Bush shows zeal for work and a thin skin in power
A NEA profile portrays George Bush after one year in the Oval Office as energetic and deeply religious, yet highly secretive and thin skinned. It notes his hands-on style, frequent outreach, and cautious shifts in policy under criticism, highlighting his Panama invasion decision and the Malta summit with Gorbachev. The piece contrasts his accessibility with Reagan era press conferences and details the secretive note urging a 1989 meeting with the Soviet leader.
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Washington
NEA
Oval Office
United States
George Bush
Bush
Jimmy Carter
Carter
White House
CIA
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Mikhail Gorbachev
Europe
Manuel Noriega
Noriega
Panama
U.S
Panamanian Defense Force
Malta
Moscow
Gorbachev
State Department
Defense
Richard Cheney
William Webster
Italy
Vienna
Helsinki
Bush White House
FDA acts to test milk for veterinary drugs nationwide
The FDA plans a two week milk testing program in 13 cities after surveys showed sulfa drug traces in a portion of milk. Regulators urge cautious action to prevent panic while improving safeguards, with stronger testing supported by consumer groups and producers.
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Copley News
Sor
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Wall Street Journal
Ralph Nader
FDA
United States
Sacramento Bee
El Salvador leader vows justice over Jesuit killings
President Alfredo Cristiani of El Salvador pledges to punish those responsible for the murder of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper, and her daughter. He calls the act cold blooded and urges restraint from critics while warning against boycott measures that hurt Salvadoran workers and could aid Marxist rebels.
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Alfredo Cristiani
el Salvador
United States
U.S
Cristiani
Sacramento
Calif
The Clapper Miracle Plan for Household Control
A humorous letter extols the Clapper device enabling clap activated control of appliances. The author touts practical pranks and mischief while noting bugs and risks. The piece highlights dramatic uses such as silencing TV, halting kitchen appliances, and disrupting a boss’s routine.
Pledge days and polio triumphs through the decades
A reflective column traces school pledge law from Illinois SB 1277 signed Sept 1979 and effective Jan 1980, recalls Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine breakthrough a decade earlier, and recounts a 1940 steers mishap in LaGrange as a local anecdote.
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Illinois
Senate
United States
Robert Turner
Ashton
LaGrange
Turner
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Edwin E Smith Jr
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Carol Hemminger
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Springfield
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Washington St. Prophetstown
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