Wayward energy tax idea on awnings and long underwear falls flat
A Washington committee rejects Rep. James Burke's proposal to give a tax credit for buying awnings and long underwear to save energy. The piece notes a struggling underwear industry and quips about fashion and recycling, ending with a light wish of luck for both trades.
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James Burke
Massachusetts
Wall Street Journal
Minneapolis
America
Solzhenitsyn Urges Gradual Democracy and Moral Reform
The piece notes Solzhenitsyn’s June National Review conference remarks on Portugal and Spain, advocating a gradual transition to democracy, cautioning against abrupt upheaval. He cites the Gulag as a contrast to Western openness and calls for a moral, religious rebirth as the path to global stability.
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Washington
Socrates
Seneca
Johnson
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Stockholm
National Review
Portugal
Spain
Solzhenitsyn
Russia
NATO
Attica
Gulag Archipelago
West
Third World
Soviet Union
Education and Welfare Lobbies Win Again
Six months after Ford mentioned Edith Green as HEW secretary a coalition of education and welfare lobbies blocked her confirmation. The piece argues Green would have represented middle class interests against booming HEW spending, notes rapid budget growth since 1953, and portrays rivals like Charles Goodell and John Veneman as aligned with the education poverty complex.
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Hanover
N.H
Gerald Ford
Edith Green
Oregon
Caspar Weinberger
Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
Green
Ford
Capitol Hill
New Legal Services Corporation
Welfa
Senate
Legal Services Corporation
HEW
Albert Quie
Minn
Martha Griffiths
Mich
Charles Goodell
John Veneman
Goodell
Clemency Board
Veneman
Ronald Reagan
Rockefeller
Hosannas
Hosannas From the Education and Welfare
Something-for-Nothing Syndrome in Medical Malpractice Debated
A Chicago Tribune commentary argues that strikes by professionals are wrong and focuses on a San Francisco doctors strike amid rising malpractice suits. It cites insurers, jury bias, and widespread lawsuits from Southern California fakers, urging medical grand juries and legal reforms to curb the “something-for-nothing” disease.
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Chicago
San Francisco
California
Child’s view of writing spans time in family tale
A reminiscence recounts a boy’s discovery that writers can “talk forever” through their words. His mother praises his jingles, while his father’s quiet acknowledgment reinforces the idea that literature preserves voices beyond life.
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Jim Hausman
Jimmy
Dad
Political Murder Through The Ages
Ralph de Toledano argues that political assassination is enduring, not new, citing 1930s to 1940s cases and the 1940s Carlo Tresca killing to show that victims change but the violence remains. He recalls a chilling street encounter and warns modern bystanders still face targets of terror.
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Iberian Peninsula
Solzhenitsyn
Washington
Iran
Germany
Latin America
Jan Valtin
Walter Krivinsky
Europe
United States
Juliet Stuart Payntz
D.A.R
New York City
Paris
Carlo Tresca
Mussolini
New York
Stalin
Tresca
Fifth
Leon Trotsky
Mexico
Tito
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Symbionese Liberation Army
Yasir Arafat
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