Reagan likens anti-nuclear movement to appeasement
President Reagan in Seattle frames the anti-nuclear movement as appeasement of Hitler, urging peace through strength. He cites democratic revolutions and meetings with Senegal and Nigeria leaders while defending US security aid and his dual track arms policy against Soviet missiles. He defends deterrence and rejects first strike aims.
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Reagan
Neville Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
American Legion
Real Peace Movement
Abdou Diouf
Senegal
Nigeria
California
United States
Chad
Libya
Muammar Khadafy
Central America
Moscow
Havana
America
Middle East
U.S
Lebanon
Soviet Union
Teachers' share of school funds shrinking, report says
The Carnegie Foundation found that real per pupil spending rose 22.5 percent over ten years while the share used for classroom teachers fell from 49 percent to 41 percent. Average teacher salaries in 1982 83 were about 20 500, reflecting reduced classroom funding as non teaching costs rise.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Ernest Boyer
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Boyer
U.S
Iowa liquor monopoly could be replaced by high excise taxes
Des Moines Iowa treasury could lose 39.9 million a year if the state ends its liquor wholesale and retail monopoly. A staff report to Gov Branstad's liquor task force outlines 49.4 percent wine and 49.7 percent spirits taxes to replace revenue, with lower rates possible if sales rise under private handling. If private wine sales, 11.6 million revenue drop. 64 percent tax needed to offset that. The task force plans a year end report and votes Sept 20 on whether to end the monopoly.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Treasury
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Teenage A Team inspired youths charged in Wyoming thefts
Five teen age boys forming the Teenage Commando Squad stole rifles and ammo, practiced military tactics in the hills near Laramie. They said they were inspired by The A Team and planned for a war or disaster, with water guns filled with dye. They are in juvenile custody awaiting court proceedings.
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Laramie
Wyo
Gary Puls
Puls
Boonies
ISA
Arsenal
Inflation hits 2.4 percent in past year best in 17 years
The July CPI rose 0.4 percent led by broad price gains though food costs fell. Analysts say inflation remains manageable with no near term surge, while White House officials call the report good news for growth and policy.
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Washington
Labor Department
California
White House
Larry Speakes
Robert Ortner
Commerce Department
Losing Your Temper Wouldn’t Be Bad If It Weren’t So Easy
A brief fragment notes that losing one’s temper might be forgivable if anger were simpler to release and regain control, reflecting a wry, concise literary aside.
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