Voter and a voice in Carter vice presidential picks
The Democratic rules committee blocked a plan to limit vice presidential picks to primary candidates and preconvention nominees. The piece argues voters or delegates should gain more influence in choosing a running mate, with delegates given real nomination power during calmer periods between elections.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic Party
Rules Committee
Carter
Tom Wicker
New York Times
George McGovern
Wicker
Democratic Rules Committee
Ding
Dangers of fireworks and public display laws in Minnesota
The piece cites rising injuries and deaths from fireworks, notes Minnesota's 1941 law restricting sale and use, and cites NSPB calls for licensed public displays. It discusses federal action delays, state enforcement gaps, and casualty estimates including eye injuries and child victims.
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Minnesota
Wes Werner
National Society For
Virginia S. Boyce
Society
Werner
Study questions forced busing in minority education
John Lofton Jr. summarizes Miller and Gerard's decade long Riverside busing study. It finds no gains in minority achievement or motivation and notes increased anxiety and self doubt among Black students while white students from lower SES families show some self esteem gains. The authors call desegregation misguided.
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Washington
Psychology Today Magazine
California
Norman Miller
Harold Gerard
Riverside
Calif
Miller-Gerard
Miller
Gerard
Nationa
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Do-nothing six months could calm a world in wait
The piece imagines a Ford nomination loss elevating Carter or Reagan amid a lameduck presidency. Foreign powers would pause as a new leader is unknown, potentially slowing diplomacy for six months while markets stay steady and Congress stalls. A risky, unsettling but possible global cooling period.
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Washington
Ford
White House
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Carter
Reagan
Congress
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
May grocery of new homes dips to 46300 dollars
May saw the average price of a new single family home fall to 46300 dollars, down 2200 from a month earlier. The piece notes smaller editions and fewer refinements as reasons, with ongoing upward pressure from land, materials, labor, and higher financing costs.
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John Cunniff
New York
Where the jobs aren't and why
Richard L. Lesher argues New York State loses private sector jobs faster than any other state. He cites high state and local taxes and a hostile business climate, noting educated New Yorkers favor redistribution over wealth creation. The piece links public employe costs to high taxes and emigration of business and youth to other regions.
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Washington
New York State
Teamsters Union
New York
Fantas Company
Amherst
N.Y
U.S
Bernard Lee Weinstein
George Keller
New York City
Weinstein and Keller
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Nixon
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Wall Street
Business Mirror
Richard L. Lesher
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
the State University of New York
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