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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1976
Page
8
Bridgeport's September 25 1976 edition highlights city notices sports scores and social briefs. The page presents concise items featuring community names venues and dates common to a local newspaper card.
The LWV sponsors presidential debates as Ford and Carter face tough questions on domestic policy and tax reform. Voters remain divided as both candidates are well coached, with figures and numbers proving confusing. Viewers favor Ford in polls, yet broad engagement is urged to involve more citizens before November 2.
A Tax Foundation report argues Congress increased its budget dramatically from 1960 to 1976, rising 441 percent for the legislative branch while the overall budget grew far less. It notes salaries, staff growth, and agency costs, labeling Congress a bloated, money-eating colossus and urging restraint.
The piece argues for local control of school curriculums amid debates on the new math and federal guidelines. It critiques centralized schooling, noting overestimated Cold War needs, later pay cuts for excess teachers and engineers, and the mismatch between policy and practical classroom outcomes.
The Lockheed affair shakes Japan’s political elite as the LDP faction system buckles. Kakuei Tanaka's corruption case, Takeo Miki’s drive to reform, and pressure from Fukuda and Ohira threaten to topple the party, potentially ushering multi-party politics and a more transparent era while altering U.S. relations.
A story recounts a Soviet pilot delivering a MIG-25 to Japan amid Cold War tension. Muleback, a US contractor humorously implied to be a body shop expert, is hired to assess and repair the damaged aircraft, revealing politics over school policy and centralization in education.
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