New Federalism contested by governors and mayors
Ronald Reagan promoted New Federalism to shrink federal power and empower states and cities. Governors and big city leaders doubt the plan, arguing they gain political responsibility without funds, as cuts hit state aid and programs like the Community Development Block Grant and Urban Development Action Grant. They urge presidential engagement with local and state officials, targeted cuts in military and entitlement programs, and careful decentralization to avoid fragmenting national social policy.
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Abraham Lincoln
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
United States
Washington
Love and exile in the Sakharov case amid Soviet refusals
The article recounts Andrei Sakharov and Yelena Bonner staging a 17 day hunger strike to urge the USSR to allow Liza Alexeyeva to emigrate to the United States to join Sakharov's stepson. It notes international outcry, Sakharov’s exile, and the erosion of Russia's dissident movement, framing the saga as a testament to human resilience against a bureaucratic regime.
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Liza Alexeyeva
Alexei Semyonov
Andrei Sakharov
Sakharov
Yelena Bonner
Soviet Union
Miss Alexeyeva
United States
Peiy
Moscow
Alexeyra
Ozone fears rise as NASA finds ongoing depletion
An editorial notes NASA data showing ozone loss at about 40 kilometers per year from 1970 to 1979, linked to chlorofluorocarbon release from sprays and refrigerants. It mentions the Solar Mesosphere Explorer and Harvard scientist plans to study ozone further, while warning of carbon dioxide buildup and the greenhouse effect.
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Richard L. Worsnop
Washington
NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center
James G. Anderson
Harvard
Next St
New Mexico
Council On Environmental Quality
North America
Europe
Suppression of Polish reforms crosses borders for communism
Flora Lewis argues in the New York Times that Poland's 17 month push for reform without violence reveals Marxism's sterile soul and benchmarks for the Soviet Union. She notes Brezhnev's aging rule, stagnation, and a leadership trend of technocrats unlikely to embrace liberal change.
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Flora Lewis
New York Times
Paris
Enrico Berlinguer
Soviet Union
Moscow
U.S
Poland
Solidarity
West
Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet
Nikita Khrushchev
No easy reform in Soviet system warns Le Monde veteran
The piece argues the Polish experience shows no peaceful path to reform in the Soviet apparatus. Dissidents are crushed and humanism dismissed as eccentric. Brezhnev era stability masks fear, while a potential internal explosion looms. It urges Western-led arms control to avoid internal collapse.
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le Monde
Moscow
Daniel Vernet
Andrei Sakharov
Cambria Police Coverage Draws Editor’s Fire
Editor letters condemn Cambria coverage as biased and sensational. The writer accuses The Southern Illinoisan of yellow journalism and muckraking for relying on hearsay and opinions from residents rather than direct reporting of police meetings. The piece notes a two and a half hour public hearing filled with insults and politics over juvenile burglaries and calls for fair, factual coverage.
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Southern Illinoisan
Cambria
Village Board
Public Safety Committee
Community concerns spark Cambria police chief debate
A Cambria reader argues against mob pressure over allegations against Police Chief Wiseman. He cites 250 names on petitions from about 10 accusers, defends orderly process, urges filing concrete evidence with the State's Attorney and defending rights in court.
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Southern Illinoisan
Cambria
Wiseman
Cambria Safety Meeting Faulted Over Chief Harassment Charges
Residents accuse Cambria police chief of harassing local teens via petitions calling for resignation or dismissal. Safety Committee meeting devolved into a free for all, with no clear factual handling and calls for better process and a possible public hearing. Alan E. Lenz Cambria.
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Tai
Southern Illinoisan
Cambria
Cambria Safety Committee
The
Safety Commission
Alan E. Lenz Cambria
Letter questions Wiseman record and Cambria church
Leah Akins defends the church and refutes a Dec 4 article about Police Chief Pastor. She says her brother avoided charges, Wiseman was asked to resign and forced out by the American Baptist Association, and she describes him as arrogant and domineering while pastor at Cambria First Baptist. She notes church members supported Community Church.
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de Cambria
Cambria
Chief Wiseman
First Baptist Church of
Southern Illinoisan
First Batist Church of
James Wiseman
Wiseman
American Baptist Association
Cambria First Baptist
Leah Akins Cambria
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Illinois
Brezhnev
Ope
Williamson County Detective Unit
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