Tarnished image of Reagan and media ire
Linguists weigh whether Reagan’s rebukes of press coverage mark a lasting low point in his relationship with reporters. The president’s anger centers on television coverage of his economic program, though critics say advisers bear responsibility for failing to lift unemployment figures.
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Spiro Agnew
Reagan
South
White House
Oklahoma City
CBS
NBC
Arthur Levitt
American Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Congress
Dallas divorce seen as mirror of Southern Illinois life
A Dallas Morning News feature column on Marriage and Divorce notes Dallas as the national divorce capital with nearly 70 percent of Dallas County marriages ending. It contrasts Dallas’s fast instant society with Southern Illinois’s tight community bonds and willingness to work at marriage for a lasting relationship.
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Illinois
Dallas Morning News
Dallas
United States
Dallas County
Southernneis
Sun Belt
Joan Robertson Cross
Joanne Grant
Southern Illinois
Afghan resistance grows as Afghan Day marked by leaders
Afghan guerrillas continue to oppose Soviet forces in a drawn out war described as a Russian Vietnam. U S officials debate arms aid via Pakistan and VOA broadcasts, while concerns rise about American focus on Central America.
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Afghanistan
Red Army
Congress
Reagan
Soviet Union
Vietnam
Ersian Gulf
United States
Pakistan
Voice 0
America
Central America
Wider support grows for RCA NBC boycott says activist
Pacific News Service reports the Coalition for Better Television led by Rev Don Wildman seeks a broader boycott of RCA and NBC. The effort targets increased minority and elderly representation, less sexualized ads, and reduced violence and drug content, framed as free speech not censorship.
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Mary Meehan
Pacific News Service
RCA
NBC
Donald Wildman
Coaliion
NAACP
Gray Panthers
Coalition For Better Television
Playboy
Talkin Back
Reli
Acon For Children’s Television
ACT
Coalition
Cott
Wildman
Readers blast editorials and judge over jail plan
Johnnie Knapp of Murphysboro criticizes the Southern Illinoisan and Judge Richard Richman for opposing the county jail plan. He accuses the paper of negativity toward government and politics, cites perceived smears about Don White, defends swift punishment, and asserts juvenile delinquents lack housing. He laments lack of a competing paper.
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Southern Illinoisan
Richard Richman
Richman
Judge Richann
Don White
Judge Richman
County Board
No endorsement bias in your paper sparks reader alarm
Viola I Prineas of Carbondale criticizing Southern Illinois editor for calling Ronald Ledford and Pete Prineas evil in an election endorsement. She defends her husband with a list of free engineering acts for churches schools and community projects and condemns the paper’s stance as biased while urging professional conduct.
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Southern Illinois An
Mr. Ledford
Ronald Ledford
Illinois
Ron Ledford
Simon
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Pete Prineas
Viola I.prineas Carbondale
Real estate frenzy ends in satire on inflation
A letter from L. R. Summers of Marion critiques past property speculation and blames President Reagan for tight money. He recounts doubling investments from 10 000 to 640 000, notes his inability to sell a 1 280 000 house, and offers a dubious deal with 10 000 down. The piece is presented as satire and not factual.
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Carter
Reagan
Johnnie Knapp Murphysboro
Southern Iindian
L. R. Summers
Marion
U S confronts limits of power as world realms
A column argues Reagan era claims of restoring U S dominance ignore global shifts. Western Europe Japan and the USSR rebuilt economies, altering power dynamics. Military edge has narrowed. overreach risks economic strain and nuclear confrontation, imperiling American greatness.
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Western Europe
Japan
Soviet Union
Devas
Russia
United States
Afstan
Europe
Third World
Grant
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