Reagan faces European economic woes at Versailles summit
The article compares U S economic policy to global outcomes and warns that high interest rates, a weak budget process in Congress, and partisan battles threaten free trade and democracy. It notes Europe and Japan fear Reagan and blame past finance choices, predicting further protectionism and instability.
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United States
Reagan
Versailles
U.S
Europe
Congress
Johnson
France
Soviet Union
Reagan Era Officials Face Conflicts Of Interest
The article accuses several Reagan administration appointees of conflicts between personal interests and public duties. It cites George Bush's tax tilt for drug firms, William French Smith's tax shelter, Raymond Donovan’s ties to gangsters, William Baxter’s IBM links, William Casey and Richard Allen’s gifts, and notes one man faced criminal accusations. The piece argues such behavior harms the president and political image amid budget cuts.
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George Bush
Treasury Department
Puerto Rico
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Een
William French Smith
Internal Revenue Service
Smith
Labor
Raymond Donovan
New Jersey
William Baxter
Justice Department
IBM
Axter
Stanford
CIA
William Casey
National Security
Richard Allen
Defense buildup boosts plants but few new jobs
The Reagan era military buildup spurs facility expansion and sales at Northrop Defense Systems in Illinois, with a 26 percent rise in local employment to 2,500. Yet overall job growth slows as most spending targets high end tech and management rather than production work, delaying broad hiring gains by eight to ten months.
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New York Times
Northrop Defense Systems
Rolling Meadows
Ill
Northrop
Rosie the
Dan Pennie
Boeing Aerospace Co
Irrationality in Argentina and Russia by Robert Wesson
Robert Wesson argues Argentina’s 149 year dispute over the Falklands springs from a national neurosis rooted in past glory and denial of reality. He compares this to Soviet decline since the 1960s, attributing hardship to delusion and failed ideology, and urges prudent U.S. leadership to avoid confrontation.
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Robert Wesson
Hoover Institution
Agentina
Argentina
Pampas
Europe
Buenos Aiies
Falklands
Soviet Union
United States
Letter on media bias and a columnist misfire
A reader denounces The Southern Illinoisan for political prejudice after a Newspaper Enterprise Association piece by Tom Tiede. The letter targets the portrayal of a Lane South Carolina man and accuses the paper of confusing individual poverty with party bias, urging clearer journalistic standards.
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Southern Illinoisan
Tom Tiede
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Southern Illinois An
Why do men fear the ERA and equal rights
Christine K. Jones argues against the ERA, asserting men fear loss of power and noting Europe protects women without an ERA. She cites census trends, calls for informed Legislatures, and urges adherence to the Pledge of Allegiance while urging voters to back mature candidates. She writes from Herrin.
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Southern Illinoisan
Central
Europe
U.S
United States of America
Christine K. Jones
Herrin
Time to protest taxes
A reader thanks the Southern Illinoisan for the May 27 editorial on assessment politics and tax inequities. He urges Carterville Township residents to meet, hire an attorney, and protest taxes, proposing a shared legal action to spotlight unfair tax laws ahead of his retirement on December 1, 1982.
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Southern Illinoisan
Carterville Township
Tom
New England
Inherit the Wind by Jack son County Stage Company at Newman Center
New theater group the Jack son County Stage Company presents Inherit the Wind at the Newman Center on June 16 17 and 18 at 8 p.m. This marks the troupe’s first production and local readers hope for more positive community arts.
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Southern Illinois An
Jackson County Stage Company
Newman Center
Southern Illinoisan
Charles Darwin
Too many babies have died Editor letter
A Southern Illinoisan editor laments abortion tolls and questions national medical progress. The piece condemns the abortion industry as a cruel, unspoken crime and urges readers to voice opposition, blaming society for quietly tolerating the practice.
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Southern Illinoisan
Obsoleting English and the fate of the language
The piece traces how English evolves from King Alfred to Shakespeare and into modern media, noting new verbs from obsolete and access, and likening change to Chinese syntax. It critiques the fixed parts of speech concept and argues language is a living, biological phenomenon humans cannot fully control.
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Southern Illinoisan
Langland
Piers Plowman
Chaucer
Harvard Business Review
Constantinople
Priscian
Dinonysius Thrax
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