Pioneer 10 launches into deep space and IMF bailout debate
Pioneer 10 speeds toward interstellar space carrying a gold plaque as scientists note Earth's fate in 5 billion years and ponder whether the mission's message to alien life is wise. Congressmen Kemp and Armstrong push IMF reform and bank rule changes to avert a new liquidity crisis amid global defaults.
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New World
U.S
Jack Kemp
William Armstrong
America
International Monetary Fund
Chase Manhattan
Brazil
Kemp
Armstrong
Treasury
Donald Regan
IMF
Mexico
Chase
George Champion
Paul Harvey on TV preachers profits and reform effort
The piece discusses evangelists public image, TV preaching expanding gospel spread and fundraising. Seattle businessman Paul Roper forms Church Management, Inc to investigate clergy for financial and moral improprieties, vowing first complaints within 60 days. It notes cautious responses from responsible evangelists including Billy Graham.
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Seattle
Paul Roper
Roper
Church Management, Inc
Billy Graham
Billy
Religion for Profit and Prayerful Disclosures Today
The piece surveys wealth in televangelism noting Billy Graham funds his estate through a trust for his children while drawing a salary from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. It highlights Moody Bible Institute’s broadcasting roots and Moody President George Sweeting’s warning against materialism. It cites the top ten TV ministries earning over 500 million and FCC/public exposure aims to curb clergy excess.
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Billy
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
Moody Bible Institute
Moody
George Sweeting
United States
National Religious Broadcasters Association
Roper
FCC
CIA libel case stalled disclosures draw fire
Washington author and former CIA officer David Atlee Phillips sued Donald Freed for libel over allegations of CIA links to the Letelier assassination. A federal judge barred Phillips from answering key questions about CIA work, prompting criticism of a double standard and fears of chilling press scrutiny of intelligence agencies.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
David Atlee Phillips
Donald Freed
Orlando Letelier
Embassy Row
Washington, D.C
Ronni Moffitt
Phillips
Freed
National Security
U.S. District Court
Thomas Jackson
Nixon
Gerhard A. Gesell
White House
Helms
David Sobel
Campaign For Political Rights
John Dillon
Association
Challenge
Washingtonian Magazine
Lee Harvey Oswald
Montgomery County
DINA
Letelier-Moffitt
Jackson
Buckley Abram Race Issue and Reagan Appointments
The piece argues liberal Jewish leaders critique Reagan’s Civil Rights Commission picks led by Morris Abram. It weighs affirmative action versus quotas, notes private versus public institution roles, and cites reactions from ADL and AFT leaders. The author supports limited private action and cautions against public policies harming Jewish or black students and questions the Supreme Court’s stance on color blindness.
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Reagan
Civil Rights Commission
Nathan Perlmutter
Anti- Defamation League
Ku Klux Klan
Anti-Defamation League
Albert Shanker
American Federation of Teachers
Morris Abram
Abram
American Jewish Committee
New York City
Harvard
Berkeley
Morris Abrams
Jesse Jacksons
Atlanta
Congress
American Jewish Congress
Supreme Court
Allan Bakke
Ex-Investigator Now Advises Old Enemies
Former congressional investigator Frank Silbey, after 17 years on Capitol Hill, leaves public oversight for private sector work. He recalls his tough career under Moss Hatch and Baucus, exposing wiretaps and Pentagon mismanagement, but laments weak oversight, a powerful bureaucracy, and limited media scrutiny. He calls oversight a scandal and an orphan, warning lawmakers focus on legislation and pork instead of thorough program examination.
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Washington
Frank Silbey
Silbey
Capitol Hill
California
John Moss
Moss
Civil Service
Pentagon
Senate
Montana
Max Baucus
Orrin Hatch
Labor and Human Resources Committee
Hatch
Labor Department
National Cancer Institute
Labor
Raymond Donovan
Congress
John Dingell
Michigan
Energy and Commerce
Jack Brooks
NCI
Cancer Research Lobby
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