Lawmakers debate Indiana Legislative Council claims in guest column
A guest column by Indiana House Speaker Burrous questions the impact of the Legislative Council and its growth since 1967. The piece argues for continued citizen oversight while criticizing higher salaries and the push for full-time professional lawmakers in Indianapolis.
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Ksemit Burrous
Indiana House of Representatives
Peru
Indianapolis
Indiana General Assembly
Legislative Council
Indiana
Burraus
General Assembly
Hoosier
Burrous
Congress
Washington
Wit's End: Bombeck Satirizes Size 16 Voter Bloc
ERMA BOMBECK riffs on size 16 women as a growing political bloc with humorous policy demands. She imagines a demographic swing potential and lampoons fashion, mirrors, taxation, and language while noting fashion industry shifts.
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Dolly Madison
Unclear historic notice with scrambled pricing
A fragmented OCR entry lists varied prices for goods and services with odd spellings and uncertain context. It mentions special service by messenger and multiple monetary amounts, but key details remain unreadable.
Martyrdom of the ACLU in a heated column critique
A Washington commentary accuses the American Civil Liberties Union of decades of leftist alignment and FBI scrutiny. It cites Walter Lippmann and Roger Baldwin criticizing civil liberty rhetoric and portrays the ACLU as a Communist front despite its wartime origins. The piece contrasts past praise with current harassment claims against Buckley and presses for accountability.
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Ralph de Toledang
Washington
the Welkin
American Civil Liberties Union
FBI
Walter Lippmann
ACLU
Union
Lippmann
Roger Baldwin
Soviet Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Haldwin
Earl Browder
Communist Party
U.S.A
Caargon
National Civil Liberties Bureau
Baldwin
NCLB
United Front Committees
Joseph Stalin
Paradise
Ussr
Franklin D. Roosevelt
William
Buckley
Hypocrisy In Africa by Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey condemns Idi Amin as a brutal Ugandan dictator whose six year rule has killed hundreds of thousands of black Ugandans. He contrasts African indifference with western outrage and notes Amin's past as a British Army member and alleged syphilis history.
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Paul Harvey
Idi Amin
Aganda
Peter the Great
Alilla the Hun
Nera
Ivan the Terrible
Hitler
Herod
Pancho Villa
Genghis Khan
Amin
Uganda
Afdea
Someong
United Nations
Rhodesia
South Africa
Accra
Ghana
People's Evening News
Africa
Tdi Amin
French Left Wins Election Threatens US-France Ties
Interpretive report from Paris analyzes possible coalition of Socialists and Communists in next spring elections and the risk it poses to Franco American relations. It notes U S anxiety in Washington about leftist loyalty to NATO and European security, amid calls for clarification from Socialists and comments by Kissinger.
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Stanley
U.S
White House
France
Hough
Carter
United States
Europe
de Gaulle
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Washington
West Germany
Soviet Union
Coough
Congress
Henry Kissinger
Verta
The
Register
Tribune Syndicate
Purple politics and gay rights stir national debate
Washington columnist Kevin P. Phillips argues militant homosexual activism risks provoking a backlash across urban America. He cites Miami’s 1969 vote against a local gay rights ordinance, protests in New York and San Francisco, and political pressure in California as signs that anti gay sentiment could surge.
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Kevin P. Phillips
Washington
KFS
Miami
Anita Bryant
South Florida
Miss Bryant
America
San Francisco
New York
Seattle
Los Angeles
Denver
Greenwich Village
Village Voice
Boston
Granary
Boston State College
Massachusetts
United States
Gallup
Ptill
California
Walter Mondale
Vietnam
Hubert Humphrey
John Briggs
Orange County
Jerryon
Golden State
Sigmund Freud
Bays
King Features
Will Rogers on Plans and Paper in 1935
Will Rogers mocks heavy planning by presidents and Congress saying plans vanish when spoken aloud. He notes most presidents dislike plans and prefer simple approaches, with the quip that only on paper does a plan endure.
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Congress
Will Rogers
Bryan Sterling
Register and Tribune Syndicate
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