Ford urges tougher sentences to curb rising crime
President Ford argues that despite a decade and a half of heavy anti crime spending the U S crime rate has risen and calls for mandatory prison terms for habitual violent offenders. He proposes extending LEAA funding and pushing state and local reforms while acknowledging limits of federal action.
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Ford
Congress
United States of America
Mr. Ford
America
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
LEAA
Edward H. Levi
Portugal and Early America in Madison's Lens
The piece contrasts Portugal's military move toward a self ruling democracy with Madison's defense of a republican union to curb faction. It traces Washington's early cabinet balancing and Madison's warnings that faction stems from property distribution, arguing democracy without republic fails and minorities can become despotisms.
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Madison
Union of States
Portugal
America
Wealth and heaven in Billy Graham’s guidance
The piece argues that entering heaven is not about wealth but about surrender to Christ. It cites Simon in Acts as misusing money for God's gift and notes God desires assets be used for His glory. It encourages young people to invest life for the Gospel and manage possessions well.
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Billy Graham
Heaven
Simon
Peter
Consumerist Movement Critique of Government Profit Caps
Ralph de Toledano argues that public opinion is manipulated by propaganda and polls. He contends that exaggerated profit fears fuel calls for government limits, warning such limits hurt production, jobs, and innovation, and likens the movement to socialism and Soviet practice.
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Ralph de Toledano
Vietnam
Congress
Princeton
Soviet Union
State Dept Contemplates Drug Trafficking Policy
A suppressed commission study criticizes the State Department for slow, unimaginative narcotics response abroad. It cites examples from Paraguay and other regions, notes clashes with the CIA and White House, and questions Kissinger’s focus on narcotics. The report says diplomacy failed to act creatively with rising heroin flow.
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Washington
State Department
U.S
Paraguay
Alfredo Stroessner
Lecy
Nelson Gross
Augusta Ricard
Stroessner
Gross
United States
Nelson Rockefeller
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D.mont
Commission
Department
Laos
Thailand
Burma
America
Drug Enforcement Agency
White House
National Security Council
CIA
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Striped Pants
South America
Mexico
Tom Peters
Assembly to Action In Charlestown 1775 Congress
At a Provincial Congress meeting in Charles Town in January 1775 it was resolved to continue representation until the next general meeting of inhabitants and to convene for emergencies by vote of the Charlestown General Committee. Delegates Henry Middleton Thomas Lynch Christopher Gadsden John Rutledge Edward Rutledge were authorized to represent Carolina at the next American Congress with power to coordinate measures for American rights and harmony with Britain. Congress would pay their expenses. They urged Lt Governor William Bull to end the delay of the General Assembly.
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Dorothy Macdowell
Charles Town
Charlestown
Carolina
Henry Middleton
Thomas Lynch
Christopher Gadsden
John Rutledge
Edward Rutledge
Great Britain
Congress
William Bull
His Majesty
Colony
South Carolina
Franklin Plans a Continental Union in Congress
Benjamin Franklin submits proposed Articles for a Confederation and Perpetual Union. The plan keeps powers over war, alliance, commerce, currency, Indian affairs, and land, with taxes based on population and a one house Congress. Franklin’s scheme is set aside but foreshadows later unions and 1777 Articles.
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Benjamin Franklin
Congress
Franklin
Albany
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