Rezoning Clash Spurs West 8th Street Protest
Residents oppose Planning Commission vote to rezone 8th and Delaware from residential to business citing waste of funds and loss of neighborhood character. They fear future owners could build a factory or liquor store despite current owner plans for a parking lot. Council action Thursday will test administration sincerity.
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West Ath Street
City Planning Commission
8Th
Delaware Streets
Planning Commission
Lfe
8Th Street
Rock
Bayh blocks Ford judge nomination for political aims
Senator Birch Bayh admits his opposition to Philip McNagny for the Northern District of Indiana is partisan. He seeks another judgeship seat with a Democrat and Republican aide while a bench vacancy lingers. backlog of cases grows as he withholds approval rather than declaring Ti persona non grata.
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Birch Bayh
Senate
Indiana
Bayh
Northern District Federal Court
Judiciary Committee
Ford
Philip McNagny
Oil Boom in Alabama Could Make Mobile Like Houston
Paul Harvey notes Alabama wildcat wells near Mobile have sparked an oil fever with investors flocking to leases at high prices. State geologist predicts a major new field and potential long term production, turning Alabama into a petroleum producer by the 1980s and potentially reshaping Mobile's fortunes.
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Alabama
New York City
Dixie
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Houston
Mobile
Ala
Philip LaMoreaux
Sli
Bob Smith
Konrad Mims
Uniga
Getty
Seine
Los Angeles Times
Democracy, Race, and India in a Foreign Policy Lens
Alice Widener critiques American liberal views on India's suspension of democracy, arguing that racial and cultural differences shape political systems. She cites Tom Wicker and Gustave Le Bon, contrasting Anglo Saxon institutions with Indian, Latin, and other nations, and warns against imposing Western democracy abroad.
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New York City
Indira Gandhi
Tom Wicker
New York Times
India
Warren Hastings
Mr. Wicker
Earth
Institute For Cancer Research
Center For Growth Study
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
Gustave le Bon
le Bon
Great Britain
U.S.A
Right Approaches Anniversary Toast in Exile Salon
The dining room of a former ambassador hosts a secretive group of loyalists marking exile in San Clemente. A long toast to the President, Richard Nixon, frames his rise and fall, with critiques of Theodore White and Hoffman on Nixon’s character and the limits of White’s analysis.
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Nixon
San Clemente
Republic
White House
United States
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
St. Helena
Napoleon
France
Mr. Nixon
Theodore White
Nicholas Veo Roffman
White
Huffman
Hoffman
Durer
Second-rate powers push for disarmament in heat of Cold War
Holmes Alexander surveys history and argues that nations with weaker militaries push for arms cuts while stronger players resist. He cites Russia under Nicholas I, The Hague talks, and MBFR talks in Vienna, noting NATO allies and Warsaw Pact participants seek balance, yet real disarmament rests on economic and strategic motives.
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Washington
D.C
A. Alexis Johnson
Nova
State Department
Johnson
U.S. Disarmament and Arms Control Agency
America
Senate
Hubert Humphrey
House
United States
Russia
Nicholas I
Hague
Holland
Barbar Tuchman
Europe
Krupp
Skoda
Vickers
Nicholas
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Vienna
St. Petersburg
England
Kaiser Wilhelm I
France
Alsace
Lorraine
McKinley
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Belgium
Africa
Asia
Japan
Soviet Union
The New Right reshapes American political conservatism
Analyzes how Phillips Conservative Caucus and rising New Right differ from Buckley era conservatism. Notes anti-elitist populism, focus on domestic social issues, and distrust of liberal establishment. Considers implications for 1976 conservative branding and the shift toward middle class revolutionaries.
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Richard Nixon
New Right
Washington
Peter Viereck
John Birch Society
Liberty Lobby
Howard Phillips
Buckley Brothers
William
James
Joe McCarthy
Levittown
Georgia
Boston
Manhattan Twelve
New Hampshire
GOP
Meldrim. Thomson Jr
Conservative Caucus
William Rusher
Andrew Jackson
William Jennings Bryan
Karl Marx
Court Rules GE Disability Benefits For Women Preserve Rights
Fourth Circuit in Richmond holds GE violated Civil Rights Act by denying disability pay to female workers for childbirth related absences. Opinion notes coverage includes hair transplants and plastic surgery while emphasizing pregnancy is involuntary and women must be allowed to be women. Confidential critique of a company stance on motherhood and disability.
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Washington
General Electric Co
Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
Stanley R. Strauss
Straus
Strauss
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Corrar Verreei
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