Unemployment compensation reform urged by Pioneer opinion
Minnesota small businesses face abuses in unemployment benefits says the Gnal report by the Advisory Task Force on Small Business. It highlights costs to employers and taxpayers from benefits paid to workers in seasonal jobs or to former employers seeking work elsewhere, urging corrective measures by the 1977 Legislature.
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Georgetown Talk Passes Power to Other D.C. Areas
Art Buchwald riffs on Carter transition myth and Washington influence, noting Georgetown’s fading grip as power brokers move to Wesley Heights and Cleveland Park. He spots lingering figures like Kay Graham and Scotty Reston, while cocktail chatter links exiles, politics, and a lingering sense that Georgetown still holds echoing sway.
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Freshmen Congressmen younger and more Catholic than peers
An AP survey shows next Congress will average age 49 in the House and 54 in the Senate. About half of new House members are under 40, with four under 30, and 8n a group attorneys still dominate. Racial makeup includes 16 Black members in the House and one in the Senate, while Catholics comprise 27 percent of the House and 12 percent of the Senate.
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Virginia Payette quits smoking with SmokEnders notes
Virginia Payette recounts joining SmokEnders to quit smoking. She details daily progress from the first cut off at 11 pm to a planned yearlong goal, describing triggers, withdrawal, and humorous humiliations while documenting efforts to stay smoke free. The piece reflects late 1970s anti smoking efforts.
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Bribe probe in slow motion tied to Korean scandal
The investigation into alleged Korean payoffs involving Congressmen remains far from action, with officials signaling a long timeline. Justice Department officials cite a complex case, drawn out by grand jury probes, possible diplomatic privilege, and wiretap concerns linked to the Blue House. Rosemary O Neill accompanied her father on multiple Congressional delegations, traveling to Hong Kong, Seoul, Taipei, London, Athens, Cairo, Tel Aviv, and Rome, with a bracelet lost in Athens during the 1975 trip.
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Ireland faces death penalty case for two anarchists
Noel and Marie Murray, jailed in Dublin, were sentenced to death for a bank holdup murder of a police constable. The couple, active in Ireland's anarchist circles, argue the murder did not merit capital punishment. The case tests Ireland's rare use of the gallows amid looming Supreme Court review and political pressure from the government and IRA-related violence.
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