Selective Information Shapes Public Debate in 1986
The column argues citizens face biased data as government and media time information to favor policy ends. It cites defense budgets, arms talks, contras aid, and Africa as examples where reports surface to influence congressional debate. It warns that officials may skew facts, stressing support while hiding weaknesses, eroding objective discussion.
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Soviet Union
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Savimbi
Africa
Asia
United States
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Central America
Afrian
Tacic
Grenada
Libya
Stealth bomber may be latest boondoggle
Washington debate centers on the stealth bomber, with critics calling it a multibillion-dollar misstep. Reported costs around 80 billion, production possibly by 1992 with limited testing. Critics warn of secrecy, noncompetitive deals with Northrop, and security price tags amid a rising defense budget.
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Congress
John Dingell
D-Mich
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Pen Gon
2 Aide
Dingell
Treasury
Donald Goldberg
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Stealth
Defense Department
Gramm. Rudman
FBI
Iran
A Vision for a Reborn Hagerstown’s Future
An outsider reflects on Hagerstown’s 1950s prosperity and hotel era, contrasting it with postwar decline driven by competition and plant closures. He cites Mack Trucks’ layoffs and a move to South Carolina, arguing the city must reinvent itself with a pragmatic, neighborly commitment to a new, hopeful dream. He urges defection from nostalgia and embraces resilient, local innovation to reclaim vitality in Western Maryland.
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Francis Scott Key
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Japan
Mack
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Allentown
South Carolina
Maryland
Letters to the Editor Attack on a Maryland sports authority proposal
Walter Orlinsky of Baltimore denounces a proposed non elected state sports authority that would condemn land issue bonds run lotteries and decide professional sports in Maryland He calls the plan a democratic process rape and urges legislators to dismiss it as a misguided moral and economic distraction from real issues.
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Hughes
Manekin
Maryland
Neighbor safeguards Jacobs family from coal gas exposure
A neighbor Mrs. Carey saved Mrs. Mary Jacobs and her four children in Baltimore when she found them unconscious from coal gas leaking from a chimney. All were revived without serious injury.
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