Justice should be swift in executing Potts case
Our editorial argues execution should proceed swiftly when all appeals are exhausted. Jack Howard Potts, ready to die in Georgia's electric chair, shifted stance to please his brother, with a similar echo to Gary Gilmore’s 1977 case. The piece questions deterrence, notes death row totals, and urges honoring the condemned’s wish promptly.
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Jack Howard Potts
Georgia
Potts
Gary Mark Gilmore
Utah
Gilmore
United States
Naacp Legal Defense
Palestinian talks stall as deadline passes in Middle East talks
Talks between Israel and Egypt over Palestinian autonomy stall after a deadline passed without a settlement. Egypt criticizes Israel for Jerusalem's status, while Egypt seeks stronger U.S. involvement and European initiatives. Israel faces a faltering Begin government with resignations of Weizman and Dayan, reducing moderate voices and dimming hopes for a lasting peace.
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Israel
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Knesset
Jerusalem
U.S
Sadat
Cairo
Edmund Muskie
Brussels
Camp David
Menachem Begin
Weizman
RAF
West Bank
Gulf
Bethlehem
Elias Frei
Moshe Dayan
Begin
Mr. Begin
Bottle bill debate slows after early push
The bottle bill movement rose in the 1960s and 70s with Oregon’s five cent deposit, yet by 1979 thirty two states rejected such laws. Today only a few retain mandatory returnable container rules while others have partial litter or recycling statutes. Supporters link bottles to less litter and energy savings but opponents cite limited impact and higher costs.
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Oregon
Ohio
Washington
Gallant Fox: Derby Triple Crown sire of Omaha in 1935
The only Triple Crown winner to sire another winner was 1930 champion Gallant Fox who fathered Omaha. Omaha swept the Kentucky Derby Preakness and Belmont in 1935.
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United Press International
Victor Gallant Fox
Omaha
Taiwan Open Sea Lanes Aimed By Renewed U S Ties
A 1980 article argues a Reagan administration could revisit Taiwan ties to curb Soviet naval expansion in the South Pacific. It suggests a de facto U S Taiwan arrangement would give Beijing a secure line against Moscow while benefiting Taiwan’s capitalism and aiding China’s Four Modernizations.
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New Castle
Taiwan
Reagan
Pacific
Chiang Ching-kuo
CCK
Alistair Horne
Evan Galbraith
U.S
South Vietnam
Cam Rahn Bay
Indian Ocean
Near East
Cambodia
Pol Pot
Vietnam
Laos
United States
South Pacific
Russia
Strait of Taiwan
Philippines
Peking
Cce
Soviet Union
Galbraith
William F. Buckley Jr
Universal Press Syndicate
Reagan should pair Friedman and Laffer for tax and money plans
John Chamberlain argues Reagan must adopt a simultaneous Friedmanite and Lafferite policy, favoring a big tax cut before curbing borrowing, to mobilize private income for investment. He warns high interest rates alone risk Congress re embracing welfare spending and stagflation.
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American Enterprise Institute
William Rees-Mogg
London Times
Britain
Margaret Thatcher
Ronald Reagan
Mr. Rees-Mogg
Thatcher
Milton Friedman
Arthur Laffer
Laffer
Labor
Geoffrey Howe
Rees-Mogg
Reagan
Congress
Howard Ruff
Department of Health and Human Services
John Chamberlain
King Features Syndicate
Public Spirited Citizens and The Myth of the Public
The author contrasts public minded citizens with critics calling them cranks and argues that post college youth often drift aimlessly. He rejects dog metaphor usage, notes fish eat fish as necessity, and critiques the notion of the public as excluding the self. He cites Ruskin on thinking by infection.
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Ruskin
Strictly Personal Reflections on Love and Learning
The piece weighs marriage on love and friendship, argues friendship can outlast love, cites Edward Albee on ideas, and warns that respect for law decays more from those who run it for gain than from lawbreakers. It also notes party loyalty as both power and peril to public good.
Religion and the Bible Answer to Modern Problems
Dear Dr Graham responds to RC who rejects religion and asks why faith matters amid energy and international tensions. The assistant argues the basic problem is man’s self-centered desires and greed, citing biblical teaching on conflicts among people.
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DR. Graham
R. C
God
Turning to Christ for a transformed life
A religious exhortation cites James 4:1-2 to argue humanity cannot change without God. It notes secular experts acknowledge human nature as the core issue and asserts Christ offers forgiveness and a new way of living. The author prays the reader turns to Jesus to overcome greed and covetousness and fulfill His will.
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God
Christ
A Sarajevo Parable in Iranian Turmoil
John P. Roche argues Iran risks a Sarajevo scale crisis as state fracture deepens. He notes Shia Sunni divides, clerical versus secular rivals, Kurdish unrest, Kurdish talks collapse, and external pressures from Iraq and the Soviet bloc. He likens Tehran’s chaos to a looming, dangerous confrontation.
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Evelyn Waugh
Iran
Iraq
Gulf
Arabistan
Sarajevo
B.B.C
Teheran
Bani Sadr
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