Quiet changes in China by Joseph C. Harsch
The column reviews 1965 to 1985 China, noting Mao era rigidity and Deng Xiaoping’s reforms. It describes a quiet transformation from collective farms to private profit motives, reintroduction of market elements, light industry growth, and agriculture surge, reshaping the economy while the state retains control. It emphasizes the paradox of a communist state moving toward pragmatic capitalism.
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Joseph C. Harsch
China
Mediterranean
Mao Tsetung
Mao
Deng Ziaoping
Chinese Communist Party
Marx
Lenin
Deng
Mr Deng
Moscow
Christan Science Monitor
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Falwell expands agenda with Liberty Federation launch
A national poll ranks Rev Jerry Falwell as the least favored public figure among 21 leaders, while Falwell announces a rebranding from Moral Majority to the Liberty Federation. The new group, with a 12 million annual budget and a Washington summit, aims to broaden political outreach, back Israel and defense, and run 200 conservative Christian candidates in 1988.
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Washington
U.S
Ted Kennedy
Dane Fonda
George Wallace
Jerry Falwell
Robert Teeter
Teeter
Reagan
Jane Fonda
Falwell
The
Moral Majority
South Africa
Faiwell
Ronald Goodwin
Goodwin
Moral Majorty
Liberty Federation
George Bush
Israel
Nicaragua
Pat Robertson
U.S. moves to punish nursing home abuse stalled
U.S. faces a five year delay on a proposed regulation to sanction nursing homes that mistreat elderly Medicare patients. The rule would allow withholding reimbursements on new admissions for up to 11 months until facilities meet safety standards, with 44 homes singled out as likely candidates for sanctions amid broader findings of chronic substandard care in facilities across 21 states.
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Kusserow
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Philip Nathanson
Inspector General
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Alaska
Arkansas
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Colorado
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Mississippi
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New York
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Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Wisconsin
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National Fire Pro
Consternation Over Early Girl Scout Cookie Start
A humorous column recounts Elizabeth Brinton a Falls Church ninth grader and world famed cookie seller who after skipping an official start date took a White House meeting and a $425 tip for seven boxes. Critics question ethics while Elizabeth says the president set the date.
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Elizabeth Brinton
Elizabeth
Falls Church
White House
Gramblers
Elisabeth
Mr. Reagen
Elizabeth Brinto
Becca Fleshman
Becca
Virginia
Frederick Takes First Step Toward Sewer System
Ligon and Ligon contractors laid 125 feet of eight inch pipe along Baltimore and Oro Avenue between Wisser and Water streets with Mayor Lloyd C. Culler witnessing the event signaling Frederick’s sewerage beginnings. Mrs Harold Hoffman of Hagerstown spoke on Frederick Town and Touoty recounting Frederick County's 1746 establishment and Frederick's 1745 setting. An 11 year old, Sarah Runkles, suffered head and foot injuries after attempting to jump from a runaway spring wagon. her sister Emma and the wagon’s older driver escaped unharmed. An ambulance from the Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Fishing Creek passed through Frederick on an emergency call.
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LIGON
Baltimore
Oro Avenue
Wisser
Water Streets
Lloyd C. Culler
Frederick
Frederick Town
Touoty
Harold Hoffman
Hagerstown
Arts and Letters Club
Frederick County
General Assembly
Fredenck
Hoffman
Gladys Remsberg
Charles Remsberg
Braddock Heights
Sarah Runkles
Joseph Runkles
Mount Airy
Sarah
Emma
Civilian Conservation Corp
Fishing Creek
Annexation petition to Mount Airy from Ridgeville locals
About 90 percent of Ridgeville property owners and voters petitioned Mount Airy for annexation, delivered to the Mount Airy council by HM Molesworth. A wallet with $157 found near the Frederick Professional Building was returned to its Leesburg, Virginia owner visiting Frederick. A theft occurred at Evangelical Lutheran Church on East Church Street as choir members prepared for services, with about $125 in cash stolen. Monocacy Village Civic Association officers were installed at Staley Park Field House, naming Jerry Fineus as president, J Howard Smith as vice president, Carol Roderick as secretary, and Robert E Gearinger as treasurer.
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Ridgeville
Mount Airy
Mount Airy Own
HM Molesworth
Fredenck
Herman Davis
Leesburg, Va
Frederick
Evangelical Lutheran Church
East Church St
Monocacy Village
Cocaine costs and risks amid teen party culture in California
A teen reporter questions where money for cocaine comes from as parties with drug use rise. Doctors call cocaine highly addictive and dangerous, linking overdoses and health crises to its use while readers are urged to discuss if past experiences should be disclosed to new romantic partners.
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Wallace
Carmen
Marysville
Calif Carlen
Joseph Pursch
Comprehensive Care Corp
California
National Institute On Drug Abuse
Dr. Wallace
Dolly
Vow
Paula
Galesburg
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