Honorable Discharge Battle Splits Madison County House Members
Former Vietnam era veterans with honorable discharges remain eligible for benefits, while a House vote split Rep. Bud Hillis and Rep. Phil Sharp over extending to less than honorable discharges. The article ties this to Taft-Hartley era debates, criticizing liberal opposition and Carter administration actions.
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HOUSE
Madison County
Elwood H
Bud
Hillis
R-Kokoma
Fifth
Phil Sharp
D-Muncie
Loth
Veterans Administration
President Carter
Speechwriter mocks military restraint in public remarks
A satirical piece by Alice Widener argues Defense Dept limits on officers’ public speech push safe platitudes. It cites generals Singlaub and Starry who spoke of war and peace, then presents a canned alternative pledging permanent peace and human rights principles, ending with the author’s jab that the speech is “for the birds.”
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Alice Widener
U.S.A
New York City
Thomas B. Ross
United States
John K. Senglauh
Korea
Starry
West Germany
American High School
Frankfurt
Defense Department
Singland
St Vuner Wees
U.S
Capital Fare Raises Alarm Against Hatch Act Reform
The piece argues against repealing the Hatch Act, calling it a safeguard against political coercion of federal workers. It cites opposition from Civil Service League and Common Cause, notes unions and civil rights groups push repeal, and mentions a bipartisan amendment to curb union coercion was temporarily withdrawn.
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Ther
Ton
Tom
Haleb
American Civil Liberties Lnion
Supreme Court
Hatch
Federal Service
Internal Revenue Service
FBI
Agriculture Department
Civil Service League
Common Cause
Big Labor
Ube
Conrail Costs and Unions Dominate U.S. Railroads
An opinion piece by Anthony Harrigan argues Conrail’s first quarter loss of 207.4 million underscores the fiscal peril of federal funding for a nationalized railroad. It criticizes labor unions for archaic work rules and claims the Florida East Coast Railway shows a model of efficient, crew-focused operations.
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Anthony Harrigan
Consolidated Rail Corporation
Congress
Railroad Corporation
Usey
U.S
Conrail
Public Corporation
United States
America
Yesteryear
Reader
Florida East Coast Railway
Florida East Coast
PEC
Complex question on community standards in Miller v California
William F Buckley Jr discusses how to measure contemporary community standards for obscenity. Cleveland plans a massive questionnaire to define acceptable taste, raising issues of jurisdiction who counts as the community and how to describe offensive material.
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William F. Buckley JR
Hyver Singe
Supreme Court
Milter
California
Burger
Miller
Cleveland
Harry Reems
Deep Throat
Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Tenn
New York City
New York
Jeanette MacDonald
Nelson Eddy
United States
Alan Dershowitz
Harvard
Kired
Snall
Too Many Graduates at CCNY Speech by Califano
Washington reports on HEW Secretary Joseph Califano's commencement address at City College of New York. The write up critiques his focus on wealth and race, notes misalignment with audience, and questions equality versus excellence in education. It highlights his discussion of college black enrollment, PhDs, and proposed quotas, framing it as a controversial, mixed message about American education.
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Holmes Alexander Washington
Jos Califano
Jen
Brooklyn
HEW
City College of New York
CCNY
Harvard Law School
Dee
Nak
Herty
Joe
America
Andy Young
PRD
Ife
HEW Office of Education
Califano
Egypt
India
Asia
Africa
FAO
McNaught Syndicate
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Taft-Hartley
Truman
Senate
Carter
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Lit
Democrat Congress
U.S. Supreme Court
Capital Fare
LAJ
Andee Mur Cormier
Mall Ge Neal Hovis
Specuat Mesenger
Wemser
Assocated Press
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