Christmas reflections on peace and nuclear power history
The piece recalls Christmas joy while tracing postwar events from 1951 to the start of civilian nuclear power. It notes Panmunjom deadlock, fliers in Hungary, HUAC, and AEC reactor progress near Arco Idaho. It highlights Nautilus, Atoms for Peace, and the 1957 Shippingport plant as milestones toward private nuclear energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ime
U.S
Hungary
House Un-American Activities Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Arco
Idaho
Atoms For Peace
U.N. General Assembly
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Ohio River
Shippingport
Duquesne Light Company
Reader Voices Against ERA Defeat in Indiana Posture
A reader letter argues the ERA film by NOW is propaganda and warns Indiana's January 1977 vote. The letter cites opposition to ERA, claims it would force women into combat, erase protective labor laws, and undermine family protections while urging rejection of amendments. Jean W. Harvey of the Indiana Chapter of Peace America signs off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Organization For Women
Arip
Indiana
ENA
Congress
Watien
Revolution
Jean W. Harvey
Pea
America
Rights Season For Jolly Reflects On Hunt Pardon Delays
Column questions the delay in commuting Howard Hunt's sentence from 30 months in a conspiracy case. Buckley critiques the Pardon Attorney's slow process and ties it to political calculations around Nixon-era clemency, citing Hunt's family tragedy and public statements by commentators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Buckley
Chile
United States
Howard Hunt
James Q. Wilson
Harvard
John Sirica
Wilson
Hunt
Sisien
Federa
Attorney General of the
Yardan
Eric Se
Tam
Sunt
Parton Allomney
Richard Nixon
Dohe Sirlea
At Wit's End The Lost Christmas By ERMA BUMBECK
A reflective piece on losing the Christmas spirit as adulthood grows, contrasting childhood joy with adult routines. It argues that a true child of Christmas is the belief in wonder and giving, not the presence of children or grand celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Bethlehem
Erma Bumbeck
Peterson Commission May Recommend Higher Federal Salaries
In a dialog about President Ford’s budget message the Peterson Commission proposes higher pay for most federal officials while signaling a public conduct pledge. It urges raises for the Vice President and Congress, with tailored increases for lawyers and scientists, tied to reform promises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes Alexander
Washington, D.C
Ford
Congress
Peter Peterson
Peterson
Spiro Agnew
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
McFord
Johnson
Agnew
Rockefeller
Warren
Humbug
Peterson Commission
MacNaught Syndicate
Inu
Editor's Outlook on the Down Beat Era in Film
The piece reflects on cinema from fifty years ago noting a smaller town with six movie houses and a Christmas lineup of star films. It contrasts past heroic wartime epics with modern PG to X rated fare and warns that decreased self discipline and national pride threaten freedom in art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Harry Carey
Carey
Lewis Slone
Doris Kenyon
Salni
Thomas Meiphan
Luck Pickford
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Foot Gibson
Vera Halston
Werdell Corey
Rod Cameron
Gunner McNeil
William Holden
Randolph Scott
James Stewart
Will Rogers on cabinets and senate insults in 1923
Will Rogers lectures on political figures and big business in a 1923 quip. He argues men with wealth or ties to monopolies avoid cabinets and that a financial failure can still pass the senate as a brother. The remark targets senators, standards oil, Morgan Bank, and monopoly links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H Eleel
Senate
Morgan
Will Rogers
Bryan Sterling
Register and Tribune Syndicate
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Jesus
Artinean
Sarta Galinard
Adveree
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Auablr
Associated
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Ane Buckley
Alexander
Lewis Stone
Rome
Red
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
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