Mississippi Politics Hardens Yet Edges Toward Change
Editorial notes a 25 year arc since Sen. Bilbo's era, as Mississippi braces for Nov ballots with hundreds of thousands of Black voters. It highlights Gov. hopefuls like Charles Myers and Charles Sullivan, the impact of desegregation, school integration, and shifts in party dynamics, including Nixon-era federal policy and televised campaigning shaping a softer, more modern political landscape.
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Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Willow
Charles Myers
Vayette
Negre
Myers
Paris
Evers
Julbo
Jim Swi
Hattiesburg
Charles L. Sullivan
Sulli
Sullivan
South
Bilbo
Walter Flowers
Alfa
Apollo 15 First Day Flare Tests Averted By Quick Fix
On the first day of the Apollo 15 mission a light indicating engine firing flashed briefly amid a planned test sequence. Officials determined the issue stemmed from a faulty switch in the fuel valves, which could be bypassed in future operations, highlighting how small failures can threaten even well engineered plans.
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Robert Burns
Stans
Mission Control
David Tt. Scott
Householder
Technology Versus The People Trial Imagined In Tonsslaginilic NY
A 1971 account of a Institute on Man and Science mock trial in Tonsslaginilic NY titled Technology versus the people. Experts and jurors debated whether rapid progress aids or harms humanity. The jurors found technology guilty of lowering the quality of life by a 1940 3a verdict, concluding progress harms more than helps.
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Tigher
Jas Parvey June
Institute On Man and Science
Tonss@laginilic
Louis Nizer
Tor
Alvin Weinberg
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ralph Lapp
Richard Barnell
Institute of Police Studies
Washington
Conviertion
Gen
Fea, Corp
Passport Delays and Bureaucratic Slowdowns Stir U.S. Officials
A reader recounts months of delays in renewing a passport due to size rules for photos and changing requirements such as Social Security numbers. The author blames internal State Department opposition and cites former Miss Knight’s improvements as undermined by slower processing tactics. The piece argues for prompt, proper passport issuance and critiques bureaucratic retaliation against the Nixon administration.
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State Department
Miss Knight
Nixon
New Left
Michael Polanyi
Tilly
Polanyi
McCarran
Passport Office
Miss Knightor
Results That Count In Public Education
For 25 years widespread belief held that more spending would improve public schools. Studies show cost and reading achievement diverge, with strong districts achieving more through brain and dedication than money alone. Officials once avoided accountability. now some must prove value by results. Indianapolis Star.
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PLA
Washington
Theora
Los Angeles
Uth
San Francisco
Richmond
Indianapolis Star
Controversy Over Prayer in Public Schools Persists
Rep Elwood Hillis and 167 colleagues push to bypass the Judiciary Committee and advance a constitutional amendment for voluntary nondenominational school prayers. Debates touch on missiles, MIRVs, Nixon’s diplomacy, and a new Joint Congressional Committee on the Environment. The text highlights support for prayer, defense policy notes, and environmental oversight plans.
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Elwood
Bud) Hillis
Jack F. Kemp
RN. Y
Kemp
Buffalo Bills
House Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
Congress
Judiciary Committee
IL Lakes
AMA
David Packard
United States
Russia
Packard
U.S
Nixon
Les Arends
Thenois
Hed Coina
Gilid
Congressional Committee On the Environment
House
Ate
Chaitman
Congress of
Senate
Sensing The News The Case For Deregulating Railroads
Anthony Horrigan argues that U S railroads suffer from decades of government intervention and union privileges. He cites Carson’s book urging deregulation to restore investment, innovation, competition, and efficiency. The piece calls for abolishing the Interstate Commerce Commission and weakening union powers to revive a free railroad system.
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Lee
Ty Clarenne B. Canson
Foundation For Reonuic
South Broadway
Tivington-on-Hudson
N.Y
Carson
Gy ‘Son
Saat
Behaviorism debate pits freedom against survival controls
Editorial discusses Skinner's view that civilization requires design of human behavior over individual autonomy. It notes opposition from humanists like Koestler and Reich, contrasts 1920s Watson with Skinner, and questions which rights may be negotiable to prevent ecological and nuclear catastrophe.
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William B. Dickinson JR
Seely
Ole Men
Harvard
Skinner
Psychology Today
Arthur
Koestter
Charles
America
Reich
John B. Walton Didh
Watson
David Cohen
London Observer Magazine
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