Central America settlement tests Arias plan and White House clash
The United States struggles to advance Oscar Arias Sanchez’s cease fire and free elections plan for Central America amid disputes between Secretary Shultz and NSC advisers. Reagan reportedly voiced support with caveats, while Arias pushes a Guatemala meeting to test Sandinista concessions. The conflict over aiding the contras and appointing a Nicaragua ambassador heightens the administration’s diplomacy test.
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Paris
Central America
George Shultz
National Security Council
White House
Costa Rica
Oscar Arias Sanchez
U.S
Arias
Reagan
State Department
San Jose
Guatemala
el Salvador
Jose Napoleon Duarte
Washington
Daniel Ortega Saavedra
America
Ortega
State
NSC
Editorial: Arch Moore Upholds Mine Safety Priority
Gov Arch Moore rejects plan to lay off mine inspectors amid a 1.49 billion to 5.3 million budget cut. urges protecting safety and inspection. The piece criticizes Kenneth Faerber for unsafely prioritizing cost cuts over mine safety, while rebutting legislative blame and urging prudent department trimming.
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Department of Energy
Kenneth Faerber
Faerber
Arch Moore
Gov
Moore
Energy Department
Supreme Court bars suit over LSD military testing
Former Army sergeant James B. Stanley sought damages after participation in an Aberdeen Proving Grounds LSD exposure study. The Court upheld immunity for the government, rejecting claims for injuries from the unknowing test, despite dissenters urging protection of soldiers' dignity.
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James B. Stanley
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Maryland
Stanley
Mr. Stanley
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William J. Brennan
Cable TV finds and fails in a fishing show
A writer recalls browsing through cable channels and rejecting Jimmy Swaggart begging for money and other odd programs. The narrator settles on a fishing show but notes the sameness of hosts and the clichés of cheering exclamations as they reel in various fish.
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Jimmy Swaggart
Earl
A Pair of Fishermen Chase A Big Lake Prize
Lewis Grizzard recounts a comical fishing trip with Carl and Earl as they dispute a weigh in a lake with misfired antics. The scene ends with a possible catch and a nod to Grizzard’s syndicated column.
How should we judge the pope in Waldheim visit debates
William Buckley argues the pope faces a moral trap in receiving world leaders including Kurt Waldheim. He contends judging the pope by selective standards is flawed and cites past receptions of Khrushchev’s son-in-law, Brezhnev, Ceausescu, Zhivkov, and Jaruzelski to question whether the Vatican’s openness implies toleration of atrocities.
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U.N
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Frank Carlucci
Kirkpatrick
Dave Durenberger
Nicaragua
Hitler
Mother Teresa
John XXIII
Nikita Khrushchev
Izvestia
Aleksei Adzhubei
Adhzubei
United States
Khrushchev
Brezhnev
Romania
Ceausescu
Bulgaria
Zhivkov
Richard Nixon
China
Mao Tse-tung
Chou En-lai
Council On Foreign Relations
New York
Jaruzelski
Poland
Pierre Laval
Pope John Paul
Arthur Hertzberg
Dartmouth
New York Times
Waldheim
Rome
Bitburg
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