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The Space Shuttle C0lumbia’s brilliant performance in its first spaceflight has opened imaginative vistas for application of the technology in a “new era of space conquest.” Never before had astronauts flown a space ship from orbit to an airport landing. The feat has accelerate talk of exfocus more on practical applications – notably defense purposes… Continue reading Spuce Shuttle Spending Wise

Two news developments focus on the American auto industry dilemna. further underscoring the problem and offering steps for remedy. A Wall Street Journal dispatch from Detroit says General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. are expected to ask their employees for hundreds of millions of dollars in wage and benefit cuts. And in Congress. Rep.… Continue reading U.S. Automokers Need Compromise

Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger has offered a concise and convincing defense of the Reagan Administration’: program to fl I the natlon’s mllltary needs. His statement first appeared on the editorial page of The Washington Post. obviously in response to one the previous week by former Defense Chlef Harold Brown entitled. “Wrong on the Bl, .Wrong… Continue reading li’s Not Whether But How

The 97th Congress is being urged to address a need for an “investigative mechanism” to consider complaints and deal with issues related to judicial tenure. conduct and disability among federal judges. While no reason exists to doubt the competence of the vast majority of the 800-plus federal judges. many complaints about some range from “abuse… Continue reading Judicial Tenure Legislation Worth Seconcl Look

ln talk of nuclear weaoons and warfare, we hear too little of the threatv to humanity .. .the devastation of lifeeand health an attack would inflict on mankind. Defense people and laymen speak nonchalantly of megaton and nuclear .warhead counts. the proposed MX system, and the possibility of countless missiles streaking between the U.S. and… Continue reading Nuclear Warfare’s the Greatest Health Haiard

The American export policy structure needs an overhaul. In the face of skidding competitive capability on world markets, Congress has acted on a number of trade measures to stimulate exports. But the approach has been piecemeal .. and the problem lingers. “We see our decline in the persistent negative trade balances. in our loss of… Continue reading Export Legislation Deserves Our Consideration

Two western senators have warned of a growing crisis in critical minerals and metals and the need for strengthening policies to correct the problem. In a major address before an aviation oriented group in New York, Sen. Barry M. Goldwater. R-Ariz. said he was “deeply troubled about the alarming deterioration of our defense industrial base… Continue reading World Minerals Play Part in National Defense

Both violent crime and property crime registered their largest jumps in a dozen years during 1980 and the increase was pervasive throughout every region of the country. his alarming situation. reported by the Justice Department, was brought to the attention of the U. S. Senate recently by Sen. Claiborne Pell, D-Rl. whoattributed much of the… Continue reading Reducing Drug Trafficking Will Reduce Crime

The current ”0lder Americans Month” designed by President Ronald Reagan is a good time to point out some little-realized statistics on the growing ratio of senior citizens in the country. Did you know, for example, that one in every nine Americans – ll percent is 65 or older? More surprising. though. calculations presented in Congress… Continue reading ‘Seniors’ Are One of Our Greatest Resources

With the nomination of a woman to the United States Supreme Court, President Reagan has broken a historic precedent and made a move that should go far in bolstering women’s support for his administration. Reagan urged the Senate to give “swift bipartisan confirmation” to Sandra Day 0’Connor, 51, ,a judge on the Arizona Court of… Continue reading O’Connor Appears cs ‘Pers0n for All Seus0ns’