Pine Tree Legal Aid Earns Editorial Support in Maine
The Maine editorial endorses Pine Tree Legal Assistance as worth supporting despite the Office of Economic Opportunity dismantling. Since 1967 Pine Tree has handled thousands of cases for poor residents, achieving wins on debtor’s prison, housing standards, Medicaid, fair hearings, and a Sunday-work dispute, while facing flat federal funding and a new fund raising push.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Maine
Pine Tree Legal Assistance
Pine Tree Legal
State Health and Welfare Department
Pine Tree
United Fund
Virginia's Viewpoint ERA struggle becomes cliffhanger
Virginia Payette surveys the uphill fight for the Equal Rights Amendment as states vote it down or delay ratification. Supporters face a seven year window with rising opposition from male chauvinist legislators and public opinion splitting on equality versus sameness.
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Virginia Payette
Congress
Hawaii
Utah
Virginia
Arkansas
Birthday Law Satire Sparks Holiday Debate
A satirical piece complains about Public Law 90-363 and the idea of George Washington’s birthday being misrepresented as a holiday. The spoof argues lawmakers stretched the truth to extend a long weekend and jokes about misdating the founder’s birthday.
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George Washington
George
Congress
Letters to The Journal Policy and Party Potluck Reminder
The Journal states letters must be signed with street address and city and under 300 words and ideally single sided. Views are not necessarily endorsed by The Journal. The text also includes a humorous aside about a potluck scene and a gag line about a record player made in Central America.
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Central America
Erica
Teller
Sanford Teller
Teller Communications
Lexington Avenue
New York City
N.Y
Washington Roundup: Dismembering OEO Chief Aims at Legal Services
Washington reports outline Howard Phillips orchestrating a purge of moderate Republicans at the Office of Economic Opportunity. Conservatives are hired as consultants, staff are dismissed, and a memo prioritizes eliminating Legal Services, with Agnew's office sending guidance and Nixon proposing a legal aid reform path.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Howard Phillips
Nixon
Pesident Nixon
Office of Economic Opportunity
Phillips
Betts
New York
Jim Buckley
David Jones
Buckley
Jones
OEO
Agnew
Legal Services
America
White House
Capitol Hill
Legal Service Corporation
David Keane
Legal Corporation
La Passion selon Sale draws laughs and shock in Times snippet
A clipping from the Times of London reports the operatic work La Passion selon Sale by Sylvano Bussotti featuring a striptease flogging and piano lashes. It prompts humor and questions about touring America, with commentary on audience taste and propriety.
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Don Maclean
Washington
Times of London
Queen Elizabeth
de Sade
Justine
Sylvano Bussotti
Josephine Nendrick
America
Department of Unforseen Consequences Proposed in Washington
Washington columnist urges creation of a Department of Unforseen Consequences to study cost overruns and planning errors across government, industry, and society. He notes repeated underestimates in roads, housing, inflation, and military budgets, calling for vigilant, long-range oversight.
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Bruce Biossat
NEA
Washington
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Detroit
U.S
Henry Ford
America
Flameproofing by Commerce Regs Sparks Outcry
The piece rails against federal rules mandating fireproof testing for mattresses and flameproof nightwear. It argues such safety measures inflate costs, harm small firms, and reflect democratic despotism. The author mocks broad restrictions and proposes sweeping, improbable regulations as a critique.
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Russel Kirk
Department of Commerce
Commerce
Department of ‘Commerce
Alexis
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Thailand
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