Jackson mission on Goodman case seen as political risk
The author argues that Jesse Jackson’s push to secure Lt. Robert Goodman Jr.’s release in Syria is driven by politics, could backfire, and may violate the Logan Act. Reagan warns it may be counterproductive, while emphasis rests on private efforts' limits and potential election-year manipulation.
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Jesse Jackson
Syria
Jackson
Robert O. Goodman Jr
Lebanon
Damascus
Goodman
U.S
Logan
United States
Reagan
Berry's World Cartoon Plays With New Year Resolutions
A Berry’s World panel jokes about a New Year's resolution to avoid making resolutions at all. The punch line shows the character contemplating a commitment to refrain from making resolutions, highlighting humorous self-contradiction.
Nakasone Learns Political Truths After Japan Vote
The Liberal Democratic Party leader Yasuhiro Nakasone faced a setback in the lower house election despite gains in municipal, prefecture, and upper house ballots. Analysts say the result reflects local issues and personalities more than a direct referendum on his policies. The national electorate did not vote directly on him, but the outcome will be read in Tokyo as a judgment on his record.
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Yasuhiro Nakasone
Nakasone
Japan
Liberal Democrats
Diet
House of Commons
George McGovern
Tokyo
Political Leaders Do Good Deeds Too
Washington column highlights how lawmakers help individuals across the country. Stories showcase Sen. Pete Domenici aiding Spircas in Albuquerque, Weicker reuniting mother and daughter, Sen. Pete Wilson enabling a fighter pilot dream, Heflin reuniting a Bay family, Stafford pushing for Underhill on the Kitty Hawk list, Nickles aiding a Polish student, Schneider securing Breene’s widow, Eckart securing a Purple Heart, and Pastora drawing donor support while CIA fumbles.
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Washington
Spilea Brothers
Romania
Albuquerque
Connecticut
Lowell Weicker
R-Conn
North Carolina
Weicker
Randy Corwin
Pete Wilson
R-Calif
Miramar Naval Air Station
Howell Heflin
D-Ala
U.S
Bangkok
Birmingham
A.J. Marro
Vermont
David J. Underhill
Underhill
Marro
Robert Stafford
R Vt
Navy
Renata Marcinkowska
Oklahoma State University
Stuttgart
West Germany
Don Nickles
R-Okla
Marcinkowska
OSU
John J. Breene
Claudine Schneider
R.I
Breene
Veterans Administration
Troy Ward Jr
Vietnam
Ward
Dennis Eckart
D-Ohio
Zero
Eden Pastora
CIA
White House
Meese Defends Hunger Aid Amid Liberal Criticism
Washington analysis notes Edwin Meese defended U.S. hunger relief spending as ample and growing. It contrasts liberal uproar with fact that 1983 nutrition outlays exceeded prior years, with food stamps rising to 12.8 billion and participants to 23.2 million, prompting questions about program design and reach.
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Washington
Edwin Meese
America
Meese
Washington Post
Reagan
U.S
Grace says Congress lacks guts in interview with Grace
New York industrialist Peter Grace criticizes lawmakers and many business leaders as lacking courage and pursuing fat salaries. He predicts over 400 billion dollars in potential budget savings over three years, and says taxes should not rise if deficits are tackled by cutting wasteful spending. He also proposes a 36 percent marginal tax rate and elimination of the capital gains tax to spur the economy.
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Lee Iacocca
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler
Federal Trade Commission
General Motors
Toyota
Japan
California
Auto
Allied Industries
America
Iaccoca
Renault
France
American Motors
Gm-Toyota
Washington
New York
Peter Grace
Grace
Congress
Jimmy Carter
W.R. Grace & Co
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
Latin America
Ronald Reagan
Walter Mondale
du Pont (Corp
Carter
du Pont
Reagan
Danford Sawyer
Government Printing Office
General Services Administration
Gerald Carmen
GSA
Geneva
Sawyer
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Richard Wesley
Iacocca
Berry's
NEA, Inc
Donald F. Graff Nakasone
Margaret Thatcher
Commons
Jack Anderson
By Jeff MacNelly
M. Stanton Evans
Donald Lambro
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