Opinion on SBA loans rewards firms and harms taxpayers
The piece argues government backed SBA loans have aided small firms that grew large while also funding undeserving borrowers. It cites a $65,000 high interest loan to a Times Square porn operation, a Nixon relative minority loan for gold claims, and loans to wealthy individuals and actors. It calls for crackdown and reform.
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SBA
New York City
Times Square
Donald A. Nixon
Lake Tahoe
Donald Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
Paul Newman
Burt Reynolds
Norman Lear
New York
Moral urging to fight decay and demand moral standards
Fleda Green of Odessa appeals to readers to back moral standards, urging action against perceived cultural decay. She cites biblical quotes and statistics to urge support for legislation guiding media and entertainment, urging citizens to communicate with officials and back a “cleaner” Odessa. She stresses that righteous leadership benefits the people and that one person can make a difference.
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Odessa
God
On This Date in History June 22 1982 Highlights
June 22 highlights include 1773 Friars first California settlement, 1815 Napoleon abdicates again, 1937 Joe Louis KO Jim Braddock for heavyweight title, 1940 armistice France Germany, 1969 Judy Garland dies aged 47, 10 years since Agnes floods, 5 years since Maxwell prison term for Watergate figures, 1 year since Lennon killer Chapman pleads guilty. Birthdays note Billy Wilder and Bill Blass. Thought for Today cites Cicero.
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California
Napoleon Bonaparte
Joe Louis
Jim Braddock
Chicago
France
Germany
Judy Garland
Seaboard
John Mitchell
U.S
Maxwell Air Force Base
Alabama
John Ehrlichman
H.R. Haldeman
Mark David Chapman
New York
John Lennon
Billy Wilder
Bill Blass
Cicero
B.C
Watergate ten years on shaping trust in the presidency
A decade after the Watergate break in five men were arrested in the Democratic National Committee offices. The scandal toppled Nixon, reshaped views of government, and altered foreign policy dynamics worldwide. It underscored checks and balances yet left a tension between limiting power and ensuring effective global leadership.
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Democratic National Committee
Washington
Chic Watergate
Nixon
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Mubarak warns against US troops in Lebanon to police borders
Egypt's president Mubarak told ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK that sending American troops to the Lebanon border is a bad idea that would hurt Egypt and other Arab states. He warned Israel has great influence on U.S. policy and questioned Camp David autonomy prospects while welcoming a Cairo based Palestinian leadership if invited.
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Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Cairo
Egypt
Hosni Mubarak
Lebanon
Cable
Israel
Mubarak
Menachem Begin
Reagan
U.S
America
Sinai
Middle East
West Bank
Gaza
Syria
Jordan
Hussein
PLO
Yasir Arafat
Begin
Washington
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Albuquerque
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