Landon Reflects On Crowds At Kansas State Lecture
90 year old Alf Landon in Manhattan Kansas describes crowds as exciting yet exhausting at the Kansas State University Landon Lecture. He discusses President Carter and compares him to Teddy Roosevelt while commenting on current affairs and political strategy.
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Manhattan
Kan
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Kansas State University
United States
Topeka
Kansas State “Wildcat
Carter
Congress
Teddy Roosevelt
This Day in History December 19 Highlights
On this date in 1946 Ho Chi Minh forces attacked French troops in Indochina. Other events include 1675 Narragansett defeat, 1732 Franklin Almanac begins, 1842 Hawaii gains independence recognition, 1939 Columbus scuttling, 1950 Eisenhower leads NATO forces, 1968 Norman Thomas dies, 1978 Johnson Holt funeral in Australia, 1973 Apollo 17 lunar landing, 1975 Brezhnev birthday honors, notable birthdays Ralph Richardson and Brezhnev.
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Indochina
Ho Chi Minh
Landon Reflects on 1930s Tax Fight and Modern Policing Politics
Kansas former governor recalls the 1933 36 fight for the state income tax and opposition to sales and payroll taxes. He cites political pressure, lobbyists, and a highway contractor’s influence, then comments on Carter and contemporary Washington. He also weighs Sadat diplomacy and missile choices.
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Landon
T.R
Senate
Carter
Kansas
House
Associated Industries
Congress
Washington
Anwar Sadat
Bob Dole
Topeka
Will Rogers on 30 hour week and unemployment
Will Rogers argues that job scarcity justifies a 30 hour workweek. He notes broad support from the Federation of Labor and others after three years of high employment, criticizing Congress for refusing to admit the need to prove conditions. December 1, 1932.
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Federation of Labor
Congress
Tax credits for tuition move in Congress
Washington's Roth pushes a $250 per dependent tax credit for full time college or trade school attendance. Packwood Moynihan back a broader $500 credit covering elementary to higher education, urging education choice and noting middle income families are often shut out of aid. Senate has backed credits repeatedly. administration remains opposed but history suggests momentum.
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Washington
Bill Roth
Missouri
Delaware
Roth
Treasury
Joe Califano
Oregon
Bob Packwood
Packwood
New York
Patrick Moynihan
Packwood-Moynihan
The
United States
Moynihan
Senate
House
Hubert Humphrey
John Durkin
Jesse Helms
Jake Garn
Sinners of America and the Celery Stairway to Heaven
A columnist frames obesity as the era’s moral crisis linking dieting with religion. Citing Oral Roberts University and writers like Frances Hunter, the piece portrays weight loss as a spiritual mandate, with groups forming diet revival networks and books urging lean living as godliness.
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Oral Roberts University
Reader's Digest
Frances Hunter
Fat
God
Joan Cavanaugh
Jesus
Ms. Cavanaugh
Minneapolis
Overeaters Victorious, Inc
America
Ohio sheriffs seek citizen support in new program
The Buckeye State Sheriffs Association tests a citizen program in 15 counties with 80 000 letters aiming for a 3 to 8 percent response. Associate members pay 20 dollars and receive an ID card bumper stickers a magazine subscription and a 5000 death and dismemberment policy while funds fund educational materials and courses for sheriffs and deputies.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Buckeye State Sheriffs Association
John Norton
BSSA
ESSA
Norton
Sheriffs
Virginia
The Messenger’s Editorial Leadership Through The Years
The Messenger of Athens Ohio lists its long serving publishers and editors from 1825 to 1965. It names Gordon K Bush Richard R Paynter Karl W Runser and Roy Cross among others. The address Route 33 N and Johnson Road is provided for the paper.
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N. and
Johnson Road
Athens
Ohio
G. Kenner Bush
Richard R. Paynter
Karl W. Runser
Roy Cross
Herb Amey
Fred W. Weber II
Fred E. Bolles
J. William Coon
Carl L. Weber
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Lyndon Johnson
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Sir Winston Churchill
David Kroder
Kaer Baia
Jordan
Syrib
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James Kilpatrick
Boston
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Frederick W. Bush
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