Call His Bluff on Pentagon Base Closures
The GAO and Sen. Goldwater say 400 bases could close to save about 1 billion dollars per base over ten years, urging Congress to call Weinberger’s bluff. GAO warns trimming bases could cut personnel by 30 percent. Weinberger claims shutdown costs and service gaps. The piece argues excess bases stem from pork and that closures hurt communities but reduce waste.
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Weinberger
Congress
Pentagon
Barry Goldwater
Armed Services Committee
General Accounting Office
GAO
Sen. Goldwater
Reagan Deficit Debate Grows as Tax Increase Urged
The piece criticizes President Reagan for resisting tax hikes as the national deficit climbs. Congress leaders like Bob Dole push for higher taxes, with Rep. William Gray urging at least 50 billion dollars in new revenue. The author argues the president has delayed action and warns of eventual crash measures.
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White House
Congress
House
Senate
Bob Dole
Kansas
House Budget Committee
William Gray, III
Pennsylvania
Pune
Saturday Morning Fare From AP Education Writer
A critique of current Saturday morning children's TV compares modern fare to the golden age. It praises Pryor's Place and CBS Storybreak while mocking Turbo Teen and the lack of live hosts. It notes enduring Bugs Bunny cartoons and calls for more genuine humor and variety.
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Lee Mitgang
NEW York (Ap
CBS
Pryor
Richard Pryor
ABC
Dark Rider
Darth Vader
Keeshan
Shaun Lewis
Buffalo Bob Smith
Sandy Becker
Mr. Wizard
Tennessee Valley Authority visits Arthville farm sale
A TVA representative arrives in Arthville Tennessee to press the valley’s only holdout to sell her farm. The lead story sits amid a TV listings page featuring movies and programs from 1950s to 1980s, including The Exterminator and incidents at Trestridge.
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Mike Nesmith
Elevision
Rts
Dukes of Hazzard
CBN
Spencer
Ripley's
Wall Street
Louis Rukeyser
Chistopher George
Samantha Eggar
Robert Ginty
Memo From Mac China History In One Lifetime
Roving editor John McCormally recalls a lifetime of China study from childhood fears in Kansas to field reporting and friendships with Fairbank Lattimore and Evans Carlson. He traces Cold War tensions, U S policy shifts, and a late journey toward China during Carter and Nixon eras, mixing memory with evolving geopolitics.
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John
China
Evans Carlson
Mao Zedong
Tsingtao
John Harris
John Fairbank
Taiwan
Mao
Jimmy Carter
Russia
Nixon
Korea
Vietnam
Ronald Reagan
Carter
Peking
Beijing
Peggy
Wilma Fairbank
Winthrop Street
Owen Lattimore
Afghanistan
New York Times
McCarthy
United States
Kansas
East
Weinberger Under Fire in Washington Amid Pentagon Waste
Washington observers say Caspar Weinberger, compared unfavorably with Stockman, shows poor leadership at the Pentagon. Critics blame waste and mismanagement on Weinberger and his aides, urging removal to restore confidence and reform.
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Stuart Aubrey Harris
Caspar Weinberger
David Stockman
New England
Stockman
Weinberger
Pentagon
Raymond Coffey
Washington Observer
NCO Club
Defense
Montana
Reagan
Douglas MacArthur II
NATO
Daily News
MacArthur
Congress
Ottawa Herald subscriber rates detailed for trade area
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription prices for Ottawa and surrounding towns with monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual options. Rates vary by carrier mail and motor routes, with higher prices for outside trade areas and out of state subscribers subject to a 4.5 percent sales tax.
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Cedar
Ottawa
Kansas
Robert
Wallington
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