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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1981
Page
6
Walter Williams argues Reagan's NAACP speech marked a shift toward market-based opportunity over government aid. He notes the president avoided promises of more welfare while urging blacks to pursue real jobs and freer markets, though NAACP delegates may have heard a different message.
Reporter Ruth Ellis chronicles a slow news day in Rockville Montgomery County as a constantly flushing toilet exposes government delays and water waste costs. After contacting the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission and local water officials, the tale ends without a dramatic figure, highlighting bureaucratic inertia and resource concerns.
Knoxville pursues a $90 million World’s Fair plan for 1982 amid public apathy and local fears of outsider invasion. Officials tout a seven-month event from May to October on a 70-acre site between Knoxville and the University of Tennessee, with billions in investment and thousands of visitors anticipated.
New York AP profile of Cicely Tyson notes her as a private star who values solitude and resists autograph seekers. She reflects on fame, enduring in acting, fitness routines, and career choices, from Sounder to Bustin' Loose, while denying interviews and avoiding public overexposure.
In a summer echo of the Carter Lance controversy, President Reagan and aides defend CLA director Casey amid a Senate probe into his business ties and the hiring of a spy chief candidate. Senators Roth Stevens and Goldwater call for Casey’s firing or exit, while Jackson urges due process and an under oath hearing.
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