War wimps and hawks in Washington clash over Vietnam drafts
A Village Voice list brands many conservative hawks as war wimps for avoiding service during Vietnam while pushing big military programs. Names cited include Newt Gingrich Trent Lott Richard Perle William Taft IV Vin Weber Pat Buchanan Ronald Lauder George Will and others. The piece contrasts their rhetoric with veterans like Paul Douglas and notes the pattern of deferments and safety.
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Andrew Jacobs
Indiana
Korea
William Taft IV
Harvard
Rep
Vin Weber
Minnesota
Pat Buchanan
White House
Ronald Lauder
Pentagon
Lauder
Estee Lauder
Coast Guard Reserve
California
Senate theater as Lugar-Nunn amendment shapes Nicaragua policy
In a late afternoon session the U S Senate debated how to aid the Contras in Nicaragua. Dick Lugar led Foreign Relations through a clash of amendments before a 55-42 vote approving the Lugar-Nunn measure, while Edward Kennedy urged resuming relations with Nicaragua and blocking armed U S action.
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U.S. Senate
Nicaragua
Senate
United States
Bob Dole
Kansas
Indiana
Dick Lugar
Foreign Relations Committee
Lugar
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Christopher Dodd
Connecticut
Dodd
Kennedy
Senate Show of Civility Defines Kilpatrick Tradeoffs
James J. Kilpatrick and colleagues debated sending U.S. troops to Nicaragua with Hatfield and Goldwater urging constitutional limits. A Kennedy amendment failed, while Hart's proposal to bar surveillance and training in Central America failed narrowly. The Nunn-Lugar measure passed amid a rare display of civility and decorum among nearly all senators.
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Kennedy
Senate
Dave Durenberger
Gary Hart
Colorado
Hart
U.S
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
el Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
John Stennis
Mississippi
Paula Hawkins
Florida
Nancy Kassebaum
Kansas
Leahy
Hatfield
Warner
Virginia
Hollings and Thurmond
South Carolina
Wallop
Wyoming
Nunn-Lugar
Morehouse School of Medicine Aims to Transform Black Health Care
A historic plan from Morehouse College to launch a two year medical program, later affiliating with a four year school, seeks to tackle a severe shortage of physicians in poor black communities. The effort comes amid stark disparities with 3.2 percent of U S physicians black and 4.5 percent Hispanic.
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United States
Morehouse
Atlanta University
Morehouse School of Medicine leader Louis Sullivan drives growth
Louis Sullivan, a rare Black member of Boston University’s medical faculty, organized and propelled Morehouse into a four year, fully accredited school. He balanced a budget and set a $15 million fundraising target, reaching $12 million by a San Francisco stop. Barbara Bush boosted support with a cross continental trip, while critics warn of persistent infant mortality linked to prenatal care shortages. Sullivan’s work is framed as a hopeful counterpoint to this tragedy.
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Louis Sullivan
Boston University
National Medical Board
Sullivan
Morehouse School of Medicine
San Francisco
Barbara Bush
Morehouse
Children’s Defense Fund
Sam
Robertine
Prayer in School Sparks Fire Over Supreme Court Ruling
Alabaster clashes over the high court decision on voluntary silent prayer in schools. The debate centers on separation of church and state and whether government can specify prayer in classrooms. One caller argues for home prayer while others defend secular limits. the final suggestion is to pray at home before school.
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Supreme Court
God
Ronald Reagan
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