Quotation Fragments Stir Preparatory Resolve
The text presents two historical quotes about preparation and strength. Nahum 2 1 urges readiness as the shatterer advances, while Theodore Roosevelt stresses planning ahead to avoid trouble. The items reflect prompts for preparedness and resilience.
Welch Paper Front Page Obscenity Sparks Editorial Clash
A Welch newspaper front page uses a vulgar slur in a McDowell County trial report provoking the Bluefield Daily Telegraph to denounce it as journalistic bad taste. The editors argue classics and education are being sidelined in favor of shock value and a career focus.
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Playboy
Welch Daily News
Coming Changes on the U S Supreme Court in Carter Era
The piece notes two potential retirements Chief Justice Burger and Justice Marshall and discusses Carter era judicial expansion. It cites ages and salaries and mentions other 70 year old justices Brennan and Powell. It covers possible first woman appointment Barbara Jordan and outlines omnibus judgeship plans facing Senate opposition.
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U. S. Supreme Court
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William Brennan
Eisenhower
Lewis Powell
Nixon
Barbara Jordan
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Harry Byrd
Ind.Va
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Post Watergate years reshape politics and law
Five years after Watergate the nation recalls Nixon era moments and recalls three presidents, four vice presidents, and six attorneys general. The piece notes reforms, ethics codes, Sunshine laws, and a strengthened Congress while lingering probes and executive privilege debates continue.
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NEA
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H. R. Haldeman
John Mitchell
John Sirica
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E. Howard Hunt Jr
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Congress
Abortion Ruling Sparks Dissent Over 1973 Decision
Washington commentary notes the 6 3 Supreme Court vote against mandating funding for nontherapeutic abortions under welfare programs. Dissenting voices by Blackmun Brennan Marshall challenge the majority's view that the 1973 ruling grants a freedom without funding duties.
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Supreme Court
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Buckley on Interdependence and European Elections
William F Buckley critiques interdependence rhetoric while contrasting non interference with European elections. Henry Kissinger cautions that Communist leverage could unravel Western alliance citing Marchais Berlinguer and 1945 soviet backed promises. He questions sincerity of independence declarations amid electoral self interest.
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Poland
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France
George Marchais
Soviet Union
Marchais
Italy
Berlinguer
Ashbrook slur dispute and patronage findings in Congress
Washington reports recount a heated exchange over a racial slur attributed to Rep. John Ashbrook and the ensuing denial by Ashbrook. The piece also details a House Commission report on patronage, noting staff hires and perks funded by taxpayers, including police, guides, saunas, and medical services.
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Commission
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