ERA boosters push for ratification despite hurdles
In Bridgeport a Connecticut IWY conference titled Connecticut Women Speak Out featured heated exchanges from both sides. Patricia Lankenau called ERA "the most destructive," while Helen Peart argued the constitutional amendment would guarantee freedom from sex discrimination. A compromise resolution backed ERA and will be sent to the national convention in September, seen as a small win in a larger struggle to ratify before the 1978 deadline.
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Helen Peart
Permanent Commission On the Status of Women
Big Jim Thompson Eyes 1980 GOP Nomination
An analyst notes Illinois Governor James Thompson as the GOP favorite for 1980, with John Anderson deeming Ford and Reagan too old. Carter’s renomination looks likely if he runs, making Thompson a strong challenger and prompting Republicans to seek a new leader. Miliken is also mentioned as potential, but Thompson dominates.
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John B. Anderson
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Michigan
William Milliken
Milliken
John Anderson
Gerry Fore
Ronnie Reagan
Employment gaps persist as blacks show college payoff
A Freeman study indicates black graduates earn more than whites with similar credentials, but government employment dominates for blacks, with 51 percent of black males and 72 percent of black women with four-year degrees on federal or state payrolls. Critics warn of dependency and limited private-sector gains.
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Harvard
Richard Freeman
Freeman
Feds
Nobel Rat Breakthrough Claims for New White Rats
Washington professor Heinrich Applebaum says he bred two "super" white rats immune to any medical test. He claims the rats withstand diet saccharin, cigarettes, carbon monoxide, and other treatments, promising a bonanza for drug firms and a Nobel Prize for himself.
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Washington
FDA
Nonce
Russia’s Quiet Rise Beyond Military Might
The article argues Soviet progress is slow but real in technology economy and social coping. Despite US hawk exaggerations, Russia shows gains in consumer goods agriculture and vast natural resources. It stresses multi year projects and reform of central planning as key, warning against viewing the USSR as a 19th century power.
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Medicaid Abuses Targeted by HEW as Fraud Fears Rise
HEW Secretary Joseph Califano Jr says a computer check found 172 apparent fraud cases in the 18 billion dollar Medicaid program for the poor and disabled. He cites a druggist who billed for 102 tablets a day for 204 days and a doctor who claimed six tonsillectomies in one year. He estimates fraud could total 600 to 900 million annually, while praising the vast majority of professionals.
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Joseph A. Califano Jr
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