Mrs Barbara Hill Kennedy Gifts Benefit Alford Art Center
Editorial notes Mrs Kennedy presents three gifts totaling 26000 to the Alford House and praises the Anderson Fine Arts Center Endowment Fund. It highlights the Alford family's long support, including Nellie Alford Hill who built the center in memory of her parents, and urges community backing through memberships or endowment contributions to bolster cultural appeal for new business locations.
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Barbara Hill Kennedy
Alford
Anderson Fine Arts Center
Nellie Alford Hill
William J. Alford
Kennedy
Dow cancels California petrochemical plant after permit delays
Dow abandoned a planned petrochemical plant in California after two years of regulatory delays and about $4 million spent securing 68 permits from regional state and federal agencies. The project would have created about 1,000 jobs in an area with high unemployment, but 64 permits remained outstanding when cancellation occurred.
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California
Dow
HEW halts Medicaid fraud search targeting top cheaters
The Department of Health Education and Welfare suspended Project Integrity a nationwide effort begun last April to flag suspected Medicaid cheaters. It identified 1400 doctors and 1100 pharmacists as the most flagrant among about 47000 suspect claims from last year. Officials said prosecutions should proceed against the 2500 most flagrant while the remaining 44500 might receive a warning if the law cannot yet reach them.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Project Integrity
HEW
Justice Department
Standing Ovations and the Ego Trip of Applause
Erma Bombeck muses on standing ovations as social theater. She notes audiences react to precision performances, state songs, intimidation, and contrived praise. She recalls trying shock tactics and incentives to elicit applause, only to reveal the spectacle as a personal ego boost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma Bombeck
Mexican Crisis Seen Driving Looming U S Border Turmoil
Stanley Karnow reports from Mexico City on a looming crisis as rapid population growth, unemployment, and stark inequality strain Mexico’s economy. He notes White House concern, Mondale visits, oil hopes, and critiques of reform delays, warning American fallout may follow.
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Stanley Karnow
Mexico City
Mexico
White House
Washington
United States
Walter Mondale
Mondale
U.S
Pledge of Allegiance Recited Across Communities
A broad pledge ceremony unites participants across towns as schools and civic groups lead the flag salute. The event emphasizes unity, liberty, and justice for all amid community gatherings and public expressions of patriotism.
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United States of America
Republic
Double standard in Letelier case fuels media debate
Washington column argues secrecy over Letelier briefcase contents protects Chilean regime myth. It cites Justice Department findings that Letelier was killed by right wing Cuban activists, and questions leftist calls for concealing papers. The piece critiques how Ellsberg and Pentagon Papers rhetoric contrasts with suppressing Letelier material.
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Ralph de Toledano
Copley
Washington
Orlando Letelier
Salvador Allende
Chile
Letelier
East Germany
Soviet
KGB
Cuba
Beatriz Allende
Castroland
Justice Department
John Hanrahan
Inquiry
Capitol Hill
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Martin Luther King Jr
Hanrahan
Hoover
National Archives
Daniel Ellsberg
Pentagon
Teen Tactics From Reagan On Youth And Attitudes
Reagan argues youth trends show a conservative shift in politics and morality based on Who’s Who Among High School Students polls. He notes defense spending support, capital punishment, censorship attitudes, and lower alcohol and drug usage among teens, plus high religious participation and church attendance. He urges voluntary ethics in media and civic engagement by youth.
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Ronald Reagan
CBS News
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Who's Who
Wwahss
Hollywood
Madison Avenue
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