Reagan's stand on South Africa sparks congressional revolt
Anthony Lewis reports that U.S. opposition to Reagan policy grows as South Africa faces a Uitenhage massacre in which 20 unarmed mourners are killed. A Kannemeyer inquiry found police used lethal force and that stone throwing was fabrication. The piece argues Reagan sided with official violence and ignored victims, fueling global and domestic criticism.
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Boston
Congress
Reagan
South Africa
Uitenhage
Sam Donaldson
ABC News
Law and Order
Donald Kannemeyer
Kannemeyer
Allenage
Ronald Reagan
Union
Andries Raditsela
Eastern Cape
Editorials on Defense Waste and Bluefield Y Fundraising
The piece critiques Reagan's Defense panel led by David Packard as a partial solution to waste and fraud, questions Weinberger's leadership, and urges faster action. It also urges community support for the Bluefield YM-YWCA, noting the center faces utility arrears and possible closure without donations.
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Reagan
Defense Department
Pengaton
Defense
David Packard
Packard
Hewlett-Packard Co
Caspar W. Weinberger
Capitol Hill
Weinberger
Department
Bluefield
Ym-Ywca
Rosty mail drives Capitol Hill wave on tax reform
Dan Rostenkowski’s call to “write Rosty” drew 10 000 to 15 000 letters, with a possible total up to 30 000 as aides and officials sport a “write Rosty” button. The traffic floods Ways and Means offices, many letters addressed to Rosty in Washington D.C., backing Reagan’s tax plan in a bipartisan push.
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Washington
Dan Rostenkowski
House
Ways and Means Committee
Illinois Democrat
Rostenkowski
Capitol Hill
Roscoe L. Egger Jr
Rosty
Roscoe
Egger
Rusty
Washington, D.C
Longworth House
Jamie Richardson
Reagan
J.J. Pickle
D-Texas
Special Forces at Fort Bragg and the Vietnam legacy
George Will argues Fort Bragg and its elite units symbolize a continual war footing for the United States. He outlines the role of MTTs and force multipliers in training Third World forces, contrasts prosaic military aims with public perception, and notes deterrence value from activities like Grenada and potential responses to hijack crises.
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Fort Bragg
N.C
TWA
Beirut
Mediterranean
America
Vietnam
John Kennedy
Kennedy
U.S
Indochina
Norway
Naples
Mtts
West
Defense Department
Special Forces
Army
McClellan
Pope
Burnside
Grenada
Ford Hood
Tex
Ft. Bragg
Cyprus
Algiers
Delta Force
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Pretoria
N.Y. Times News Service
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Tom Raum
Northwestern University School of Law
Dale Bumpers
Arkansas Democrat
Bumpers
House Agriculture Committee
Jesse Helms
R-N
Daily Telegraph
George F. Will
George Will
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Washington Post Writers Group
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