Ads spar over exaggeration in USPS and GOP promotions
The Postal Service and unions criticize a FedEx ad for its portrayal of aging workers, while Democrats fault a GOP spot linking recession to their side. The piece argues both commercials overstate claims but offer provocative points, noting government and both parties bear responsibility for economic woes and postal service issues.
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U.S. Postal Service
Federal Express
Carter
House
Thomas P. O’neill
GOP
Post Office
U.S. Mail
On This Day In History June 21 1982 Highlights
June 21 events include Okinawa surrender in 1945, Indochina War violence in 1970, ICJ ruling on Namibia in 1971, Pretoria riots in 1976, Somoza replacement call in 1979. Notable past incidents include a Cherry Hill shooting in 1990s and Uganda refugees fleeing to Kenya in 1980s. Birthday notes mark Jane Russell and Judith Raskin.
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Okinawa
United States
Vietnam
Cambodia
International Court of Justice
the Hague
South Africa
South-West Africa
Namibia
Pretoria
Anastasio Somoza
Nicaragua
Cherry Hill
N.J
Uganda
Kenya
Idi Amin
Wayne Williams
Atlanta
Budget fight drags on as Congress and White House clash
The budget impasse persists after the spring resolution. Reagan faces a divided Congress with Republicans and Democrats politicizing the process. House and Senate differ on deficits, defense cuts, and social program reductions, while funding battles, including a housing bill, loom. Congress may need stronger restraint on spending, though reform would require ceding authority.
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House
Senate
White House
Congress
Reagan
House Budget Committee
James Jones
Threefold trouble seen in Mideast
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report Cairo officials warn of a three part threat from Israel’s Lebanon move. A secretive shift toward a U S Israeli condominium emerges with Haig blamed, while Syria asks Moscow for direct aid and Jordan faces refugee pressure.
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Israel
Haddad
Lebanon
Syria
U.S
Hussein
Jordan
Mubarak
Nile
Hafez Assad
Moscow
Golan Heights
Beirut
Haig
Middle East
Errors in Star Trek II reviews trigger reader critique
Odessa American readers vent over inaccuracies in recent Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan coverage. A letter by Marga Rne Pipes accuses reporters of mistaking film details, misnaming actors, and misplacing plot points. She urges higher editorial accuracy and consistent factual review standards.
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Odessa American
UPI
Bibi Besch
Enterprise
Khan
Leonard Nimoy
Spock
Marga Rne
Political figures listed addresses in Texas and Washington
The record lists congressional and state legislative offices with names and addresses. U S Rep Kent Hance and Richard White, Senators Lloyd Bentsen and John Tower, and Texas lawmakers Jerry Cockerham Jay Gibson and E L Short share Capitol Station or Longworth/Rayburn offices in Washington D C or Austin Texas.
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U.S
Kent Hance
Lubbock
Longworth
Washington
D.C
Richard C. White
el Paso
Rayburn House
Lloyd Bentsen, Jr
Houston
Senate
John Tower
Wichita Falls
Washington, D.C
Jerry Cockerham
Monahans
P.O. Box
Capitol Station
Austin
Texas
Jay Gibson
Odessa
E.L. Short
Tohoka
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Permian Basin
David F. Lyons
Jim Welsh
Williams
Jane Russell
Judith Raskin
Citizen Smith
By Dave Gerard
United Charity
Nation's Press
Bob Michel
Illinois
Copley
Menachem
Mideast
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Cairo
Egypt
Camp David
Anwar Sadat
Sinai
Yamit
West Bank- Gaza
Alexander Haig
Arik Sharon
Begin
al Haig
West Bank
Baghdad
Golan
U.N. Security Council
High Command
Camp David Skeptics
Hosni Mubarak
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