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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1982
Page
6
NFL Strike Echoes UMW Stoppage and Tank Debate
The piece compares NFL player strikes to a long UMW stoppage and notes public indifference to missing games. It critiques Ted Turner’s faux football, cites a poll on happiness over the loss, and questions Army M-1 Abrams tank worth, reliability, and 60-ton performance. It urges Congress to investigate the $20 billion program amid reliability doubts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Football League
UMW
NFL
Ted Turner
Rfk
Washington
NATO
Army
Buckley on Nuclear Deterrence and Catholic Draft
William F Buckley argues the proposed Draft Pastoral Letter on Peace and War misreads deterrence. He notes the Reagan era context and Judge Clark’s restrained critique. The piece stresses the need to address US nuclear strategy alongside spiritual factors and warns against simplistic calls by Catholic lay leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Clare Boothe Luce
Pope John Paul II Center of Prayer and Studies For Peace
Clark
Hiroshima
United States
Soviet Union
Japan
Luce
Reagan
Europe
Letters To The Editor On-Site Verification Debate
A reader laments on-site verification for arms control and criticizes Reagan era practices. The letter argues Soviet verification methods are sufficient, questions nuclear freeze rhetoric, and cites U.S. mechanisms like satellites. It includes a second portion condemning Robert Byrd over Panama Canal issues and Abscam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Robert Byrd
Panama Canal
Byrd
New York
Vista
Sam Church
Arnold Miller
United Mine Workers
KKK
Kelly Buchanan
Princeton
W.va
Selective Prosecution Raises Justice And Draft Policy
The piece argues that selective prosecutions of non registrants like Benjamin Sasway and Eaton Eller reveal potential discrimination. It questions lenient sentences, cites ACLU concerns over targeting vocal objectors, and warns of broader misfires in draft enforcement. The author, a draft veteran and ACLU member, urges clear, universal justice and warns of societal costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Benjamin H. Sasway
Sasway
Virginia
Eaton Eller
Eller
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Congressional General Accounting Office
Iran Iraq war seen as pivotal to U S interests
Reagan officials focus on Lebanon while assessing Tehran's strategic position in the Iran Iraq war. The piece argues Iran blocks Soviet expansion, outlines arms support from the Soviet bloc to both sides, cites casualty and equipment figures, and notes Israel's covert aid and U S neutrality amid regional tensions. It also covers a separate laundering junket by Congress funded by the Japanese and Aspen Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reagan
Lebanon
United States
Iran
Persian Gulf
Ayatollah Khomeini
Soviet Bloc
Kremlin
Iraq
Middle East
Russia
Poland
Dale van Atta
Tehran
Tudeh
Khomeini
Israel
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Joseph Churba
Center For International Security
Beirut
Persian) Gulf
Europe
U.S
United States, He Concluded. Laundered Junket
Congress
Tokyo
Japan
Aspen Institute
Japanese Railroad Technology Corp
Allen Boyd
High Speed Rail Corp
Amtrak
Calion
Boyd
Joe Slater
David Durenberger
R-Minn
James Florio
D-N.j
William Lehman
D-Fla
Adam Benjamin Jr
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
State Department
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
West
Donald F. Graff
Carter
Jack Anderson
Aia
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Higaon
Ecw Production
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