Byrd lineage ends in 1982 Senate retirement
The piece notes Sen Harry F Byrd Jr retirements ending the Byrd family’s Virginia Senate seat era. It highlights his independent reelections, fiscal conservatism, and opposition to federal deficit spending. It also covers the broader era of medical pioneering with Barney Clark’s successful permanent artificial heart implant and prospects for future artificial organs under Dr Robert Jarvik.
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Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Harry Senior
Harry Junior
Congress
Sen
Byrd
Democratic Party
Senate
Washington
Old Dominion
Barney Clark
Clark
Salt Lake City
Robert Jarvik
Free Market Texts Critique Sparks College Economics Debate
A New York NEA column surveys college economics texts and argues most misrepresent free market concepts. It highlights Young America's Foundation critique American Economic Texts and reviews Samuelson, McConnell, and others, praising anti orthodox positions and warning of liberal bias.
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New York
NEA
United States
America
Young America’s Foundation
Treasury
William E
Alan C. Stockman
Paul Samuelson
Yale
Stockman
Samuelson
Karen Palasek
Campbell McConnell
Nofziger mobilizes Reaganites for 1984 campaign plan
Washington reports that Lyn Nofziger organized a reunion of more than a dozen Reagan campaign lieutenants with advance approval from Ronald Reagan after a secret Oval Office meeting. The effort aims to build a campaign infrastructure, list key supporters, and prevent Bush allies from gaining control of the re election effort. Paul Laxalt formalized authority to protect continuity, with Barrett Baker noting broader stakes in campaign management.
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Washington
Lyn Nofziger
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Nofziger
Oval Office
Sen
Paul Laxalt
Nevada
Ed Allison
Barbados
Alabama
Rick Shelby
Republican National Committee
Clif White
Goldwater
Montana
Frank Whetstone
George Bush
Bush
White House
James Baker
Baker
Bleak prospects persist in U S job market says analyst
Washington reports that unemployment will stay high long after recovery. Firms trim staffs and struggle to expand due to debt, high interest rates, and slow investment in advanced machinery. Immigration adds workers, while many Americans lack skills for new tech jobs, risking ongoing layoffs and takeovers.
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Washington
Vietnam
Laos
Cuba
Mexico
Latin America
Taxpayers Near Funding Terrorist Training Camp Revelation
Washington report reveals a House Intelligence Committee probe into ex CIA figure Edwin Wilson. It notes a Virginia farm scheme to train terrorists funded by a SEAA grant and linked lists of radical groups. Also covered are internal White House tensions over ERA outreach with women groups.
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Virginia
CIA
Edwin Wilson
House Intelligence Committee
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Muammar Qaddafi
House Committee
Thomas Latimer
Dale van Atta
van Atta
Latimer
Libya
Qaddafi
Italy
Red Brigade
Irish Republican Army
Japan
Red Army
Intelligence Committee
Justice Department
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
LEAA
America
SEAA
California Specialized Training Institute
San Luis Obispo
Aramco
Republican National Committee
Cochairman
Betty Heitman
Reagan
Borcherdt
Mrs. Dole
White House
Heitman
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Jack Anderson
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