Apollo 17 mission ends moon landing debate
The piece argues Apollo 17 marks the final manned moon landing, defending the program against critics. It contrasts the physical goal with social issues, notes Apollo cost around 25 to 27 billion dollars, and contends space spending was money well spent compared with other domestic programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
N.Y
Apollo
America
New York Times
Columbia University
Amitai Etzioni
Center For Policy Research
Dr. Etzioni
Ill Fated Car Shaped Whisky Bottle Sale Edges Iowa Debate
Iowa liquor officials face criticism after auto dealer favored sale of 150 car shaped whisky bottles with no case estimate. Rep Richard Norpel urged a civil rights probe though critics call for first come first serve dispensing the bottles. A 1971 episode saw 9000 Old Capitol bottles sold before connoisseurs. Critics fault out of state distillers for the car shaped design amid highway death tolls tied to drinking and driving.
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Iowa
Oldsmobile
Liquor Control Commission
State Commission
Richard Norpel
Bellevue
Civil Rights Commission
Rolland Gallagher
Capitol
Latin course funding and travel plan debate in schools
Readers discuss Latin offerings in the senior high and the impractical travel of students to Washington for classes. They question staffing, scheduling, and policy, urging full-time teachers and onsite Latin options at McKinley Jefferson and Kennedy. They warn on token enrollments and bus travel burdens.
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Washington
Jefferson
Kennedy
McKinley
Franklin
Airbus
Nixon
B.E.A
British European Airways
U.S
Lockheed
Tanaka
Russia as the new American frontier in world development
Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber argues U.S. enterprise will push massive Russia development, with the USSR offering rich potential for Western investment. He critiques Europe’s failure to unite, cites aviation as evidence, and predicts transnational firms must rise to bridge nations, while economic nationalism declines.
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RIS
United States
Russia
U.S
Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber
L’express
Radical Party
Soviet Union
U.S.A
Europe
Far West
America
U.S.S.R
China
Nixon
George Meany
Ukraine
Servan-Schreiber
France
Culture and Carols Debate Sparks in Maryland Schools
James J. Kilpatrick argues the 1962 school prayer ruling supports allowing Christmas carols in public schools. He contends carols are cultural heritage and not purely religious, citing hymns like Adeste Fidelis and Silent Night as historical art. He suggests Jewish students join in to foster harmony.
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Ashington
Washington
Prince George’s County
Isaac Franck
Jewish Community Council of
Greater Washington
Bethlehem
Herald Angels
Franck
Carl W. Hassel
Hassel
Morning Post
Supreme Court
New York
New York Board of Regents
New Hyde Park
Justice Black
Black
Engel v. Vitale
Maryland
el Greco
Botticelli
Michelangelo
Austria
Mendelssohn
Is It the Truth by Carl Riblet Jr
A cynical column discusses political corruption and public life, contrasting blunt satire with warnings about parental authority and budgeting for teenage mischief. The piece reflects on voter behavior and municipal officials as seen from a street corner viewpoint.
Words and word origins in faith and dialect
The piece surveys feminist language debates about referring to God as Him and notes the difficulty of creating a gender neutral pronoun. It also explains usage of have got and gotten, plus origins of words like bellwether and hlafweard in Old English.
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California
God
News Dispatch
Philadelphia
Hlaf
Hlafweard
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
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