Defense budget no sacred cow
Defense spending remains contentious as Caspar Weinberger resists deeper cuts, pressured by Reagan to trim less than $6 billion more than the agreed 1985 reduction. Weinberger supports military strength for arms control with the Soviet Union, while the 1986 budget faces calls to tighten wasteful spending. Reagan, under party and ally pressure, aims to slow the buildup by $28 billion over three years to curb the $200 billion deficit and protect long-term economic health.
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Caspar Weinberger
Reagan
Weinberger
David Stockman
Pentagon
Soviet Union
Erosion and Soil Loss Threaten Global Food Supply
Historical analysis cites Lester Brown of Worldwatch Institute warning of massive topsoil depletion driving higher food prices and famine. He notes US corn yield losses of about 6 percent per inch of topsoil lost and shifts of fertile land to housing and arms spending, urging a global campaign to preserve soil and raise farm yields.
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United
Lester “Brown
Worldwatch Institute
Africa
Brown
U.S
Third World
United States
Etthiopia
Folklore course reveals phrase origins at Lee College
Lynn Hughes reflects on English 333 Folklore taught by Charles Shafer noting lively class discussions, ghost stories, word games, and explorations of phrases. He cites malarkey ax to grind barking up the wrong tree between you and me and the lamppost bite the hand that feeds them and forest for the trees with roots in Franklin Burke Dickens and Weiland.
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Lee College
Charles Shafer
Sam
Benjamin Franklin
Ben
Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby
Edmund Burke
Christoph Martin Weiland
Weiland
William and
Mary Morris
Eric Partridge
Mystery memo ties Kissinger to Star Wars plan
James Hackett of the Heritage Foundation says a unsigned memo urging Kissinger to back Reagan’s BMD program appears not to originate from the foundation. The document cites keeping BMD alive into 1989, portrays Kissinger as a potential front man, and reflects the group’s distrust of SALT.
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Washington
Heritage Foundation
Henry Kissinger
Reagan
James Hackett
Foundation
On National Security
Donald Goldberg
Kissinger
The
U.S
New Year Watch Services and Local Obituaries
Chronicle of past Baytown events recounts New Year services at Trinity Tabernacle and Mont Belvieu Methodist Church led by Reverends Woods Blanscot McClellan Wright. Notices include Walter Queen sworn as justice of the peace, postal junk mail debate, and obituaries Elouise Clark and Melvin Hughes with local civic notes.
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Baytown Sun
Trinity Tabernacle
LR. Woods
N.F. Blanscot
J.W. McClellan
S.P. Wright
Mont Beilvieu Methodist Church
Walter Queen
Van
George Chandler
HE. McKee
Sammie McPhail
Houston Lighting & Power Co
Elouise Clark
Anahuac
Melvin Hughes
Humble
Baytown
Grimes County
B.B. Talley
The
Highlands Star
Highlands Rotary Club
Highlands
History highlights from December 31 headlines
A history note recalls December 31 1946 when President Truman proclaimed the end of World War I. It also mentions 1775 Quebec clashes where Gens Montgomery and Arnold were repelled and Montgomery fell. The piece notes 1880 birth of George C Marshill in Uniontown and 1943 Times Square near riot as Frank Sinatra opened at the Paramount Theater.
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Harry S. Struman
Richard Montgomery
Benedict Arnold
Quebec
Montgomery
George C. Marshill
Uniontown
New Yorks Times Square
Frank Sinatra
Paramount Theater
Bible Verse Create in Me a Clean Heart Prayer
A compact reflection on Psalms 51 verse 10 asking God to renew a steadfast spirit within. The line echoes the plea for inner moral renewal and divine guidance.
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Leon Brown
Fred Hotberges
Fred Hartman
Bill Cornwell
Gary Dobbs
Advertising Department
Texas
Memorial Drive
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Ned
Lynn Hughes
Franklin
Forore
the Sun
Mea
Jack Anderson
Lew Lehrman
New York
Council of Economic Advisers
Empire
GOP
Jack
Kemp
Lehrmann
Lehrman
Icanman
Jack Anderton
United Feature Syndicate
Sun
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