Column excerpt questions Scalia rise and free speech stance
A New York Times Service column critiques Antonin Scalia as a rising U.S. Supreme Court prospect, arguing for government secrecy and limiting free speech while noting his media fealty, ethnic balance politics, and debate over press accountability. The piece ends with a quip about who reads a column to the end.
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Antonin
Nino) Scalia
Supreme Court
Antonin Scalia
America
High Court
Ed Meese
Pat Buchanan
el Nino
Scalia
Reagan
White House
Ferraro Zaccaro
Cuomo
American Enterprise Institute
The
Jurist
William Rehnquist
John Mitchell
Richard Kleindienst
Reagan confrontation over Managua aid reveals partisan tactics
The editorial argues President Reagan should address a joint session rather than the House alone about the $100 million Contra aid package. It criticizes Speaker O'Neill for blocking a one house address while praising a joint session format as proper for discussing the Central America policy. It notes the House vote on 70 million military aid and 30 million other aid to the Contras and laments partisan politics in volatile foreign policy.
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Reagan
House of Representatives
Thomas P. O’neill Jr
Truman
O’neill
Congress
House of Congress
Central America
Cyanide Laced Excedrin Ties to Multiple Deaths
Seattle investigators review unusual deaths since January after cyanide detected in Excedrin bottles from lot 5-H102. Bristol-Myers recalls Extra-Strength capsules and other analgesics nationwide. Nine deaths nationwide linked to drug tampering since 1982 Tylenol case. Public concern grows over safety amid technological advances.
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Sue Snow
Bruce Nickell
Seattle
Bristol-Myers
Chicago
West Virginia letters critique cults and acid rain debate
A reader praises a Bluefield Daily Telegraph editorial on warning about neo Nazi cults in Pocahontas County and criticizes state officials for promoting Hare Krishna temple tourism. The letter also discusses Moonies and other cults, urging citizens to resist. A second correspondent supports acid rain skepticism, arguing coal plants are not sole culprits and more research funding is needed.
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West Virginia
Pocahontas County
United States
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
State Tourism Department
Moundsville
Way
Int
Moonies
Nazi Youth Movement
Moon
Reagan
Daily Telegraph
Clinch Line
Public Interest Letters Policy Notice
The Daily Telegraph invites readers to submit letters on matters of public interest. Letters must be brief and include the writer’s signature address and telephone number to be considered for publication.
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Daily Telegraph
Abm treaty turns and the case for withdrawal
William Buckley surveys how the ABM treaty could be nullified and the SDI project affected by treaty limits. He notes Krasnoyarsk radar violations and two possible US withdrawal paths, with emphasis on the 1985-1983 policy shifts and the clash between restrictive and permissive readings of Agreed Statement D.
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Soviet Union
Jimmy Carter
Mr. Reagan
United States
U.S
U.S. Department of State
Abraham Sofaer
Ariel Sharon
Time Magazine
Subcommittee On
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Reagan
Defense Department
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William Safire
Atlanta
South America
N.Y. Times News Service
House
Kenneth Conner
Princeton
W.va
Moscow
Krasnoyarsk
Iron Curtain
Gerard Smith
Smith
William Buckley
Universal Press Syndicate
William
Buckley
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