Editorial on luck, losers, and winners in justice
The piece contrasts William J. Rummel’s eight year prison term for nonviolent thefts totaling $229.11 with Dan White’s murder of Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Milk. It questions California’s parole chances and argues White, as a politically powerful figure, embodies a “winner” fate, while Rummel is a “loser.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Rummel
Texas
Dan White
San Francisco
White
George Moscone
Harvey Milk
Moscone
California
Why wait 21 months to inaugurate a president
A reader argues the 1984 presidential inauguration is needlessly delayed. With instant communication, the public and government should speed the transition and consider amending the Constitution to move the inauguration earlier, enabling a quicker transfer of power and cabinet setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Who Is Thelma In This Holiday Card Tale
A family muses over Christmas cards and the mystery of a signer named Ferd and Lona. They receive a card addressed to Mr and Mrs at their address reading Cliff and Thelma. The narrator jokes about misreadings and asks who Thelma really is in the season's lighthearted memo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scrooge
Charles Dickens
Ferd
Lona
Cliff
Thelma
Nuclear threat study shatters hope for Boston shelters
In the Kennedy era a panel of New England physicians warned that a nuclear blast over Boston would flatten downtown, ignite fires, and create a deadly fire storm. Shelters would offer little protection as hospitals and doctors would be overwhelmed and mass casualties would follow. The symposium, led by figures like Dr George Kistiakowsky, underscored the futility of relying on fallout shelters or rapid medical response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
New England
Harvard
Tufts
Boston Common
Physicians For Social Responsibility
PSR
Boston
PSA
George Kistiakowsky
Manhattan Project
Gene LaRocque
Doctors Seek Global Movement Against Nuclear Weapons
Doctors at a conference urge prevention over treatment and call for a national movement to fight nuclear weapons. Nobel laureate Salvador Luria notes the need to stop use and existence of warheads, as PSR plans a symposium with Japanese American and Soviet doctors. Brezhnev backs the effort with support and a Soviet physician to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Pentagon
Salvador Luria
PSR
New York Times
Carter
Brezhnev
Reagan era lesson on cutting federal agencies and advisers
The piece argues that presidents cannot drastically shrink the federal bureaucracy. It recalls Carter’s failed pledge to cut agencies from 1900 to 200, highlighting how advisory committees and lobbyist groups resist elimination. It concludes Reagan faces slim odds removing bureaucratic bloat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Washington
Oval Office
Carter Agency
Ax-Wielders
Carter People
Advisory Committee For Women
North Carolina
Florida
Congress
OMB
Ronald Reagan
Senate deadlocks on open housing bill with 54 43 vote
The Senate failed to limit debate on an open housing bill by a 54 to 43 roll call. The measure would have advanced if it reached 60 votes, but fell six short and was killed for the year. Democrats for include Bumpers Eagleton Pryor. Republicans for include Dole and Kassebaum. those opposed include Bellmon Danforth Dole Kassebaum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Bumpers
Ark
Eagleton
Pryor
Boren
Okla
Bellmon
Danforth
Dole
Kan
Kassebaum
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Nancy Kassebaum
Russell Senate
Washington, D. C
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Garden City
Kansas
Robert Hole
Dirksen Senate
Doonesbury
Jonathon Leonard
Harvard Magazine
Cyrus Vance
Paul Warnke
Soviet Union
Evgenii Chazov
Kistiakowsky
Ster
Miss Huan
Maus
Rches
Jack Anderson
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Belgrade
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Vatican
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Eric Yoder
Executive Mansion
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