Distance reading praised by Fulbright in CJR
The Columbia Journalism Review features former Senator J. William Fulbright praising regional and smaller newspapers for journalistic distance. He notes Washington reporters’ intimacy with officials, contrasting it with smaller papers’ detachment. Fulbright, Arkansas senator and Fulbright Scholar namesake, chaired Foreign Relations, critiqued Vietnam War.
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Columbia Journalism Review
J. William Fulbright
Washington-New York
Fulbright
CJR
Washington Press Corps
Senate
Arkansas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
University of Arkansas
New York
New York Times
The
Times
Washington
Spiro Agnew
Walter Williams
School of Journalism
University of Missouri
Homemakers seek Social Security coverage under H R 9949
Rep Spark Matsunaga proposes extending Social Security to homemakers by treating homemaker work as self employed under title II. The plan sets a 40 hour week at minimum wage, requires eligibility ages 18 plus, and offers voluntary participation with potential exemptions for double taxation. Co sponsors include Broadhead Conyers Diggs Eagar Miller Rangel Russo Roe Scheuer Udall Holtzman Mikva.
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Spark M. Matsunaga
Hawaii
Nhousewifes
Congress
Broadhead
Mich
Conyers
Diggs Jr
Eagar
Miller
Calif
Rangel
N. Y
Russo
Roe
N. J. Scheuer
Udall Ariz
Ms. Holtzman
N. A Heistoski
N. J
Mikva
Jonglei Canal project eyed to drain Sudd Swamp
Engineers plan a 180 mile canal through the Sudd Swamp in southern Sudan to lift Nile waters, a multi million dollar scheme backed by Sudan and Egypt. The $350 million project would channel water northward and beyond to Egypt, amid ecological and political concerns.
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Khartoum
Egypt
Malkal
Sudan
Mediterranean
Sayed Yahya Abdel Mageed
Jonglei
Nile
White Nile
Juba
Behr Ed Jebel
Behr el Zeraf
Malakal
Victoria
Albert
Kyoga
Sadd
Sayed Mageed
Awsan
Cameron Citizens Earn Certificates At Account Management Seminar
Ninety seven Cameron business people attended the University of Texas at Austin seminar on Accounts Management Awareness. Ninety two received certificates bought and sponsored by First National Bank in Cameron. The event was held in the First United Methodist Church community room with hosts from the bank.
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Cameron
University of Texas At Austin
First National Bank
First United Methodist Church
First National
Texas
Cousteau probes Aegean for Atlantis legends
French underwater explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau plans two scientific films in the Aegean Sea after an agreement with the Greek National Tourism Organization. The expedition aims to uncover remnants of a 4000-year-old civilization near Thera, exploring the Atlantis myth with support from the Greek government, the Cousteau Society, and the Greek Film Center.
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Athens
Reuter
Aegean
Jacques - Yves Cousteau
Atlantis
Greek National Tourist Organization
EOT
Cousteau
Thera
Santorini
Cousteau Society
Greek Film Center
Aegean Sea
Spyridon Marinotos
Greek Antiquities Department
Marinatos
Knossos
Crete
Cyclades Islands
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Frank M. Luecke
Cameron Herald
Atexas
East First Street
Crump
Peake
Tp&l
Texas Power & Light Company
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