Birch Bayh Proposes Federal Tax Shift to Urban Transit
An editorial critiques Senator Birch Bayh's plan to divert up to 800 million from the highway trust fund to urban mass transit and nonmotorist trails. It argues the highway tax money should be used for roads or reduced if surplus exists, and warns against funding trails, bike, horse, and pedestrian projects with motorist taxes.
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Birch Bayh
Indiana
iBayh
House
Senate
Oregon’s Drive Education Debate and Moral Training
A 1972 opinion argues driver education in schools is costly and ineffective. It urges reducing or ending state funding, warns against indoctrination from kindergarten onward, and promotes ethical literature and humane studies to shape responsible, law-abiding drivers instead.
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Dick and Jane
United States
Oregon
State Board of Education
Weill
Alfred Kinsey
Hell’s Angels
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Fea. Corp
Low Productivity Costs U.S. Jobs and Industry
Industry analysis links low productivity to inflation and job losses. The Champion Forge plant in Cleveland shut after a dispute over daily output, as high labor costs and market pricing drove contracts abroad. Management shifted to Brazil for axles, exporting them back to the United States cheaper despite long supply lines.
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Industry Week Magazine
Champion Forge
Cleveland
Sifco Industries, Inc
Charles JH. Smith Jr
Cus
U.S
Japan
Brazil
Endless pictures and cameras haunt a family memory
A narrator recalls a husband Stanley Kramer filming family life across places from Niagara Falls to Fort Lauderdale. The camera intrudes at vacations and everyday moments, provoking humiliation and discomfort as albums and slides reveal intimate scenes. The piece centers on the conflict between observation and privacy within a family.
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P Hovena
Sita
Niagara Falls
Nova Scotia
Stanley Kramer
Lincoln Memorial
Grand Canyon
New York City
California
Yellowstone National Park
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Field Enterprises, Inc
Ralph Nader is Local Post Office Mystery in Winsted
The Federal Diary notes Ralph Nader, famed author and activist, remains unreachable at his Winsted, Connecticut address as a registered letter sent in June to 53 Hillside Avenue is bounced. The item also reports USPS delivery efficiency claims and a Labor Department contract creating a nationwide register of minority public administrators.
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Washington
Ralph Nader
America
Winsted
Conn
Nader
Jim Nabors
George McGovern
Winsted Post Office
Chicago
Hillside Avenue
Australia
Labor Department
American Society For Public Administration
Conference of Minority Public Administrators
Death Penalty Debate Shapes California Policy
Governor Reagan argues for retaining capital punishment as a crime deterrent amid a national shift away from it. He cites court rulings, public petitions, and personal reflections on justice versus mercy, urging voters to decide on the issue. He notes demographic patterns on death row and recounts cases illustrating alleged deterrence and brutality.
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Ronald Reagan
Newsday
California Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
California
U.S. Supreme Court
Illinois
Raymond Ewing
Oregon
San Francisco
Canada
Oakland
Rebuking the Vice Presidency Selection in 1972
Holmes Alexander discusses Sen Jacob Javits criticism of Spiro Agnews renomination and urges abolition or reform of the Vice Presidency. He recalls past vice presidents, notes Nixon's influence, and argues for direct top-two election or constitutional change to fix the office. He cites Adams Jefferson Burr relations and warns of vacancies or nonentities in succession.
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Washington, D.C
Jacob Javits
New York
Spiro Agnew
Nixon
Rockefeller
Brooke
Javits
Mr. Agnew
Tom Ea
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr
Andrew Johnson
Chester Arthur
John Calhoun
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Constitution Preamble Is Adopted By United States
The United States Constitution begins with a preamble stating goals to form a more perfect union establish justice ensure domestic tranquility provide for common defense promote general welfare and secure liberty for current and future generations.
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United States
United States of America
Where To Write Your Legislators
Directory style listing of lawmakers with room numbers and Washington D C office addresses for Sen R Vance Hartke Sen Birch Bayh Jr Rep David W Dennis Rep Elwood H Hillis Rep William G Bray plus district details for Medison Delaware Henry Grant Tipter Hamilton and Mencock counties in this area.
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Birch E. Bayh Jr
Senate
Washington, D.C
David W. Dennis
Longworth
Medison
Delaware
Henry
Elwood H. Hillis
Grant
Tipter
Hamilton
William G. Bray
Rayburn
Mencock County
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