Missiles endure long debate over basing and fate
A three way compromise among Reagan administration Senate and House keeps the MX missile program alive but only barely The administration seeks 988 million for production of five MXs but loses The budget allocates 2 5 billion for continued research and development and for testing some missiles If a survivable basing mode is developed Congress may allow deployment The piece weighs mobile basing or anti ballistic defenses against scrapping the MX and relying on submarines and bombers as deterrence
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Senate
House
Congress
Doorknobs of the heart opened for Christmas in Odessa
A family reflection from Odessa urges readers to let Jesus into their hearts at Christmas. The author uses a young child’s resistance to Jesus’ birthday as a metaphor for spiritual openness, asking readers to focus on peace joy and love beyond material gifts.
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Jesus
Odessa
Christ
Dinner with Pranas Lape Sparks Tight, Witty Talk
The author recalls an evening with Pranas Lape, a Lithuanian painter who lives a coastal Maine monastic life and speaks with a sharp directness. Lape, humorously critical of his own art, shares unconventional ideas on politics, missiles, and language, while anecdotes from wine tasting and a chef friend pepper the dinner.
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Bores
Pranas Lape
Pranas
Maine
Lithuania
Pacific Ocean
Russia
Roger Fessaguet
America
New York
Roger
Consumer holds the secret by Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey argues that while hiring one more worker at each business could lower unemployment, it would raise consumer prices and reduce demand. He cites rising productivity and slower cost growth in 1982, urging discipline to restore economic recovery through lower consumer costs and strategic hiring.
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Paul Harvey
United States
Bethlehem Steel
Pennsylvania
New York
United Kingdom
West Germany
Koyl — 1310
Royko Liquor Quick on Love Tactics Comic Satire
Mike Royko lampoons dating misadventures of Slats Grobnik as he tests rock music poetry and liquor schemes to win women. A string of foolish pursuits ends with a punchline on marriage and marital strife.
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Nancy Everts
Rooney
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Wanda Grobnik
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