Battle for the Republic in the 1976 Presidential Battle
The piece previews the 1976 campaign shaping up after Gerald Ford’s nomination. It notes the Republicans face wounds from a bruising contest and questions party unity, while Democrats appear more cohesive behind Carter. It warns of welfare state trends and Cold War pressures shaping history.
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Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Kansas City
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Soviet Union
the Republic
Energy independence outlook challenged by expert
Dr. Robert Seamans of ERDA warns heroic measures won’t yield energy independence for at least 20 years. The piece argues domestic policy remains insufficient and stresses the rising role of foreign policy and OPEC in national security and living standards.
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Robert Seamans
Energy Research and Development Administration
United States
Congress
Administration
U.S
OPEC
If Rascals Knew Advantages of Virtue
Holmes Alexander discusses Bill Simon and the ethics of private enterprise as essential to a more perfect union. He cites Simon’s role in the Nixon era, the book The Ethical Basis Of Economic Freedom, and Franklin’s quip that rascals would be honest if they knew virtue’s advantages.
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Holmes Alexander
Treasury
Bill Simon
Wall Street
Washington
New Jersey
Simon
Lockheed
New York City
White House
Ford
Kissinger
Henry
American Viewpoint
Chapel Hill
N.C
Jaworski
Ethridge
Fiester
Afl-Cio
Sec
Retary
Jimmy Carter
Rhodes
France
Indochina
United States
Watergate
Vietnam
FBI
CIA
Ben Franklin
Reading the Bible Bores You Help From Billy Graham
Dear reader questions the boredom of scripture and Billy Graham offers practical steps. He cites 1 Corinthians 2 14 and James 1 22 urging belief in Christ as Savior and using a modern translation with a definite study method and prayer for understanding.
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Billy Graham
DR. Graham
M. DR. Dear
M. K
Jesus Christ
God
Christ
Blue Cross Medicare contracts face overcharges audit findings
A Department of Health, Education and Welfare audit charges Blue Cross and subsidiaries in Iowa, Maine, Nebraska and Wisconsin with overcharging Medicare by using private planes and luxury cars for personal use. Officials say the current contract ends September but expect renewal, with hearings led by Rep. Charles Vanik to probe further abuses.
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Washington
Blue Cross
Uncle Sam
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Iowa
Maine
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Medicare
Colossus
Charles Vanik
Ohio
House
Ways and Means
Vanik
Defense Department
Letter writers debate tree as international incident and vote
A reader questions a North Korea secret conference over a tree attracting attention amid an election clash. He recalls Maine’s 1898 explosion talk, mocks voting tactics, and condemns fearlessness in leadership while referencing personal political stance. Murray Smith reflects on golf and spiritual values.
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Maine
Brevard's 1777–78 Service through Carolina to Yorktown
Dorothy MacDowell recounts Brevard’s march from Charlestown to the Potomac, patrols at Valley Forge, reductions in North Carolina regiments, service in Georgia relief efforts, sieges at Ninety Six and Gates, the Eutaw battle, and final peace with land bounty of 300 acres from the United States.
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Dorothy Macdowell
Brevard
North Carolina
Charleston
Philadelphia
Red Bank
Trenton
Wilmington
Brandy Wine
Germantown
Valley Forge
Georgia
Purrsburg
Savannah River
Lincoln
Bryan Creek
Stone
Rutherford
Long Island Battle Capsized by British Victory 1776
On August 27 1776 British General Henry Clinton led 10 000 troops through Jamaica Pass overrunning American left flank and capturing General Sullivan. Lord Stirling and 500 Maryland Continentals halt Cornwallis while main American force retreats to Brooklyn Heights. Stirling captured. American losses total 1407 killed wounded and captured. British Hessian losses 377.
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Henr
Jamaica Pass
John Sullivan
Sullivan
William Alexander
Lord Stirling
Maryland
Cornwallis
Gowanus Marsh
Brooklyn Heights
Stirling
Long Island
Clinton
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Battle For the Republic
Aiken
Samuel A. Cothran
Robert D. Cathcart
the Energy Outlook
Britain
Kipling
Victoria
Kitchener
Haig
By Jack Anderson
Ray P. Safford
Kershaw
A.P
Rick Massingale
Murray M. Smith
Dexter Street
Hades’s Point
Potomack
Alexandria
Georgetown
Chronicle of
America
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