Costly wind in Congress prompts record reform
The Congressional Record runs three volumes and over 600 pages daily at $322 per page totaling $93,200 for one session day. Sen Bob Packwood proposes requiring explicit labeling of spoken versus inserted material in the record with extensions of remarks limited by publicly stated pages and costs.
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Congress
Congressional Record
Daily Record
Senate
House
Bob Packwood
R-Ore
Farm Prices Must Rise Amid Carter Farm Protests
Jimmy Carter faced political trouble after visiting an Iowa farm family as the Labor Department reported a modest 0.3 percent rise in the consumer price index. Farmers complained of a profit squeeze from higher rents autos oil and medical care while prices for farm goods fell. They threatened strikes and tractor rallies to push for higher farm prices to cover rising costs and secure a viable income.
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Jimmy Carter
Iowa
Labor Department
White House
Carter
At Wits End Her Royal Highness New Year's Eve Babysitter
A Field Enterprises column humorously imagines a New Year's Eve babysitter as royalty. The narrator describes domestic chaos, cosmetic television woes, and the pressures of securing a sitter who accepts personal checks, culminating in a humorous portrait of modern motherhood and holiday stress.
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Oxrn Bombeck
America
Watergate
Marge
Field Enterprises, Inc
Classified Shipping Rates and Special Messenger Service
Issued daily and Sunday except Monday, second class postage paid. Rates list per week $1, yearly $52, six months $26, monthly $13, new subscribers $445 per year? Special service available at 9 am by special messenger. Advance payments offered with one year $SBP and other unclear amounts. Includes delivery notes for miscellaneous items and stated service terms.
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Andreesom Indias
Wren
Sx Sons
Tral
Sik Mane
I Knew The Man When by Ralph de Toledano
Copley News Service reviewer recalls a Washington dinner with former President Gerald Ford. The writer reflects on memory lapses and his long history with Ford, noting past support, occasional criticism, and respect for Ford’s character despite political distance. The piece ponders power’s effect on memory and loyalty in politics.
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Ralph de Toledand
Copley
Wasilington
Shakespeare
American Enterprise Institute
Washington
Geral Ford
Jerry Ford
America
Soviet Union
Richard Nixon
House of Representatives
White House
Lord Acton
Sob Sister State meet sparks debate in New York
Alice Widensky argues that New York’s social programs fund extensive costs for high profile criminals like Son of Sam while neglecting middle income taxpayers. She critiques costly welfare structures, taxes, and Social Security while predicting an evolving, expensive state era by 1980.
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Alice Widensh
New York City
Sam
Brooklyn
New York
A.D
New York Daily News
Karl Marx
Sirhan Sirhan
Robert Kennedy
Congress
Steve
Manson
Farmers Strike Echoes in Washington Debate
KEVIN P. PHILLIPS argues urban neglect of farming amid a mid December farmers strike. He notes urban lawmakers' focus on welfare and the need to value agrarian heritage, urging policy attention to farm income declines and asset considerations facing mid sized Midwest farms.
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Kevin P. Phillips
Washington
KFSL
Frederick Hichmond
Brooklyn
House Agriculture Committee
New York City
Frederick Richmond
France
Alexis de Tocqueville
United States
Congressional
New York
Chicago
Boston
Furmland
Agrarian Householder
William Jennings Bryan
Union
An Editor's Outlook The Good Times Now
In a reflective piece by Jenkin Llowd Jones, the author recalls a long road trip to a decayed county farm and hospital past, describing haunting memories of the poorhouse, madhouse, and TB sanatoria. He contrasts past care with modern times, noting 1977 1978 Los Angeles Times Syndicate reflections on energy, inflation, and pollution.
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America
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Jenkin Llowd Jones
County Garage
Grandmother's
Wisconsin
Joe Tyler
Eastern Oklahoma State Hospital
Los Angeles
Times Syndicate
Pledge Allegiance Text From Historic Page
Fragmentary OCR reads the pledge of allegiance with misreadings such as one nation under God indivisible and liberty for all. The line shows errors in spellings and capitalization but preserves the core phrasing of the pledge.
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United States of America
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Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission
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Lydia Pinkham
Father John
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