Mayor must resolve Elyria police dispute
Elyria faces a police department dispute as a detective protests reassignment by Chief Rodger Griffith. Six detectives seek transfers amid support from many patrolmen, challenging the chief’s authority. A plea-bargain sports car used for undercover drug buys sparked tensions. A federal suit seeks an injunction against the transfer, and further suits are anticipated. The editorial urges city leaders to resolve the conflict quickly for public safety and department stability.
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Elyria
Rodger Griffith
Griffith
House narrow approves smokeless two hour airline smoking ban
The measure would bar smoking on domestic flights two hours or less and could block landings or federal funds for airports not enforcing it. Senate action expected in September with industry and tobacco lobby opposition. Rep. Richard Durbin argues for smokers' rights while flight attendants support health protections.
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U.S
House of Representatives
Senate
House of Congress
Flight Attendants’ Union
Richard Durbin
Central Intelligence Agency
Department of Defense
United States
National Security Council
White House
Oliver North
CIA
William Casey
Reagan’s Three Key Domestic Achievements and a Major Setback
Reagan’s administration achieved major domestic gains including tax reform reducing the top rate from 50 to 33-28 percent and closing loopholes, a pivotal though imperfect move for growth. Education reform followed the 1983 Nation at Risk, spurring school improvements without massive new spending. A conservative tilt on the Supreme Court, led by Judge Robert H. Bork, marked a lasting shift, even as the era faced a historic loss.
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Washington
Ronald Reagan
America
Reagan
Department of Education
Supreme Court
Appeals Court
Robert H. Bork
High Court
Earl Warren
Reagan Thatcher contrast on long term plans and privatization
The article contrasts Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, noting Reagan failed to translate a landslide mandate into long term political and economic realignment while Thatcher pursues a clear forward agenda. It highlights Thatcher's privatization drive selling remaining state assets by 1990 and aims to build a durable majority for the next century.
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Reagan
America
Eisenhower
Margaret Thatcher
Thatcher
British Petroleum
Ronald Reagan
Perils and politics of the zero option in arms talks
The Geneva talks between the United States and the Soviet Union shape a clear position on IRBMs and the zero option. The piece discusses deterrence, NATO strategy, and European reactions led by Gorbachev and Kissinger, warning of implications for Western defense and a future space shield debate.
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Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
Western Europe
Europe
NATO
Moscow
Atlantic
Gorbachev
Far East
Washington
Henry Kissinger
Casanova
West Germany
America
U.S
Move on from the Iran Contra melodrama as hearings drag on
An op-ed argues the Iran Contra affair has stretched into an endless sequence from the Tower Commission probe to congressional hearings and looming indictments. It contends the public and press remain fixated, but questions the gravity compared with past U.S. policy missteps and calls for putting the matter in perspective and moving on.
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Tower Commission
House
Lebanon
Gulf of Tonkin
Vietnam
Bay of Pigs
United States
Administration
Congress
Congressional Committee
Brent Scowcroft
John Poindexter
Bissell
Denial as a tool in covert national policy described
The article analyzes how deniability shapes covert actions from Bissell to Poindexter, noting that vague terms let presidents avoid explicit authorization. Poindexter argues deniability protected the president while Congress questions contradictions about Iran-contra fund diversions and executive accountability.
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Richard Bissell
CIA
John Ranelagh
Oval Office
Bissell
Patrice Lumumba
Dwight Eisenhower
Poindexter
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