Argus Tapes Readers Respond to Editorials and Social Issues
A flood of letters to The Argus Tapes covers earthquakes and home safety, taxes and state spending, gun ownership, Hanukkah and Christmas, education reforms, teacher aides, nine hour days, immigration, and United Nations sovereignty. Readers challenge editorials, defend aides, critique testing and hiring, argue about public policy, and warn about religious and political ideologies.
Ford Christmas Card Scene Goes to Church by Curnie
The First Family’s 1976 Christmas card features a winter scene titled Going to Church by Connecticut artist George Curnie. Hallmark produced the card with an antique gold border and metallic green background, bearing an embossed Presidential seal and the message from the President and Mrs. Ford wishing a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
German jobless suffer stress and social strain
West Germany’s unemployed report more mental and social stress than income loss. Half of autumn interviewees felt burdened by unemployment and feared telling friends. A third said unemployment worsened family tensions as the political issue of joblessness grows. Officials note 4.1 percent unemployed in October and back a $1.25 billion plan to boost investment and trim unemployment by about one percentage point by mid next year.
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