A Call for Mandatory Youth Service Policy
The piece urges President Carter to heed Gallup findings showing broad public support for a one year service program for youths of both genders. It argues such a program could reduce unemployment, foster maturity, and provide civic and social benefits, with options in military and civilian roles. It envisions wide societal gain and asks Carter to push congressional consideration.
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Jimmy Carter
Gallup
Pentagon
Peace Corps
VISTA
Congress
Georgia
EPA Printing News Releases Under Scrutiny
A critical look questions the EPA's prolific output of news releases and regulatory documents, noting monthly prints and inter-office communications, the cost to taxpayers, and the burden on the Postal Service while urging lawmakers to investigate. The piece compares EPA publicity to a kids race and calls for review by GAO.
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EPA
Postal Service
Carter’s Dream and the Challenge of Carteromics
The piece compares Ford and Carter, noting Ford’s decency and partial economic limits, while outlining Carter’s aims for full employment, dignity for the poor, and a balanced budget. It discusses inflation, unemployment, and the difficulty of achieving rapid growth, wage-price controls, and environmental and energy concerns within budget limits.
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Washington
Carter
Capitol Plaza
Ford Vermont Royster
Wall Street Journal
David Broder
Washington Post
Ford
Harvard
John R. Meyer
National Bureau of Economic Research
Letters on Darkness and Energy Poverty in Athens
An Athens resident laments a dark Hooper Road stretch after a hit pole blocks repairs. A Nelsonville resident recounts welfare aid denials leading to hospital treatment from gas exposure. The writer urges long term energy planning and school wall renovations at Athens High, signing George S. Semsel.
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Canebene Deiver
Hooper Road
the Messenger
Nelsonville
Athens County Welfare Department
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Welfare Department
Letters to the Editor Guidelines for Readers
Brief letters on topics of general interest are welcome. Please sign your letter with your name, address, and telephone number. The Messenger may condense letters to fit space and improve readability for broader reader interest.
Cities Getting On the Career Criminal's Case
In Columbus and 16 other U S cities a federally funded Career Criminal Program assigns special prosecutors to repeat offenders. The Franklin County unit reports 97.6 percent conviction rate through August 1976 with emphasis on two prior felonies or one violent prior, aiming to keep Columbus safer.
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Columbus
Ohio
U.S
John Salimbene
Franklin County
Salimbene
Salimben
Law Enforcement Assistance Act
Indianapolis
Louisville
Kalamazoo
Detroit
Memphis
Dallas
New Orleans
Salt Lake City
San Diego
New York
St. Louis
Miami
Albuquerque
Portland
Ore
Las Vegas
Houston
Rhode Island
Airships Surface Again as a Viable Future Transport
Washington panel in the Virginia Suite at the Sheraton Park Hotel weighs lighter-than-air craft. NASA researchers and Goodyear executives say new designs prove technical feasibility with helium lift and rotors for takeoff and landing. Civilian and military uses promise 30 to 50 passenger capacity and 4200 cubic feet of cargo, with 278-foot models in development for 90 knot cruises.
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Washington
Virginia
Sheraton Park
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Pentagon
Congress
Savannah
Atlanta
Ralph Nader
Carl J. Seiberlich
AIAA
Ralph R. Huston
Goodyear Aerospace Corporation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Huston
NASA
Melbourne
Fla
Lightspeed, Inc
Snow Crash: Soviet Threat? U S Must Combat Winter From Within
Washington considers snow as a strategic weakness in the arms race and proposes shifting defense funds to snow removal, ice response, and winter driving training. A Pentagon warning suggests a blizzard could disable retaliation and surrender the capital without firing a shot.
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Washington
Pentagon
Soviet Union
Herman Stockbridge
The
Institute For Strategic Strategy and
U.S
United States
Today
Moscow
Herman
How can they help Salt talk at top level
Art Buchwald notes a plan to use salt as a peace tool. He imagines both sides agreeing on a salt melt to restore parity and deter attacks. He recalls an appointment with the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon that was cancelled due to snow.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
President promises to cut expenses mockingly addressed to Congress
A dated quip jokes that the president vows to trim government waste daily, then adds the line Wait till he sees Congress as of March 26 1229.
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Congress
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