National Town Meeting Discusses Child Rearing Experts Clash
Dr. Benjamin Spock and Tom Braden debated child rearing on the National Town Meeting stage in Washington. They offered differing views on television, premarital sex, working mothers, and daycare while agreeing parenthood is the lifelong, training-free job of raising children.
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Benjamin Spock
Tom Braden
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Art Buchwald He never met Miss Ray
Washington satire recounts a high official who claims he never met Elizabeth Ray despite her claim to meet many powerful figures. The interviewoci reveals awkward pride and a missed chance at meeting at Redskins games and Capitol Hill orgy rooms with regret and humor.
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Art Buchwald
Miss Ray
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Henry Kissinger
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Consumers win as states push drug substitution gains
Consumers gain ground against drugmakers as nine states enact generic substitution laws this year. HEW plans to require cheapest generic in federal programs, while supporters say substantial savings await.
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Bill Purdue
Associated Press
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Denver
Harvey Pratt
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Connell
Colorado
Fred Wegner
Washington
American Association of Retired Persons
Arizona
Delaware
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Virginia
Wisconsin
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Florida
Arkansas
Don Phillips
State Health Department
Reubin Askew
William Patton
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
Wegner
U.S. Supreme Court
HEW
Congress ethics blamed as pay dirt in politics
Virginia Paylette critiques congressional ethics and money. She argues lawmakers profit from private sectors, waste tax dollars, and push favorable laws for contributors. She urges timely action ahead of elections, noting open conflicts of interest and generous perks.
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Rhodes as convention chair sparks Ford Reagan bias claim
John Lofton argues that John Rhodes cannot preside fairly at the GOP convention due to overt ties with Gerald Ford and participation in his kitchen cabinet. The piece urges the Republican Committee on Arrangements to avoid Rhodes and seek a neutral chair for Kansas City.
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My life as a flag fronted by a school story
A 12 year old writes a patriotic tale about a United States flag from its birth in a factory to service in a war front. The flag endures damage and revival through battle a coffin memorial a museum theft and finally being returned to the White House where it flies again. The piece reflects Bicentennial era patriotism and school assignment roots.
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Mark Witmer
J.W. Smith School
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