Trade adviser needed for Reagan economics
National columnist Anthony Harrigan argues Reagan should appoint a capable in house economic adviser to challenge free trade dogma. He warns that failing to name a CEA chair amid a looming $120 billion trade deficit weakens policy, hurting U.S. industries and the president's re election prospects.
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Anthony Harrigan
Reagan
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Commerce
Council of Economic Advisers
CEA
William Niskanen
America
U.S
Niskanen
Afghanistan's turbulent history and Soviet invasion discussed
A staff writer notes Afghanistan's ongoing turmoil since the 1979 Soviet invasion. He cites 12,000 Soviet troops, chemical weapon use, and a Panjshir Valley resistance led by Ahmad Shah Masood, along with deserter counts and political debates in the United States over aid to Afghan rebels.
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Afghanistan
Leeou
Congress
Persian Gulf
Panjshir
Ahmad Shah Masood
Red Army
Freedom House of
New York
Soviet Union
White House wary of costly VA health plan before election
The Reagan administration faces a political dilemma over a multi billion dollar Veterans Administration proposal to fund future health care for aging veterans. Officials warn the plan could threaten credibility on tax policy, while VA advocates highlight rising costs and shifting care needs as the elderly veteran population grows. A confidential draft titled Caring for the Older Veteran outlines hospital, ambulatory and extended care expansions with projected cost spikes into the 1990s and beyond.
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Washington
White House
Veterans Administration
Reagan
Capitol Hill
Congress
Donald Goldberg
United States
Korea
Vietnam
Sac Va
Pius
Particnlar
Frederick High School Class of 1836 50th Reunion Details
Letters to the editor discuss the Frederick High School Class of 1836 50th reunion on June 14 1986 and request information on missing class members. The message lists names and an address for responses. The page also contains reader letters about the Summer Bavarian Festival at the Frederick Fairgrounds and political commentary about President Reagan.
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Frederick High School
Toma Re
Fond Find Reunion
William E. Main
FHS
W. Third St
Frederick
Surprise bid by Fredericksburg lawyer tops Maryland Senate race
Alban M. Wood, a Frederick lawyer and Conley supporter, filed for the Maryland Senate opposing H. Dorsey Etchison in a surprise pre election move. Francis Scott Key Post 11 American Legion held a picnic at the Singapore filtration plant with Capt. Guy Anders in charge. Ladies Night at Frederick Evening Optimist Club features dinner a tour and a film The Nike Hercules Story. Elllis C. Wachter elected secretary for state court clerks association and C Morris Syeter installed as association president with Louis L. Goldstein presiding.
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Alban M. Wood
Frederick
Charles H. Conley
Maryland Senate
H. Dorsey Etchison
Francis Scott Key
American Legion
Singapore
Capt
Guy Anders
Ernest Lipps
Theodore Kreb
Ellis C. Wachter
Frederick County
Maryland Court Clerks Association
Steams City
C. Morris Syeter
Washington County
Louis L. Goldstein
We Have to Find a Way Out of This Mess, Dobrynin Says
Soviet ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin, at a Washington dinner marking the United States and Russia 50th anniversary, urged finding a way out of their diplomatic mess. Comedian Carol Barnett quips, I feel terrific. Forty was a bummer, but I love being fifty.
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Reagan
Russia
Anatoly Dobrynin
Washington
United States
U.S. News & World Report
Carol Barnett
Comedienne
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Tom Mills
Fred J. Archipate
Iging
Fredenck, Md
Dr. Niskanen
Robert W. Savage
U.S. Business & Industrial Council Writers Syndirate
Pakistan
Iran
Jack Anderson
United Arab Emirates
Uae
State Department
Tehran
Saudi Arabia
Hassan
Morocco
Shimon Peres
Labor Party
Israel
West Bank
United Feature Syndicate Loc
Sara Hood Blessing
Wary Bussard
Perry Darner
Florence French
Kathryn Louise Hoffman
Katherine L. Kaufman
Lucille Ramsburg
Victor L. Reddle Mary Helena Rippeon
Catherine Shaff
Joseph Tate
Betty Thrasher
Anna Josephine Warner
Frederick Fairgrounds
Susan Milto
Gaithersburg
Fairgrounds
Greman
Susan Reeder Kehne Read, Frederick
Teflon
Eise Aoes
Cythia Weiss
Jeff Grills
St. St., Frederick
Dole and Co
Roth
Silver Spring Research Center
Assateague
Adele W. Zencak
Milford, del
News-Post
Inc
Maryland
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