Carter sugar subsidy sparks corn fears in Indiana analysis
Opinion piece argues President Carter favors a two cent per pound sugar subsidy costing the Treasury, shifting costs to workers via higher prices and hurting domestic sugar and corn syrup sectors. Critics urge quota adjustments to aid Indiana corn producers and advocate faster action by Congress while noting broader New York hospital and burn care concerns.
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One Room Schoolhouse Idea Reexamined Says NEI
The National Institute of Education concludes that new larger regional schools cost at least eight times to operate than old rural schools and do not offer better education. Critics recall decades of rural schooling and insist the one-room model remains viable.
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National Institute of Education
Johnny
Readers Question South Africa Gasoline Claim In Editorial
A reader letter questions an Indianapolis editorial claiming South African vehicles run on coal derived gasoline for years and cites a large oil import savings project. The writer doubts the techno claims, urges humility, and criticizes energy policy while mentioning prices and a lingering “experimental stage” in energy developments.
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You Can't Call It Good by Holmes Alexander
A reflective essay traces mid-century views on marriage, partnerships, and social tolerance. It surveys couples from Lindberghs to Gertrude Stein and Alice B Toklas, noting shifts toward permissiveness, evolving norms, and public tolerance for nontraditional arrangements. The piece argues contemporary society often treats deviation as normal, not good.
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Holmes Alexander Washington
B.C
Anne Morrow Lingsergh
Jane Eagle
Eric Severeld
Lindbergh
Hawaii
Tile
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George Ellint
Linds Simon
Alice B. Toklas
Doubleday
Gertrude Sevi
Alice
Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
Gertrude
Baker proposes lower congress pay and fewer days in Washington
Ronald Reagan notes Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker backs a plan to cut pay and reduce time in Washington to restore Congress’s reputation. Harris poll shows public negative view of Congress, with ethics scandals and long sessions blamed. Baker argues lawmakers have become elected bureaucrats and urges constituents to ask their reps to support the proposal.
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Tennessee
Real income shifts rewrite the South in tax tale
Washington based piece highlights Alan Reynolds findings from the Chicago World Report showing after tax cost of living and tax burdens reshape 1975 per capita income. Alabama, Arkansas, and the South emerge stronger in real disposable income than New York and Massachusetts, challenging Northeastern wealth myths.
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George Wallace
Alabama
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Michael Dukakis
The CIA and Cuba Documentary Review by Blickley
William F Blickley analyses CBS's The CIAs Secret Army airing June 10. The two hour program critiques US covert actions against Castro, detailing Eisenhower and Kennedy era plans including Bay of Pigs, assassinations, and covert operations with deniability. It notes CBS sympathy toward Castro and Kennedy era risk, citing Kennedy assassination dates and Cuban reactions.
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Secret Army
Fidel Castro
CHS
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Robert Kennedy
Vatican
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Castro
John Kennedy
United States
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Soviet Union
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Lhis Cuban
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Will Rogers Selected and Edited by Bryan Sterling
Quote notes reflect partisan view of politics with both parties seen as capable of good or bad. The piece appears in Will Rogers memorial materials edited by Bryan Sterling and released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate in 1977.
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Will Rogers
Bryan Sterling
Joe Abe
The
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