The Duke of Windsor Shaving Habit Debate
Russell Baker muses on the Duke of Windsor shaving twice daily in exile with few servants in Paris. The piece humorously imagines consequences of a habit that fills time, contrasting with Wallis and other rich figures, and ends noting Barbara Piasecka Johnson and a nuclear shelter.
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Duke of Windsor
Vanity Fair
Paris
Baltimore
Babe Ruth
Wallis
Fellows
Barbara Piasecka Johnson
Princeton
Editorial on coalfield tours and honoraria ethics
The piece supports congressmen touring coalfields to inform policy but condemns accepting $2000 honoraria from sponsors. It notes Rep. Rick Boucher arranged a southwest Virginia trip, with others flying private, and urges ethics reform while praising some actions like Rep. John Byrant designating a charity.
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Rick Boucher
D-Va
Virginia
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Rep. Boucher
United Coal Co
Bristol
John Byrant
Texas
Rep
Boucher
United
Department of Energy
Boucher and
Bryant
Bill Alexander
Arkansas
Jim Bates
Martha Washington Inn
Abingdon
Congress
Reagan weighs saving SALT II amid Congress clash
President Reagan faces a decision on SALT II with Congress and European allies holding the leverage. He would need Soviet arms restraint and new proposals, amid his own large military buildup and Star Wars funding. If not, the pact's fate hinges on Capitol Hill and allied pressure.
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Washington
Reagan
Congress
Kremlin
United States
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev
U.S
Supreme Court
Vietnam
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bismarck
Nixon
Senate
House
Norman Dicks
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Sen
Arlen Specter
Pennsylvania
John Chafee
Rhode Island
Robert Stafford
Vermont
Moscow
Letter to the editor urges Wonders return to Bluefield
Mrs. Harry Gray of Bluefield West Virginia praises the Ageless Wonders after their Harman Auditorium show. She argues the group deserved fuller attendance and hopes they perform again in a larger venue with greater seating capacity.
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Harman Auditorium
Bluefield
Supreme Court rebuts federal rules on handicapped newborn care
The Supreme Court in a 5-3 decision rejects HHS regulations under the Rehabilitation Act that would require hospitals receiving federal funds to prevent discrimination against handicapped newborns. The plurality held no proof hospitals deny care based on handicap, but White dissented, urging regulatory authority to curb discriminatory withholding of treatment and allow hospital cooperation with child-protection agencies. George Will comments accompany.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Indiana
Secretary of Health and Human Services
American Hospital Association
American Medical Association
Justice Stevens
Marshall
Blackmun
Powell Burger
HHS
Stevens
Justice White
Brennan
O’connor
White
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N.Y
Editorial
Barry Schweid
State Department
Western Europe
Department
NATO Alliance
Barry Schneid
The
Associated Press
Harry Gray Bluefield
W.va
George Will
Washington Post Writers Group
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