Pressure Mounts as Carter Faces Welfare Clash and Rifts
President Jimmy Carter endures a taxing week amid criticism from civil rights leaders and interest groups over welfare reform. He spent much time at the White House and Camp David while balancing Cabinet talks, fundraising pressures, and a faltering push to unveil a major welfare package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gerstenzang
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Jimmy Carter
Plains
National Urban League
White House
Congress
Washington
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Libya
Egypt
Kennedy Center
Friends’ Homes
Camp David
Amateurs at Investment Outperform Professionals
A NAIC study shows five amateur investor clubs beating professionals over five years by December 1974. Portfolios held through Fed policy fears, investing in growing firms, and reinvesting dividends yielded gains up to 193.2 percent while avoiding herd behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cunniff
NEW York
National Association of Investment Clubs
Federal Reserve
Fed
Association
Thomas O'Hara
NAIC
Coca-Cola
Mobil Corp
IBM
Kaneb Services
Trinity Industries
Pako
Moog
O'Hara
Today in History Highlights for August 4 1977
On this date Britain declared war on Germany in 1914 to start World War One. A U S naval force that became the Coast Guard formed in 1790. The United States concluded a peace treaty with Tripoli in 1805. Lizzie Borden was arrested in Fall River Massachusetts in 1892 for a hatchet attack.
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Britain
Germany
U.S
Coast Guard
United States
Tripoli
Lizzie Borden
Fall River
Mass
Will Rogers quotes and historical milestones drawn from 1927 to 1962
A collage cites Will Rogers on football versus war, the 1927 murders of a father and stepmother, the 1916 Danish Virgin Islands purchase, Anne Frank’s 1944 capture, Kennedy honoring Dr Frances Kelsey in 1962, a 1960s Vietnam air campaign, Arthur Bremer's 1972 conviction, Sudan executions, and birthdays for Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and Ezra Taft Benson plus a thought for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Danish Virgin Islands
Anne Frank
Amsterdam
John Kennedy
Frances Kelsey
North Vietnam
Arthur Bremer
George Wallace
Alabama
Laurel
Sudan
Britain
Elizabeth
Ezra Taft Benson
Heywood Broun
Kindergarten grant rejection prompts teacher critique
Kathy Latimer of Coolville School argues the July 21 meeting of the Federal Hacking Board of Education rejected a $20,000 grant for the all day kindergarten program begun in 1974. She says polling Amesville parents would have shown community support and questions the board’s impact on voter turnout.
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the Messenger
Hacking Board of Education
Coolville
Amesville
Kathy Latimer
Letters to the Editor on General Interests Welcome
Readers are invited to send brief letters to the editor on topics of general interest. Please sign the letter and include your address and telephone number for verification. The Messenger may condense letters to fit space and enhance readability and reader interest.
I Meet Old Friends on Travel in Oklahoma 1926
A weary traveler recalls journey across America delivering messages of clean government. He returns to Oklahoma meets kinfolk and Cherokee connections, notes Congress leaders at the White House and the President’s reply about predictability.
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America
Oklahoma
Ohio Funeral Tax Burden Outrages Directors
Ohio imposes a higher sales tax on funeral costs than on typical purchases. The tax on a $1000 funeral bill is based on half the total, taxing $400 casket and $600 services at 4 percent, yielding $20. Funeral directors call it unfair and seek changes.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Jim Bacher
Coventry Two
Akron
Bacher
Ohio Funeral Directors Association
Bachman
Funeral Directors Association
Status of White Rhodesians In Limbo Amid British Ambiguity
London officials inch toward pressuring Ian Smith’s regime while remaining vague on whether Rhodesians who flee could claim entry to Britain. Dr. David Owen dodges guarantees as Rhodesia teeters toward elections and violent struggle. The piece also cites Ronald Bell’s harsh critique of UK policy and laments potential bloodshed in Rhodesia.
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London
David Owen
Great Britain
Owen
Britain
Rhodesia
Dr. Owen
Ian Smith
Muzorewa
Joshua Nkomo
Robert Mugabe
Patriotic Front
United States
Hospitals as Status Symbols in Rich Society
A satirical look at rising hospital costs and luxury medical care. It notes private rooms costing up to 10 000 for a birth, charity ward clashes with private care, and social figures like Mrs. Vanderwhelp and Reginald Winthrop Clover amid lavish medical scenes. The piece contrasts opulence with debates over hospital access and decorous conduct.
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Art Buchwald
Supreme Court
Washington
William Vanderwhelp
Newport
Sag Point
Doctors’ Hospital
Palm Beach
Vanderwhelp
Rose Hill Hospital
Mary Lou Astorwood
Astorwoods
Clyde Astorwood
Maples Flower Hospital
Bart Clogswell
Oil Trillionaire
Maple Flower
Ellen Malonney McMahan
Brickman
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Will Rogers
Ronald Bell
Westbrook Pegler
The
Small Society
Winthrop Clover
Reggie
J.P. Morgan
Liz White Whimple
Lincoln Memorial Hospital
Palladium
Peter Duchin
Meyer Davis
Liz
Truman Capote
Truman
Madrid
Lilly Fitzwhistle
Bonnie University Hospital
Duchess of Amblemeyer
Queen Mother's Hospital
Arthur's Sanitarium
Frank Sinatra
Boswell Hospital
Richard Burton
Playboy
U.S. Senate
Sen
John H. Glenn Jr
Senate
Marconi Ave
Washington, D.C
Columbus
Howard Metzenbaum
U.S. House
Clarence E. Miller
E. Ninth St
Cleveland, Ohio
Cannon
Washington, D. C
E. Main
Lancaster
Oakley C. Collins
Kemp Lane
Ironton
Claire M
Buzz) Ball Jr
Eden Place
Athens
Ronald H. James
Proctorville
Ces
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