No Frills Trip Recounts Carter’s Global Flight Plan
The piece jokes President Carter will take an 11 day tour to eight countries on four continents in late November with a $145 no frills fare via standby. Andy Young teases a Brussels stopover and Lagos Caracas Tehran Paris and Warsaw layovers, arguing it saves money and speeds the trip.
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Washington
Carter
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Brzezinski
Brussels
Andy Young
U.N
Andy
Caracas
Venezuela
Brasilia
Brazil
Lagos
Nigeria
Tehran
Paris
Poland
Warsaw
Cranston Hayakawa Vote Gap Riles California
California senator Alan Cranston and S I Hayakawa clash on roll calls with 168 disagreements out of 306 votes. Cranston argues they do not cancel each other out as 71 percent of time he sided with the winning view.
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Associated Press
Washington
Alan Cranston
California
Cranston
Hayakawa
Extra Curricular Earnings Debate Sparks Ethics Row
A columnist condemns the federal wage rule capping extra curricular income at 8 000 dollars for members of Congress. He argues the limit harms the ability of lawmakers to engage with the public, noting losses to students and taxpayers and criticizing Senator Buckley and Moynihan for opposing or complicating the measure.
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House
Congress
Charle Carney
Ohio
Washington
Northwest Louisiana University
Ethics Committee
Natchitoches
Senator Smith
Smith
Patrick Moynihan
John Kenneth Galbraith
Republic
James Buckley
Buckley
Maritime Committee
Seafarers’ Union
Northwest Louisiana State College
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
On this date in history October 5
Today marks anniversaries from 1777 Germantown defeat to 1957 Sputnik launch. Notables include 1965 UN peace appeal by Pope Paul VI and 1969 China nuclear tests. Birthday note for Chariton Heston. Thought quotes General MacArthur on war and peace.
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Germantown
Pennsylvania
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Brenner Pass
Alps
China
Pope Paul VI
U.N. General Assembly
Liege
Belgium
United States
Vienna
Agriculture
Earl Butz
Chariton Heston
Douglas MacArthur
Readers Debate Traps and Issue Two in The Messenger
A letter writer critiques leg hold and killer traps, questions land use legality, and warns of possible cruelty. Another reader questions Issue Two details, cites traps numbers, and urges voting No, citing out of state funding and dove season concerns.
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the Messenger
Ohio seeks constitutional change on prison labor use
In Columbus Ohio Senator John T McCormack proposes a constitutional amendment to expand prison labor by removing current limits on inmate work. The measure backed by Corrections Chief George Denton would allow more trades and regulate wages with legislative approval. It could go to voters in June 1978.
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Columbus
Ohio
John T. McCormack
D-31
Euclid
George F. Denton
McCormack
Ohio Constitutional Revision Commission
Senate
House
Corrections Department
Ohio Prison Industries
Splintered families reshape Boston child custody scene
A Boston account follows a child navigating a web of week to week living with a mother, stepfather, half siblings, and visiting fathers. The mother grapples with the idea of fixed biological families while observing a cycle of divorces, remarriages, and blended households. The narration compares this to Hollywood clans and real-life social shifts.
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Hollywood
Richard Burton
Elizabeth Taylor
Eddie Fisher
Debbie Reynolds
Updike Couples Divorce Sparks Societal Shuffle
In a fragmentary glance at Updike’s Couples a remarriage plan surfaces as Martha Bernhard seeks stability amid a web of formerly married partners. The piece notes the era’s shifting families with step relations and questions whether children will adapt to ongoing restructuring and mobility.
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John Updike
Martha Bernhard
Alex Bernard
Joyce Harrington
Herbert Harrington
Harvard
Per Manence and Generational Fears Reflected in Dialogue
A woman contemplates if each generation is raised to accept the world of their parents while facing the unknown of adulthood. The scene includes a child narrating with patronizing clarity about a friend living with her father and stepmother and a complicated blended family.
Will Rogers Comments on Banks as a Menace
Will Rogers voices a critical view of banks saying the bankers are a menace rather than speaking from personal bias. He defensa their wealth in towns and cites old time Western outlaws as part of his cautionary comparison.
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Indian Territory
Jesse James
Dalton
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