Terrorism and U S policy in a violent world
An editorial analyzes how the United States confronts global terrorism from Air India to European bombings. It calls for stricter airport safety, expanded detection funding, and a comprehensive foreign policy rethink including nuclear safeguards and defense integration to prevent further attacks.
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TWA
EL Salvador
Air India
Alan Dixon
Paul Simon
D-Nii
Dixon
United States
Simon
Europe
Frankfurt
Defense Department
Washington D.C
Soviet Union
Israel
Central America
Middle East
Africa
Far East
Endorse Bill for Cheaper Jackson County Health Office
The piece urges Gov. Thompson to sign a bill allowing Jackson County health departments to borrow from the Farmers Home Administration at low rates to fund a new office between Murphysboro and Carbondale. It estimates savings of 270000 and commends Health Director Fred Siebenmann for pursuing lower costs despite possible veto concerns. The goal is to proceed with the building regardless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Health Department
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Health Department
Fred Siebenmann
Siebenmann
Gov. Thompson
Right reads to Nam on TV
Anthony Lewis critiques a PBS Vietnam documentary rebuttal film as propaganda dressed as journalism. The piece questions public TV pressures, funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the risk of bias shaping historical narrative while praising the PBS series for its effort to show complexity and real veterans' experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Lewis
New York Times
Boston
Public Broadcasting System
Vietnam
PBS
Douglas Pike
Spiro Agnew
Pike
Paris
Henry Kissinger
Saigon
South Vietnam
Charlton Heston
Heston
America
Richard Hofstadter
National Endowment For the Humanities
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
Islamic Party of God
Communist Party
Texas
Forget complainers bet on NATO
William A. Rusher argues NATO remains robust after forty years, with member states broadly supportive and no imminent dissolution. He notes Greece and the Netherlands show tensions but NATO unity endures, while the alliance has kept the peace among members and deterred Soviet pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Rusher
Newspaper Enterprise Association
London
NATO
Europe
Greece
Netherlands
NATO Alliance
United States
Turkey
Cyprus
Gringos Use Politics South of Border by Peter Wiley
In Mexico City analysts warn U.S. ties are frayed as PAN gains in northern states challenge PRI rule. Observers say Reagan era backing fuels two party hopes, risking destabilization fears and a tense July Chamber of Deputies vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Wiley
Pacific News Service
Mexico City
United States
U.S
Enrique Camarena Salazar
Central America
National Action Party
PAN
Republican Party
Chamber of Deputies
Institutional Revolutionary Party
PRI
Mexico
Piedras Negras
John Gavin
United Nations
Porfirio Munoz Ledo
Impacto
Gavin
Reagan
Editorial arguing for SDI defense system viability
A Southern Illinoisan editorial criticizes Ken Gray for opposing the Star Wars defense program. It defends the Strategic Defense Initiative as a needed tool against nuclear war and cites 1982 Astronautics & Aeronautics reporting by engineer Wallace Henderson on progress toward workable SDI concepts.
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Ken
Ken Gray
Astronautics & Aeronautics Magazine
Wallace D. Henderson
Space-based lasers and the SDI defense proposal
A writer argues for SDI space based lasers as a viable defense against Soviet first strike, noting rapid laser development and historical precedents. They acknowledge cost concerns but claim long term savings and economic spin-offs from space program funding, urging continued support and timely implementation.
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Eisenhower
Graham
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