West Bank Peace Process Seen Through Jordanian Lens
The West Bank is described as central to any Palestinian homeland with 700,000 Palestinians in Bethlehem East Jerusalem and Jericho. It discusses three sovereignty options including local autonomy under Israel, an independent state, and risks from PLU factions amid limited industry and landlocked terrain.
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Amman
West Bank
Cyrus Vance
Jordan River
Judaea
Samaria
Near East
Hussein
Jordan
Texas
Bethlehem
East Jerusalem
Jericho
Palestine Liberation Organization
Israel
PLU
West Bank future hinges on Jordanian option and peace talks
The analysis argues the Jordanian route offers the best long term outcome for the West Bank. It envisions staged handover to King Hussein, reduces radical PLO influence, and anchors a pro western settlement with Egypt and Saudi backing amid Egyptian Israeli negotiations.
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Egypt
Israel
Jordan
U.S
Saudi Arabia
Memory Overload Outlasted by Wife in Computer Debate
In a comic exchange on home computing versus human memory, a husband boasts about futuristic devices while his wife bests him with precise recollections of past events. The chat winds through dinners, parties, trips, and dates from 1952 to 1974.
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Astor Hotel
Paris
Ohio Speaker Targets School Funding Mismanagement
House Speaker Vernal G. Riffe Jr. vows to probe mismanagement in Ohio local school districts amid record education spending and a court ruling that the financing system is unconstitutional. He will form a select committee to visit districts to uncover causes and highlight controls on expenditures.
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Columbus
Ohio
Vernal G. Riffe Jr
New
Boston
Hamilton
Riffe
O'Hair criticism and local road concerns clash in letters
Readers attack Madelyn O'Hair over church tax and equal time requests while a letter laments gravel maintenance on County Road 80 after a severe December ice storm. A resident recalls a harsh winter and demands explanations for road upkeep and gravel replacement.
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the Messenger
Madelyn O’hair
God
John Spofforth
Satan
Highway Department
Athens
December 15 in History 1916 Verdun Battle to Prohibition Act
Key events noted include Verdun’s WWI French victory in 1916, the 1919 Supreme Court upholding the Prohibition Act, Eichmann’s 1961 death sentence, Disney’s 1966 death, and the 197? Point Pleasant bridge disaster ten years earlier. Thought for today reflects on contentment as riches.
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Verdun
U.S
Point Pleasant
W.va
Martinis and Taxes in Carter's Tax Debate
The piece argues that tax deductibility of business lunches and drinks, notably the three martini lunch, targets a lifestyle opposed by President Carter. It questions how to apply deductibility fairly, suggesting no tax on business and critiquing bureaucratic fixes while affirming martinis should not be deductible.
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Jimmy Carter
Jimmy
President
Bernard de Voto
St. Peter's Gates
Carter
New York
Cedar Rapids
The Messenger Newspaper History Note
The Messenger traces its lineage to 1825 with founders and publishers Frederick W. Bush and Gordon K. Bush. Located at Route 333 N. and Johnson Road in Athens Ohio, the paper served the community from 1896 to 1965 under the Bush family.
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Frederick W. Bush
Gordon K. Bush
N. and
Johnson Road
Athens
Ohio
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