Hoosiers Pay Blackmail by Federal Highway Rules
Editorial condemns federal pressure to raise subsidies for eastern refineries and enforce emissions tests in Indiana by threatening highway funds. Argues subsidies primarily benefit foreign oil interests and eastern refineries, costing Indiana about $60 million annually. Calls for states to fund roads locally and oppose federal coercion.
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Hoosiers
Indiana
Feds
New England
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Carter’s West swing tests populist push against professionals
Byron Hendren argues Carter’s West tour attacking lawyers doctors and other professionals aims to mobilize populist anger. Polls show skeptical voters question his 1976 judgment while Brown’s approach seeks to curb expectations of government action. The piece questions whether rhetoric without solid policy construction harms his reform potential.
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Byron Hendren
Congress
Carter
Ornia
Jerry Brown
Hut Brown
Next breakthrough for mental health editor's outlook
Editor notes a shift from crude electric shocks to mood altering drugs and new mind altering research. It cites DMT in rats, opiate receptors, acupuncture as painkillers, and brain chemicals as potential antidotes while suggesting a century of old humoral theory may give way to microbial style breakthroughs.
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Jenkin Lloyd Junes
Beat Magazine
Quest-78
Jo Durden Smith
Terry Christian
University of Alabama Medical School
Birmingham
University of Aberdeen
Scotland
Sweden
California
Virginia
Hong Kong
Purdue University
Will Rogers on strikes and arbitration in 1983
Will Rogers notes eight months of effort to create jobs faced by widespread strikes. He urges dissatisfied groups to pursue arbitration with back pay promises if favored, hoping Americans support the president during dispute resolution. The piece is selected and edited by Bryan Sterling with archival syndicate release details.
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Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Will Rogers
Bryan Sterling
Des Moines
The
Register
Tribune Syndicate
Van Andel urges free enterprise against socialism in 1976 speech
Jay van Andel, Amway chairman, quoted at Northern Michigan University graduation, arguing socialism lowers living standards and government grows too large. He warns Congress has eroded freedom, taxes rise, and debt climbs, urging stronger free enterprise and political action to push back against welfare expansion. He claims welfare socialism harms the economy and government overreach continues to erode personal liberty.
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Kali Ae
TULE
Copley
Washington
Northern Michigan University
Jay van Andel
Amway Corp
Mutual Broadcasting Co
van Andel
Soviet Russia
U.S
London
Soviet Union
Meany is wrong on inflation says AFL-CIO leader
ALICE WIDENER reports from New York City that after a news conference with President Carter George Meany rejects responsibility for inflation. The piece argues inflation affects all Americans and urges unity in demand for policy changes. It recalls Jacques Rueff and France's 1959 economic reforms as a model for curbing inflation in the United States.
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Alice Widener
New York City
Carter
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Meany
Mr Meany
Congress
Jacques Rueff
Paris
France
Rueff
de Gaulle
Lim
Ques Rueff
Polis Star
Ican
United States
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