The Gentle Giant Tip O Neill New Speaker of House
Tip O Neill the Massachusetts Democrat moves into the Speaker role and reshapes the House with a new culture of collective leadership. He backs ethics reform, clashes with the White House on GSA appointments, and pushes a team oriented Steering and Policy Committee to balance Congress with the Carter administration.
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Tip O'Neill
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Washington
Joe Dannon
Sam Rayburn
Carter
White House
General Services Administration
Mondale
O’neill
Rep
Phil Burton
California
House
Clement J. Zablocki
International Affairs Committee
Capitol
H-204
Grand Central Station
Senate
Tip O’neill
Carl Albert
Congress
Cabinet
Joe Cannon
Boston
The Plight of the Middle Class Across Nations
A 1976 Christian Science Publishing Society piece argues inflation strains the middle class worldwide, eroding retirement funds and education opportunities. It cites Britain, Italy, Germany, and Russia as historical examples and warns of social instability if the middle class vanishes. It notes policy bias toward the rich and labor, with little focus on preserving the middle class.
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Britain
Italy
United States
Winston
Remembering Hoosick Falls and Ford’s 1932 riot
Looking Back notes about $4000 in damage from a local event. The Day After Forever, staged by Bendi drama department, stars Pat Fraher Margaret Gleason Richard Oesterle Evelyn Ames and Marilyn Beshara. Planning board meeting in Hoosick Falls discusses a planned super-block interior mall replacing the business district. Six year old Kelley Mahar is struck but uninjured due to slippery pavement. Mt Anthony Union School Board approves a 28500 language lab contract for the new high school. Historical items recall 1932 Ford riot with 3000 workers and four dead, 1936 Hitler Rhineland move, 1945 Rhine crossing at Remagen, V E Day May 8 and Apollo 9 lunar link mission in 1969.
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Bendi Drama Department
Pat Fraher
Margaret Gleason
Richard Oesterle
Evelyn Ames
Marilyn Beshara
Planning Board
Hoosick Falls
Oliver's Story review sparks love and doubt seven years on
A Boston reviewer assesses Erich Segal's sequel to Love Story. Oliver Barrett IV returns to reconcile his life, wealth, and family, while Segal debates what love means today. The piece notes familiar characters, new love intrigue, and a Hollywood past.
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Erich Segal
Ryan O’neal
Oliver IV
Segal
Oliver
Erich
Mr. Segal
Father
Oliver III
Jon
A low mood is a period when people do without the things their parents never had
The Burlington Free Press notes a solemn reflection on economic hardship where a generation experiences deprivation of assets unseen by prior generations, highlighting shifts in living standards and parental expectations during tough times.
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Burlington Free Press
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Paul Revere
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Teddy Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Scoop Jackson
Tip
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James Reston
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Joseph C. Harsch
Winston Churchill
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Germany
Hitler
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Low Countries
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Board of Selectmen
James T. Brown
Worthy
Manchester
Henry W. Kilfoil
Graded School
Bessie L. Pleasants
Alice Fitzgerald
Hugh Berne
Morgan St
Kelley Mahar
Alex Mahar
Mt. Anthony Union School
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
U.S
Remagen
Europe
Stavens & Frost, Inc
Vermont
East Dorset
First Vermont Bank
FDIC
By Melvin Maddocks
Hovard
Oliver Barrett IV
Jenny
Charles River
Thomas Hardy
D’urbevilles
Bryn Mawr
Jen
Gaines
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Bennington, VT
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