Moratorium as business in nuclear test debate
Tom Wicker argues that the 17 month Soviet moratorium on nuclear testing offers a path to arms control despite Reagan administration opposition. He notes dissent within Congress, a push to withhold funding for tests, and potential ratification of the Threshold and Peaceful Nuclear Explosions treaties, while warning of a weakened president after Reykjavik and Iran arms dealings.
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New York
Reagan
White House
U.S
Administration
Iceland
Barry Goldwater
Senate Armed Services Committee
House
Goldwater
Senate
Soviet Union
Lee H. Hamilton
Intelligence Committee
Les Aspin
Armed Services
Thomas S. Foley
Edward J. Markey
Thomas J. Downey
Reykjavik
Editorial Differences on incentives plan
The Daily Telegraph defends a state incentives program backed by Gov. Arch Moore, arguing it creates jobs and opportunity rather than bribery. It cites Baker and El-Tech projects, praising Moore and Sen. Rockefeller for preserving industry in Bluefield Princeton area and boosting employment while countering attacks that payments benefit only business.
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Daily Telegraph
Dave Pedneau
Princeton
Pedneau
Arch Moore
Baker Company
Baker
Bluefield
Beckley
Fairmont
El-Tech
Rockwell
Moore
Gov. Moore
U.S
Jay Rockefeller
D-W.va
Incentives and economic development in southern West Virginia
A columnist criticizes money oriented growth strategies in southern West Virginia calling them legal bribery. The piece cites Baker Mine Service in Brushfork and Gov Arch Moore promising Mercer County a new industry, delivering only a plan to keep a coal satellite from leaving.
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West Virginia
Baker Mine Service
Brushfork Mining Machinery Company
Arch Moore
Mercer County
Arch
West Virginia Economy Debates Bridges and Bailouts
Dave Pedneau argues against state subsidies and tax incentives for struggling industries in Southern West Virginia. He critiques Baker and other deals as welfare for entrepreneurs, warns of declining employment, and urges eliminating state faults over costly bribes. Pedneau notes political credit jockeying by Moore Rockefeller and Manchin, then laments future payoffs and sleepless searches for rainbows.
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Baker
Moore
West Virginia
Capitol Dome
Sen
Jay Rockefeller
Princeton
A. James Manchin
Kentucky
Tennessee
North Carolina
Commodity trading of dissidents in Soviet bloc ethics
A commentary notes Moscow monetizes dissidents as political goods. It questions the labor value of persecuted individuals, West attention, and detente credits, arguing the Kremlin profits from liberalization myths while dissidents endure. It cites Sakharov, Shcharansky, and Marchenko amid global political theater.
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Prague
Romania
Kafka
Soviet Union
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Gorbachev
Durance
Gorki
Gorki Chamber of Commerce
Moscow
Karl Marx
Vatican
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Kremlin
Shcharansky
Sakharov
Orlov
Anatoly Marchenko
Daniloff
Communist Party
Syria
Jesse Jackson
Damascus
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