Concorde Lands in Trouble Amid International Disputes
The Concorde faces contested landings at Kennedy as UK and US leaders clash over its future. Officials weigh land rights, fuel use, and environmental impact while France and Britain push for continued service despite red ink. The crisis threatens broader Franco American tensions and possible economic pressure on New York.
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New Orleans
Kennedy
James Callaghan
Jimmy Carter
Air France
British Airways
France
U.S
Ocean
Carter
New York City
Letter to the Editor on Public Interests Signed
A reader urges civic engagement and respectful discourse on local issues. The writer signs their name and provides full address and phone number for verification. The Messenger may edit letters to fit space and improve readability while preserving the author’s viewpoint.
Lawmakers Spar Over Prisoner Escape Study Spending
Senator William Proxmire exposes a federal study by the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration costing nearly 27000 dollars to determine why prisoners want to escape. He labels the expenditure wasteful and questions the use of taxpayer funds while urging accountability.
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Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Pomeroy Sees Shifting Sexual Myths Through Decades
In a dialogue with Human Sexuality, Dr. Masters and Johnson era theorist Alfred Kinsey collaborator Dr. Pomeroy discusses evolving sexual myths from the 1950s to the 1970s. He notes old beliefs that women are disinterested gave way to claims of rampant need, teens' promiscuity, and sex as recreation over procreation.
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Boston
Queen Victoria
Pomeroy
San Francisco
Human Sexuality
Will Rogers on Library of Congress staffing
Will Rogers jokes about the Library of Congress employing 600 to 800 people, quipping a librarian for each book. He notes only about 40 are Democrats and mocks salaries as waste unless more Democrats are hired to read the books, addressing June 21, 1933.
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Library of Congress
The New Myths And Our Private Sexuality
The writer argues myths arise in times of change to guard anxieties about sexuality. Myths oversimplify complex issues and shape behavior, replacing nuanced thinking with either or judgments. The piece contends that truth about sexuality is private, while public expectations are myth.
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Pomeroy
Hecomes Eadie
Letters to the Editor from The Messenger
The letter from A J Walker praises Gov James A Rhodes for his energy policy leadership and stance against federal limits on Ohio jobs. A resident from The Plains rails against a proposed landfill near Athens County, citing environmental and health concerns for local homes. The Messenger is urged to clean up its paper and discusses content in a prior letter. A Waterloo Jr. High tournament note thanks workers and officials involved in a school basketball event.
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the Messenger
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Rhodes
Kenneth D. Ervin
Waterloo Jr. High
Dave McClain
Judy McClain
Darrell Jolley
McClain
Charles Chesser
Diane Barber
Lisa Dickerson
Dick Wollison
Ohio University
John Mullins
New Marshfield
Assembly Sees School Prayer Issue Reborn
In Columbus Ohio the education panel prepares to hear a revived bill by Locker mandating a one minute daily class silence aimed at prayer. The ACLU of Ohio opposes the mandate arguing the word prayer and compulsory posture amount to endorsement.
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Tom Diemer
Associated Press
Columbus, Ohio
American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio
Aclu Ohio
Benson Wolman
Locker
House Education Committee
Boards of Education
Wolman
ACLU
House Judiciary Committee
Robert J. Boggs
Jefferson
Boggs
Is Right Our Messing in Soviet Affairs
Washington sees the human rights issue in the Soviet Union as a test of detente. A dialogue with a Soviet official reveals mutual suspicions about freedom, dissent, and the impact of Western criticism on Moscow.
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Art Buchwald
Washington
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Ory
Wild Man Amin Threat Looms Amid Global Silence
The piece argues Gen Amin's potential slaughter of tens of thousands in Uganda demands action by black African states and international leaders. It cites Nuremberg and genocide conventions, notes Ramsey Clark's stance, and stresses Andrew Young could lead a concerted response to prevent further killings and honor Holocaust victims.
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Connecticut
Cambodia
Khmer Rouge
Rwanda
Burundi
Tibet
Ramsey Clark
United States
Hanoi
North Vietnam
U.S
Nuremberg
Amin
Andrew Young
Europe
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