Postal reform plans threaten rural mail delivery changes
The postmaster general pushes a belt plan to cut deliveries, end door-to-door service, and shrink staffing amid protests from rural areas and Congress. Deficits reach 1.4 billion this year and could rise to 2.5 billion annually. critics warn privatization could create two major national problems.
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U.S
Benjamin F. Bailor
Balair
America
Congress
Bailor
Bailar
United States
Ford Administration
United States Post Office
Shucking the tamale and Texas politics in 1976
William Safire analyzes Ford Reagan dynamics noting Ford’s tamale gaffe and strategic missteps. He argues Reagan understands the race is about national pride and moral strength, not experience, urging Ford to address policy and diplomacy while urging Reagan to focus on a unifying cause of freedom. The piece frames Panama Canal debates as a symbol of national decline and stresses the need for clear foreign policy messaging from both candidates.
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William Safire
New York Times
Washington
Texas
Ford
White House
Ronald Reagan
George McGovern
Gerald Ford
Henry Kissinger
Dallas
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
America
United Nations
Soviet Union
Panama Canal
Congress
Oval Office
James Schlesinger
Carter
Califoria
Nixon
Strom Thurmond Medal Controversy Flags Political Award
A 1972 Legion of Merit for Strom Thurmond, awarded for noncombat service from 1946 to 1964, drew intense push from the Pentagon and White House. Army Awards Board initially refused. Westmoreland and others opposed. The medal, issued long after the meritorious period, sparked questions of legality and political pressure surrounding Thurmond’s growing influence in military budgets and Reserve Officers Association leadership.
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Jack
Army Awards Board
William Estmoreland
Army
Pentagon
Thurmond
Defense
Robert McNamara
McNamara
Legion of Merit
Nixon
Westmoreland
Stanley Resor
Robert Froehlke
White House
Froehlke
Pte
George Patton
Bay Window
Capitol Hill
Paris
Rome
Madrid
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Old Strom
South Carolina
Union
U.S
Mad Dog Ruffin
Charleston Harbor
Fort Sumter
Strom
Congress
Reserve Officers Association
ROA
J. Milner Roberts
Roberts
R.G. Gard
Warren Abernathy
Gard
Abernathy
Uts
Americans fight for crime protection by Paul Harvey
A compilation of dramatic crime anecdotes across Houston Chicago and Los Angeles years with Rendleman Johnson Ramos and Mason. The piece argues vigilante action and homeowners rights in violent break-ins and questions gun control debates.
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Paul Harvey
Los Angeles Times
Chicago
Carroll Rendleman
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Alta W. Foster
B.F.C. Whitehouse
Biddeford
Saco
Ournah
Gladys M. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Brian C. Thayer
Strom Thurmond
Boston
Kojak
Houston
James C. Johnson
Mrs. Johnson
Johnson
Lurdella Ramos
Robert Mason
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