Reagan pins problems on news media
President Reagan told The Daily Oklahoman and Times that erroneous news stories have painted him as a Scrooge and that network television news harms his recovery program by interviewing laid off workers. He criticized networks for sensationalism and said leaks and biased coverage hurt foreign policy and public morale.
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Plan offers $500 bonus to teachers
Ector County school leaders consider a $500 relocation incentive to attract out-of-city teachers for the 1982-83 year, budgeting about $75,000 for 150 hires. The plan targets new hires not current residents, with potential revisions to boost bonuses in math science and other critical areas.
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St Patrick’s Day Parade Dedicates Theme to Hunger Striker Bobby Sands
New York parade names Bobby Sands honorary grand marshal, carries images of Sands and nine other hunger strikers. About 100000 marchers and 194 bands expected, with 1100 extra police to curb drunkenness and vandalism amid rain forecast. Sands’s brother Sean to march with Irish Northern Aid Committee. The 220th St Patrick’s Day parade on Fifth Avenue draws nearly 1 million spectators.
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Dust Bowl fears return in eastern Colorado farmland
In Flagler Colorado Leonard Smith recalls the Dust Bowl era as he watches neighbors’ land gridded for winter wheat by distant investors. Experts say a full disaster is unlikely, but western farms fear plowouts repeat the upheaval that devastated the plains.
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Weinberger denounces Brezhnev missile plan in Europe
Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, speaking at the Texas Daily Newspaper Association convention in San Antonio, praised Reagan’s proposal for no missiles in Europe and condemned Brezhnev’s plan to preserve Soviet missile superiority. He argued Brezhnev aims to block US and NATO deployments of Pershing II and ground launch cruise missiles in 1983.
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