Postcard registration bill pushes federal voter mail plan
Phyllis Schlafly critiques Jimmy Carter's push for postcard voter registration, noting high costs and creation of a new federal agency. She argues the plan risks fraud and overreach, citing House rejection and a stricter alternative. The article cites voter turnout illusions and cites Norma Russell's filibuster in South Carolina as counterpoint.
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Jimmy Carter
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U.S. Postal Service
United States
U.S Postal Service
South Carolina
Powers That Be
Norma Russell
Deregulation drive gains fuel from CAB ruling
The Civil Aeronautics Board rejected Pan American's bid for exclusive new transatlantic routes to Europe from Atlanta and Dallas Fort Worth. Pan Am must share Europe service from Dallas with Delta, and was denied a portion of the Atlanta London route. The decision marks a blow to Pan Am amid its financial struggles as deregulation rhetoric intensifies.
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Pan American World Airways
Pan Am
Atlanta
Dallas- Fort Worth
Dallas-Fort Worth
Delta Airlines
Atlanta-London
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Delta
Northwest
Carter named 39th president in Scribner dictionary row
The dictionary designates James Carter as the 39th president of the United States despite election results. The piece warns of future confusion when historical references—Alf Landon as 33rd and Tom Dewey as 34th—are checked against polls and past records.
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James Carter
United States
Literary Digest
Chicago Tribune
Alf Landon
Tom Dewey
Private enterprise fades as Feds take over rail and mail
The piece argues federal control grows when private rail and postal services falter, noting Amtrak delays and a reform push. It cites Senator Buckley urging postal box ownership rights, comparing private courier and mail costs, and predicting a shift toward more private or mixed government enterprise.
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James Buckley
New York
Buckley
U. S
Postal Service
Ley
Ieigen
Utah Powers and Light Co
Consolidated Edison
Rochester Gas & Electric Corp
Long Island Lighting Co
Congress
Opium Smuggling Link Examined After Alexandria Boat Sinking
A Turkish opium transport tainted by a June incident off Alexandria surfaces in an intelligence briefing. A crewman drowned when a rowboat capsized while moving four nylon bags of opium toward shore, casting doubt on Turkish controls and signaling potential U.S. narcotics concerns.
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Alexandria
United Nations
United States
Turkey
Egypt
Mamdouh Zaki
U.S
Antalya
America
Drug Enforcement Administration
DEA
Lester Wolff
D-N.y
Siege of Ninety Six Ends After 28 Day Combat
Dororthy MacDowell recounts the 1781 siege of Ninety Six during the American retreat under Gen Nathaniel Greene. Rawdon moved from Charleston with 2000 troops to relieve the garrison, a tunnel under Star Redoubt remained unfinished, and the final assault on June 19 led to heavy American casualties and a British withdrawal with prisoners exchanged.
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Jamed
Nathaniel Greene
Amercan
Lord Rawdon
Charles Teri
Greene
Rawdon
Little Saluda River
George Armstrong
Congress Appoints Envoys to Meet Admiral Howe on Staten Island
General John Sullivan appears before Congress as an emissary of British Admiral Richard Howe. John Adams comments on the scene calling him a decoy duck. Sullivan states Howe desires to meet private members. Congress appoints Adams Franklin and Rutledge to negotiate with Howe on Staten Island on September 1.
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Congress
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Sullivan
John Adams
General Howe
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Great Britain and
America
Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Edward Rutledge
Staten Island
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