Energy at Piketon Drives Carter Center Enrichment Plant
President Carter selects Piketon for a new centrifuge uranium enrichment plant amid promises of major regional benefits. The project costs 6 to 7 billion dollars, starts 1979, and aims for completion in 1988 with peaks of 3700 construction jobs and a 2200 permanent workforce.
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Carter
Piketon
Ohio
Goodyear
Ford Administration
Ohio River
Portsmouth
Tennessee
Tri-State
Carter seeks smooth visit as Middle East talks push ahead
President Carter voiced fresh optimism on peace prospects amid efforts to reassure Israel and counter a possible independent Palestinian state. He disclosed parts of Sadat’s conciliatory message and noted a trend toward easing regional tensions.
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Barry Schweid
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Carter
Menahem Begin
Middle East
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Carter credits Begin openness on peace talks at Geneva
President Carter praised Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin during a news conference for maintaining an open mind on negotiations at Geneva. Carter said Begin expressed flexibility in private messages and could attend a peace conference with all items negotiable, signaling a potential shift in Middle East talks.
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Begin
Moshe Dayan
West Bank
Geneva
Carter
The Moral Power of Innovation in War and Peace
The text argues that societies marshal business and research to meet changing challenges, wartime or moral equivalents, driving civilian gains. It notes space exploration as a wartime impulse translated into peaceful progress, quoting Boorstin and a GE pioneer on gadgets improving daily life, and frames President Carter's call for rapid improvement.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
America
Carter
Daniel Boorstin
Librarian of Congress
Menlo Park
N.J
Eli Whitney
Elias Howe
Samuel F. B. Morse
George Eastman
Alexander
R&d
Soviet Union
Boorstin
Willis Whitney
General Electric
Family Yarns Documented and County History Noted
The Messenger letters commend the Simpson and Boudinot families for preserving county history and celebrate Ms. Loughridge for aiding the effort. Besides Kidwell bridge and The Plains Archeological district, two more sites appear on the National Register: Cutler Hall at Ohio University and the Murphee home built in 1813 by Daniel Stewart.
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Simpson
Boudinot
Loughridge
Kidwell Bridge
Plains Archeological District
Cutler
Ohio University
Idus Murphee
Daniel Stewart
Today in History notes from 1945 to 1963
On this date in 1945 Italy declared war on Japan. In 1606 Rembrandt was born in Leiden. Georgia was readmitted to the Union in 1870. In 1789 Louis XVI faced the fall of the Bastille. In 1918 American troops attacked at Chateau Thierry. In 1948 Truman secured renomination. Eisenhower sent Marines to Lebanon in 1958. Ten years ago copper workers struck. five years ago Belfast violence rose. One year ago Mondale named as Carter’s running mate. Thought for today.
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Associated Press
Italy
Japan
Rembrandt
Leiden
Georgia
Confederate States
France
Louis VI
Bastille
Chateau-Thierry
Philadelphia
Northern Ireland
Belfast
New York City
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Jimmy Carter
Kurfess pressures Rhodes as 1978 challenge looms
House Minority Leader Charles F. Kurfess builds momentum for a possible GOP bid against Gov. Rhodes in 1978. Rhodes struggles to unite Democrats and Republicans over an elderly subsidy bill defeated in the House. Rhodes delays confirmation of his plans as he expands staff and opens a Columbus office while courting a successor option.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles F. Kurfess
Perrysburg
James A
Rhodes
Kurfess
House
Burfess
Pro family change agents reshape view of American families
The piece argues the American family is not dead but changing. It highlights a shift from nostalgia to proactive policy, led by figures like Jimmy Carter and a growing pro family coalition advocating flexible time and extended part time work to support working parents and better public support.
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Boston
Waltons
Long Island
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Associated Press
Ann Blackman
Linguistic Atlas of the United States Ends Its Long Run
The National Observer reports the Linguistic Atlas project near collapse after almost five decades of work led by Dr. Hans Kurath. The atlas maps regional speech patterns across the United States revealing how terms like belt, burlap, tote, and belly bunting hint at geographic origins.
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National Observer
United States
Observer
Hans Kurath
University of Michigan
Worcester County
Mass
Upper
Connecticut River
New England
Diminishing Regional Speech Ties and a Vanishing Dialect
The author notes fading linguistic distinctions across regions as mobility and television homogenization rise. Southern Virginia speech patterns show fewer local quirks, with Boston and Atlanta accents illustrating broader shifts toward uniformity as the Atlas completes.
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Cuba
Virginia
Richmond
Midwest
Remnants of Southern Speech Echo Through Time
The writer reflects on regional speech in the South noting phonetic spellings and dialect quirks from Virginia to Mississippi. He recalls librarians, rural talk from Cary Street to Burke's Store, and celebrity quotes as examples of lingering Elizabethan echoes and the cadence of past speech.
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Mary Taylor
Cary Street Road
James City County
Charles City
South
Virginia
North Carolina
Appalachia
Summerfield
S.C
Mississippi
Peter
Memphis
Burke's Store
Leo Durocher
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cyartuh
Will Rogers on progress and justice graft risks
Will Rogers laments modern progress and gadgets eroding public trust in justice. He argues inventions like the auto and automatic devices, coupled with widespread graft, enable nearly any wrongdoing, with about eight percent of cases escaping punishment and accidental arrests becoming common.
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