California Graham's Navy Honorable Discharge Restored
A WWII story notes Calvin Graham enlisted at 12 and served on the U S S South Dakota before being discharged after age revelation. nearly 35 years later the Defense Department restored his honorable discharge and ribbons. The column then critiques OSHA actions and federal wage policy comments in brief satirical notes.
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Calvin Graham
Navy
Graham
U.S.S. South Dakota
Defense Department
Brizola Amid Brazil's Slow Path to Redemocratization
Leonel Brizola, once Brazil's populist leader and exiled for 14 years, has resurfaced in New York hopeful for a return home as pressure grows for reform in Brazil. Observers see increased calls for redemocratization from the church, lawyers, judges, academics, and major newspapers, amid inflation and limited voting rights.
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N Y. Times News
New York
Leonel Brizola
Brazil
Rio Grande Do Sul
Brizola
Kennedy
United States
Uruguay
Catholic Church
Cardinal Arns
Sao Paulo
Journal Do Brasil
Carter
Chile
Ernesto Geisel
Geisel
Joao Baptista de Oliverio Figueiredo
Geiser
A Time for Truth and Conservative Fighting Spirit Revealed
Simon's new book echoes Goldwater era. As former energy czar and Treasury secretary, he argues for a principled conservative program to defend liberty against collectivist trends. He challenges GOP inertness and urges bold stand for freedom with moral conviction.
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Washington Star Syndicate Inc
Washington
Barry Goldwater
William E. Simon
Goldwater
Senate
Simon
Jack Kemp
New York
Kemp
Dole
Kansas
Baker
Tennessee
Liberty Party
Republican Party
America
Paul
Rights office drives U S policy shifts under Derian
The State Department human rights office under Pat Derian emerges as a powerful policymaking force. Its secret Presidential Directive 30 guides international lending votes and blocks routine police equipment for allies, while provoking quiet pushback from other agencies and critics. Mondale's Manila trip was briefly debated to postpone or cancel over rights concerns.
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Field Enterprises Inc
State Department
Pat Derian
Walter Mondale
Manila
Derian
Mondale
Pat
Philippines
Ferdinand Marcos
U.S
United States
Latin America
South Asia
National Security Council
Human-Rights Office
Asian Development Bank
Singapore
Winchester Letters and Open Forum Guidelines
The Winchester Evening Star invites signed letters up to 350 words with name address and phone. Viewpoint is a regular forum for opinions. Open Forum is a guest column for longer submissions of 500 to 750 words. Contact the Editorial Page Editor for Open Forum ideas.
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Your
Star
Rapprochement fears shape U S China strategy in Carter era
The piece argues the most dangerous global shift is a possible Soviet China alignment and urges exploiting the U S rift with Moscow. It criticizes the Carter administration for weak geopolitics while noting China’s view of the world as barbarians and its aim to balance Soviet expansion.
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Brizola
Carter
Soviet Union
N.Y
Peking
Washington
Taiwan
West
Middle Kingdom
U.S
Teng Hsiao-ping
Afghanistan
Russia
Pakistan
China
Iran
U.N
South Africa
Angola
Rhodesia
Africa
United States
Ian Smith
Brezhnev
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
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FBI
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Labor Department
CIA
Langley
Union Station
National Visitors Center
Washington, D.C
Barry Bosworth
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Reform Movement
Figueiredo
West Germany
South America
Wicker
Roy E. Potts II
Lewis H. Ebert
Eugene P. Miller
Edward P. Offley
Wire Editor
Winchester Evening Star
Thomas T. Byrd
The
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By James J. Kilpatrick
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Billy Martin
Congress
Capitol Hill
Hermon Neat
Cyrus Vance
Moscow
Vance
Hodding Carter
Andrei Gromyko
White House
South Korea
Warren
Christopher
Asia
Terence Todman
Evans
Novak
Barbarians
Hua
North Korea
Far East
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Teng
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