Power blocs must be dissolved to prevent future scandals
The piece argues that Wayne Hays and others showed how concentrated power in a few congressmen corrupted the system. It calls for reorganizing Congress to limit power, noting leaders like Mansfield Schott Albert Mills and Hays leaving the scene. It urges reform to avoid re concentrating authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jayne Hays
Wayne Hays
Congress
Majoriteader
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Hug Schott
House
Carl Albert
Wilbur Mills
Hays
Bottom Line Guy and the Dialect of Pragmatism
Russell Baker humorously traces the rise of the term bottom line and its fad like spread from business jargon to personal ethos. The piece follows the narrator’s self imagined transformation into a hard nosed pragmatic figure, ending with a modest self correction to a middle line stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Baker
New York Times
Genghis Khan
Henry
Letters on birth sex rights and school budget reform
A reader laments advances in prenatal sex testing and questions Bicentennial progress. She argues society shifts toward mechanization while recalling family hopes and a daughter's value. A second letter urges SAD 71 to adopt a simple line budget format for the 1977 78 year to clearly present education costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SAD 71
Kennebunk
Kennebunkport
Kennebunks
The Republican's secret election strategy
Ronald Reagan undergoes a political sea change from liberal to conservative driven by anti- Communism and influences including Nancy Davis, General Electric, and Barry Goldwater. Friends describe him as likable, practical, and a capable administrator with strong media appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Kansas City
Ronald Reagan
Apostle Paul
Damascus
George Murphy
Reagan
Illinois
Eureka College
Paul
Sik
Hollywood
Screen Actors Guild
Sheila MacRae
Warren Beatty
Beatty
American Eterans Committee
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Richard Nixon
Senate
Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
R.calif
Murphy
Ronnie
Nancy Davis
General Electric
GE Exorg
Barry Goldwater
R.ariz
Ford
Goldwater
New Space Tech Sparks Everyday Improvements
A PAUL HARVEY column surveys space-derived advances now shaping daily life. From lightweight pipelines and fuel-saving car designs to solar heating in Greenbelt and Milwaukee factories, the piece links space research to practical gains in energy, health, safety, and comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Harvey
Los Angeles Times
Greenbelt
Milwaukee
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Annie DesRoberts
Bald Ave
Biddeford
McMahon
Art Linkletter
Linkletter
Irvin Wallace
Onald Reagan
The
Boston Aloe
Huntington Beach
Losee
Sandusky
Ohio
Lear
Mars
Biddeford - Saco
Journal On
E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
B.F.C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Brian C. Thayer
Gladys M. Whitehouse
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