Education quality debate and MTA endorsements in Maine
A Maine study cites rising concerns over student reading and writing levels while the Maine Teachers Association engages with senatorial and congressional candidates. The piece questions teacher demands and warns voters to scrutinize MTA endorsed contenders amid contract tensions and potential strikes.
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U.S. Senate
Congress
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Maine
David Bustin
Bustin
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Mondale Bill on Information and National Goals Analyzed
George F. Will recounts Mondale s 1971 Senate bill to define full social opportunity and create a Council of Social Advisors and an Office of Goals and Priorities Analysis He argues the measure assumed information would resolve political aims and criticized liberal overreliance on scientific data and administration.
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Washington Post Co
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Ford
Mondale
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Council of Social Advisors
Congress
Congressional Record
Behavioral and Social Sciences Survey Committee
National Academy of Sciences
Social Science Research Council
Behavioral and Social Scientists
America
Richard Schweiker
House of Representatives
Bo Callaway faces new conflict of interest questions
Washington reports Howard Bo Callaway's links to a land and dam project raise questions again. He allegedly aided Jay C. Tapp against Clapton Crossing dam while Tapp chaired an Army advisory panel, drawing scrutiny from Sen. Patrick Leahy.
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Ford
Howard Bo’ Callaway
Forest Service
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Coleski
Callaway
Jay C. Tapp
Georgia
Tapp
Young Presidents Organization
Army Engineers
Clapton Crossing
Tex
Army
Callawa
Army Civil Works Advisory Committee
Patrick Leahy
D.-Vt
Jack Cloherty
Ey Committee
Pocatello
Evansville
Roger Zion
R.ind
Direct
Mobil
Ath Ag
National Science Foundation
Independent Oil Marketers’ Conference
Washington University
Southern Caucus
Federal Energy
William Johnson
Too many underestimate privilege to vote
Carter pushes mail registration as a political tactic to broaden turnout arguing it helps the poor while critics warn it could dilute the electorate. The piece recalls past studies and argues voting should remain a privilege earned by taxpayers, not a broad right.
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Carter
American Enterprise Institute
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