Turmoil hits Lorain County as GM plans plant closures and Kmart ends Designer Depot
General Motors aims to close 11 plants idling 6 500 Ohio workers amid overall cutbacks while Elyria Fisher Guide faces potential shutdown. Kmart closes Designer Depot stores in Elyria and North Olmsted as Midway Crossing announces a new store opening, signaling local employment shocks and broader need for economic diversification.
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Lorain County
General Motors Corp
Ohio
Elyria
Kmart Corp
North Olmsted
Chronicle-Telegram
Midway Crossing
Designer Depot
General Motors
Elyria Fisher Guide
News & World Report
Ford
Ford Motors
Kmart
Molotov remembered as ruthless survivor of Soviet regime
Vyacheslav Molotov, dead at 96, survived Stalin’s purge era and helped shape foreign policy. He ordered purges and led collectivization, but is chiefly known for negotiating the 1939 non aggression pact with Nazi Germany. His career ended in exile from party power, yet he remained a controversial emblem of the Soviet regime.
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Winston Churchill
Molotov
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Scriaban
Alexander Scriaban
Hammer
Stalin
Nazi Germany
Poland
Hitler
Siberian
Communist Party
Moscow
Ver plots to oust Aquino amid Philippine political turmoil
CIA sources warn Gen Fabian Ver former Philippine chief of staff is forming a death squad to remove Aquino supporters. Defense Minister Enrile allegedly threats and security measures. Ver travels U S and Southeast Asia building an underground movement to oppose Aquino with ties to Marcos era operations and Imelda Marcos.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Fabian Ver
Philippine Armed Forces
Corazon Aquino
Juan Ponce Enrile
Aquino
Enrile
Ver
Marcos
Cory Aquino
America
United States
Southeast Asia
Imelda
Defense Intelligence Agency
DIA
Imelda Marcos
Realignment yet to prove in 1986 Senate and governorships
The off year results show a mixed map with Republicans winning Illinois Texas and California governorships while the Senate balance remains fragile and several new Democrats like Breaux Shelby and Graham appear conservative. The piece warns of two years of congressional paralysis as Reagan faces vetoes and limited legislative gains.
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Senate
Ronald Reagan
House
Illinois
California
Texas
Breaux
Louisiana
Shelby
Alabama
Graham
Florida
Senate Committee
Mark Hatfield
John Stennis
Finance
Hatfield
Oregon
Robert Packwood
Lloyd Bentsen
Congress
Lessons from Munich echoing through Iceland and Reagan era
The piece links Churchill’s warnings in the 1930s to modern debates after the 1986 Reykjavik summit. It argues that appeasement failed, that strength deterred Nazi aggression, and that the public shift toward hard-line security mirrored Churchill’s stance. It notes PBS dramatizes Churchill’s struggle and ties it to Reagan’s era Star Wars policy and debates over arms control.
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Ronald Reagan
Iceland
Public Broadcasting Service
Reykjavik
Chamberlain
Hitler
Reagan
Soviet Union
America
Senate
PBS
Churchill
Nuclear club expands as new nations may join
Amid Cold War tensions the US USSR Britain France and China form a small nuclear club but Israel and Pakistan are seen as likely new members. Vanunu exposed Israel’s Dimona plant claiming 100 to 200 weapons. South Africa and Pakistan’s programs raise fears of regional arms diffusion and complicate US aid and diplomacy.
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Soviet Union
United States
U.S
Ussr
Britain
France
China
India
Israel
Pakistan
Mordechai Vanunu
Dimona
Vanunu
Australia
Middle East
Iraq
Osirak
Reagan
Kahuta
Washington
Afghanistan
South Korea
Brazil
Argentina
Tran
Libya
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