Reagan radio speeches raise credibility and timing doubts
The New York Times notes President Reagan revived radio briefings to bypass media truncation as he argues his economic program, with claims it starts after the July 1982 tax cut. Polls show fading approval and doubts about an upturn, while critics compare his messaging to a Cubs game and warn about credibility and timing ahead of the election.
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Tom Wicker
New York Times
South
Reagan
Howell Raines
The
Gallup
Jimmy Carter
Harry Truman
Ronald Reagan
Chicago Cubs
Radioland
Lou Brock
Protecting spies could limit freedom
Congress moves to criminalize disclosing names of CIA and FBI agents posing broad risk to press freedom. The bill targets outlets like CounterSpy and Covert Action Information Bulletin, potentially chilling reporting on CIA destabilization efforts and domestic spying. It hinges on a vague reason to believe standard, threatening journalists’ ability to inform the public.
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U.S
Congress
CIA
FBI
Nicaragua
Exac
Mandatory insurance proposal aims to curb uninsured motorists
Illinois Secretary of State Jim Edgar proposes mandatory liability insurance for all drivers to reduce uninsured motorist problems. The plan would impose penalties including fines and license suspensions for noncompliance, aiming to cut the estimated 20 percent uninsured rate and ensure responsible drivers bear costs.
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Jim Edgar
Illinois
Agar
Edgar
Miracles and meaning in the Passover story revealed
Editor notes Passover begins at sundown and explores how the Bible treats miracles as signs of God's presence. The piece argues not to reduce miracles to natural events, urging readers to feel awe without taking the text literally, and to view biblical wonders as messages from God in history and nature.
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Edward L. Greenstein
Enterprise Assn
Red Sea
God
Egypt
Letters. Media pushing Latin America toward reds
Carbondale writer D Lincoln Canfield argues that major U.S. media distort coverage of Central America, portraying anti-Communists as villains while ignoring guerrilla violence. He cites CBS, NBC, and local outlets, urging readers to recognize bias and Marxist influence behind apparent electoral anomalies in El Salvador and Guatemala.
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Guatemala
CBS
Salvador
Dan Rathers
Bill Moyers
San Salvador
Bill
NBC
Today
Alpert
Havana
Southern Illinoisan
Egyptia
Latin America
Gus di Zerega
D. Lincoln Canfield Carbondale
Grant Man Seizes Vineyard in Relic Tale of Eminent Domain
A satirical parable places Grant Man of All-America as ruler who presses Merchant-Citizen to cede a vineyard near his palace. Jezabel, his adviser, enforces seizure with legal writs, slaying the merchant’s backers and claiming the land for the crown. Elias condemns the act as corrupt wealth amassing.
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Grant Man
All-America
Jezabel
Elias
Walnut Street Baptist Church conflict urged to pause
Pastor Raymond D. Baggott defends Walnut Street Baptist against city plans for a convention center. He urges editors and officials to support churches, noting hours of prayer and obedience to God, while promising continued scrutiny of the case and prayers from churches statewide.
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Carbondale
Convention Center
Edtor
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Walnut Street
Jerusalem
Open Letter Opposes Carbondale Center on Church Grounds
An editor letters section features a Carbondale resident opposing a convention center plan on Walnut Street Baptist Church property. The writer argues religious freedom, taxpayer-funded grants, and displacement of the church after 60 years, urging neutral ground or purchase of acreage to spare the church.
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Southern Illinois
America
Carbondale
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Summers Chosen Franklin County Republican Chairman
A reader disputes Ronald K. Summers election as Franklin County Republican chairman and alleges he sent a small group to Springfield before organizing the central committee. The letter accuses him of prioritizing patronage and seeks a public denial of the trip before the first meeting.
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Southern Illinoisan
Franklin County
Ronald K. Summers
Republican Party
Summers
Central Committee
Springfield
Ronald Summers and Company
Republican Central Committee
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