CIA assignment claimed in Libyan student shooting case
A Colorado trial tied the defendant Eugene Tafoya to a CIA mission as he shot a Libyan student. The CIA denied involvement while jurors questioned agency integrity. The piece examines how Reagan's order on domestic CIA activity intersects with Tafoya's defense and broader trust in government.
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Colorado
Green Beret
CIA
Eugene Tafoya
Tafoya
Fidel Castro
Carter
Reagan
Pacific News Service
Las Vegas Reframes Image for Family Tourism Push
Las Vegas shifts to a wholesome family image as economic pressures bite. Summa Corp and local leaders pursue non gaming industries while promoting affordable shows and development plans to attract overseas trade, manufacturing, and new jobs amid a cooling gambling market.
Night Revelations on Las Vegas Strip Amid Recession
A Southam News report finds Las Vegas at three a.m. with three elderly men in a car as prostitutes emerge from behind palm trees. The piece links street-level sex work to a tourism slump, noting casino expansions, low hotel occupancy, and locals coping with reduced gambling revenue as Governor List and officials discuss slow growth.
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Mojave
Nevada
Robert List
U.S
Las Vegas
Bond
West
List
Southam News
Mike Daly
Las
Lewis
Summa
California
Las Vegas Strip
Lawa
Vegas
Caesars Palace
Holiday Inn
Flamingo
Conservatives Lead in Poll Implicates Trudeau Over Budget
A Gallup poll shows the Conservatives ahead of the Liberals 42 to 38 in Canada. The Liberal position is worsened by the MacEachen budget and time may not save them if elections come soon. The result reflects a reaction to Trudeau's government, not a surge for Joe Clark.
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Enrico Bastian
Financial Times
Canada
Trudeau
Joe Clark
Clark
Disco journalism critique from Ottawa on press critics
Ottawa critics mock the Royal Commission on Newspapers and its volume The Journalists. They deride the report as light on facts, forecasting malaise in journalism and warning that showmanship replaces substantive work. The piece notes readers paid three million plus seven ninety five for the volume, favoring tipping a newspaper carrier.
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Ottawa
Royal Commission On Newspapers
Commission
Robert Fulford
Fulford
Saturday Night
Mario Pelletier
Pelletier
Kent Commission
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Grand Canyon
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the Frontier
Sun Belt
Levi-Stauss
Sylvania
Buster-Brown Textiles
Daly
Summa Corp
White House
Watt
Himself
George Oake
Hunter Thompson
Caesars Palace Hotel
Cher
Willie Nelson
Enrico the Cabbie
Charles Lynch
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