House backs end to mandatory retirement in broad age reform
Editorial lauds House action ending mandatory retirement for most workers and extending health benefits for those over 70 while noting Senate delay. It cites Pepper's advocacy, limits on executive retirees, and state power to set early public safety retirements. It warns some will face earlier exits and cites Social Security savings.
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U.S. House
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Claude Pepper
Foreign Service
Central Intelligence Agency
Claiborne Impeachment Stirs Tax Evasion Debate
The piece argues Senate impeachment should judge fitness for the bench not tax guilt, contending Judge Harry E. Claiborne, convicted of failing to pay taxes on 1979 and 1980 income, should be removed. It criticizes slow Congress action and notes his refusal to resign while accruing salary.
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Harry E. Claiborne
Senate
Claiborne
Supreme Court
Carter
Congress
House
Reagan's mixed signals on nuclear test limits and veto threats
In a shift from UN rhetoric to Congress, President Reagan pledges readiness to ratify existing test treaties and back a parallel program to limit testing, while threatening to veto House arms control provisions including a one year ban on tests above one kiloton starting 1987. House votes hint at possible override challenges amid conference efforts and cross‑party pressure.
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Reagan
United Nations General Assembly
Congress
House
United Nations
House passes giant continuing resolution amid arms control clash
The House advanced a sweeping continuing resolution uniting 13 appropriations bills as members race home for campaigns. If the president vetoes the package over test ban issues, funds for Social Security and Medicare could be affected, possibly triggering a lame duck or extended session. The dispute shifts leverage as Democrats ponder avoiding an emergency budget plan.
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House
Senate
Reagan
Washington
Revisionist Wolf Point of View Musical in Works
A press release reveals a new musical retelling Little Red Riding Hood from the wolf perspective. The show promises a revisionist version told through the much-maligned predator. The writer says the concept upsets them and they oppose revisionism in all forms.
Revisionist wolves and villains in Little Red Riding Hood satire
A long satirical column argues against revisionism in history and art, personifying a wolf from Little Red Riding Hood. The piece imagines the wolf resisting being labeled a mere victim and muses on a revisionist take of David Copperfield featuring Mister Murdstone. The tone blends critique with fantastical backstage scenes.
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Wolf
Mister Murdstone
David Copperfield
Black voters in the South hear GOP appeal through fictional ads
In South Carolina and Georgia black families in ads created by Bethel Nathan discuss 1986 Republican contenders. The piece profiles how black voters view Campbell, Mattingly and other Republicans, suggesting a shift toward two party competition in black communities while noting mixed reactions from black leaders.
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S.C
South Carolina
Tucker Family
Georgia
Dawsons
Alabama
Andersons
Louisiana
Stevenses
Bethel Nathan
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Charleston
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Carroll Campbell
R-S.c
Sen
Mack Mattingly
R-Ga
Atlanta University
Morehouse Medical School
Tyrone Brooks
Atlanta
Jesse Jackson
Democratic Party
Walter Mondale
Jackson
Mondale
Brooks
William Gray
Ken Holland
Republican Campbell
Gray’s
South
Jim Clyburn
Roosevelt
Mattingly
Larry Thompson
U.S
South Africa
Martin Luther King Jr
Campbell
Greenville
South Carolina State College
Orangeburg
Warren Tompkins
Tompkins
Lincoln
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