Public favors changes in presidential campaigning, Gallup reports
Gallup finds seven in ten Americans want changes to campaign practice. Voters soil high costs and mudslinging as top complaints, call for clearer issues and shorter campaigns. A majority also backs a law capping total campaign spending and a nationwide primary over Electoral College rules.
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Athens Ohio newspaper masthead details
The Athens Messenger page lists the publishing company address Route 33 North at Johnson Road Athens Ohio with historical leadership credits Frederick W Bush 1896 1929 G Kenner Bush Gordon K Bush and Fred W Weber as circulation and advertising directors.
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Messenger Publishing Company
Johnson Road
Athens
Ohio
Frederick W. Bush
G. Kenner Bush
U.S. & Possessions
Messenger Publishing Co
Doctor Shortage and Medical School Expansion Highlighted
The 1971 72 academic year saw 9 551 graduates of medical schools, up 577 from last year but still short of need. AMA figures show 43 650 students enrolled, with 11 new schools in 20 years and 22 more opened in five years. Health expert Richard L. Johnson projects doctor shortages rising to 180 000 by 1980 based on 1.85 doctors per 1 000 people.
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American Medical Association
Richard L. Johnson
Oak Brook
Work ethic views split on welfare reform analysis
Leonard Goodwin analyzes Nixon's claim on the poor and work ethic, citing a study of over 4 000 people including AFDC recipients. He argues the problem is not a lack of work ethic but barriers to success in an unequal market, with welfare mothers facing low pay and scarce childcare. He critiques training programs and coercive welfare rules while weighing a guaranteed income versus the need for work.
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Nixon
Brookings Institution
New York
Maryland
Rethinking Welfare to Boost Low-Paid Work Incentives
The piece argues for higher pay through subsidies and tax relief, less welfare punitive work requirements, and training vouchers to replace rigid programs. It calls for ending the view that poverty equals laziness and suggests policy shifts to lift the working poor.
Humphrey Considers Challenging Byrd For Senate Whip
Capitol Hill sources say Hubert Humphrey may seek the Senate majority whip post against Robert Byrd. Aiming to balance Mansfield’s leadership, Humphrey’s past as whip and Civil Rights Act advocacy bolster speculation amid 1974 re elections and liberal pressures.
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Hubert Humphrey
Senate
Robert Byrd
D-W. Va
Capitol Hill
Minnesota
Lyndon Johnson
Humphrey
Hubert
Byrd
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Mansfield
Organized Labor
Icus
Athens residents question courthouse Christmas tree display
Letter to the editor criticizes the Court House corner Christmas tree as ugly and urges the city to buy a real evergreen instead, calling the current display ludicrous and commercial.
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the Messenger
Court House
Athens
ACLU voices concern on airline search procedures and hijacking
The ACLU criticizes how airline passenger searches are conducted and warns that the hijacking crisis has spurred lawlessness by federal agents. In 22 months 6000 travelers were arrested after searches, only 20 percent for direct hijacking contraband.
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American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Havana
Jack Weinstein
Eastern District of
New York
Wrong Way In Concern For Anti Hijacking Procedures
Buckley argues overboard on aircraft searches and contraband seizures. He discusses frisking suspects, Fourth Amendment limits, Judge Weinstein, Weeks v United States, and the ACLU stance, connecting air security with civil liberties and anti hijacking policy.
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