
Leonard Woodcock
China
George Bush
Taiwan
Woodcock
Peking
U.s.china
United Auto Workers
United States
State Department
United Front
Tammanay Hall
Coercive Utopians and Carter Era Appointees in Government
An essay by Dr. H Peter Metzger argues radical environmentalist appointees compromise key agencies incl Gen, Interior, Agriculture, Energy and Welfare and hinder nuclear licensing and water projects. It cites James W Moorman and Tony Roisman, Alan Merson, and an Energy Department advisory committee pushing nationalization. The piece warns of erosion of free institutions and government survival.
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H. Peter Metzger
James W. Moorman
Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund
President Carter
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Tony Roisman
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Carter
Alan Merson
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Sinai Desert
Synfuels Promise Draws Big Bets and Big Debate
Investors eye synfuels as a major future energy sector with Wall Street backing from Merrill Lynch and Dillon Read. The piece notes DOE's limited gains, calls for government grants to small firms, and argues that practical environmental policy could unlock a larger breakthrough than early electricity.
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Dillon Read
Synfuels
Ste Ge
Tom Eagleton
D-Mo
DOE
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Allis-Chalmers
Koppers
Morgan Stanley
Wyoming
American Natural Resources of
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