Military academies face revival amid cost and discipline debates
The number of military academies dropped from about 150 in the 1950s to 50 by the 1970s as costs rose and public backlash grew. Enrollment shrank to about 20,000, but some parents seek discipline amid deteriorating public and private schools. Staunton Military Academy near bankruptcy and sale to Mary Baldwin College highlights the era’s challenges and perceived benefits of military schooling.
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Association of Military Colleges and Schools
Association
TIS
Staunton Military Academy
Staunton
the Academy
South
Mary Baldwin College
Mission West
Washington Post
William Gildea
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Barry M. Goldwater Jr
R-Calif
Percy Moreman
Washington Redskin
Mike Braig
John Dean
Watergate
Bean
Barry Goldwater Jr
Mike Bragg
New Reconstruction fears in Carter era politics
Washington columnist describes a reformist drift under President Carter as a new Reconstruction that concentrates federal power. He links Carter’s policies to radical Reconstruction, suggesting centralization and social change aimed at top-down control, with references to Amy Carter and historical figures.
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Jeffrey SY
Copley News
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Samuel Niden
Rutherford B. Yates
Abraham Lincoln
Tilden
Hayes
U.S. Army of
South
Frau
Ingal
Wisconsin
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
US Labor Party
James Earl Carter Jr
Jimmy Carter
Obscene profits and First Amendment in TV culture
New York viewers show appetite for limits on sex and violence with 68 percent supporting a family hour ban. The piece criticizes Norman Lear and TV culture, cites a federal ruling against a family hour requirement, and argues TV neglects technical explanations of social causes while sensationalism thrives.
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Alice Widener
New York City
Bigtime TV
Bigtime Publishers
Broadway
America
New
Inca TV
Insang
Jesus Christ
West Side
Manhattan
Norman Lear
Lear
Los Angeles
Federa Communications Commission
Mary Hartman
Two-Phone Automobiles Highlight VIP Travel
Federal Diary reports on two telephone equipped government cars used by top officials. The piece notes telephones in both front and back seats, drivers answering calls, and calls held for the VIP, with speculation on expanding lines or even dedicated PBX crews to improve efficiency.
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Washington
National Airport
Rfk Stadium
Jimmy Carter
Henry Kissinger
Willan Simon
The Good Paralyzed A Call to Action in America
Editor Jenkin Lloyd Jones argues that a national paralysis of the good has allowed crime to rise across cities from New York to San Francisco. He urges immediate, harsh punishment for juveniles and vandals, outlining a shift from rehabilitation to swift consequences to restore what he calls America the Beautiful.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
America
New York Times
Times Square
Washington Post
Darktime Magazine
George Rosvent
San Francisco
Associated Press
Bronx
Washington
Prultt-igue
St. Louis
Time
Integrated Schools and the Private-School Paradox
The Washington Post survey reveals many liberal leaders send their children to white private schools or attend Maryland and Virginia public schools with white majorities. The piece argues labels distort views on busing, noting Mondale and Fauntroy enrollments and the broader social costs of Washington's school segregation.
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Ralph de Toledang
Copley
Washington
Congress
Washington, D.C
James Earl Carter
Amy
White House
Carter
Plains
Washington Post
Post
Walter Mondale
Senate
Walter Fauntroy
D.C
Dilto
Shelly Wright
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Sloekly
Boston
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
California
South
National Press Club
Labor
Afl-Cio
New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Mondale
Where To Write Your Legislators
Addresses for U S senators and Indiana state legislators listed for mail to Washington D C and Indianapolis Indiana The text notes Senator A Vance Hartke in the Russell Office Building Washington D C and Senator Birch Bayh Jr in the Russell Office Building Washington D C 20500 It also provides Indiana statehouse addresses 200 W Washington St Indianapolis Ind 2 as the mailing location for all state legislators.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Statehouse
Washington St
Ind
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William Faring
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Speci Messenger
Ment
Southeast Asia
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Los Angeles Times
Integrated Schools
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