Labor clash over Davis-Bacon reform looms in 1980s
A Labor Department review on Davis-Bacon and Service Contract acts stirs heat as a March 27 1979 set of option papers proposes raising the coverage threshold from $2000 to $100000 and scrapping the 30 percent rule. Rep John Ashbrook asks Marshall for the report while GOP critics press Congress to act amid wage and patronage politics.
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Ray Marshall
Labor Department
Davis-Bacon
John Ashbrook
Marshall
Ashbrook
Ohio Republican
Afl-Cio
Davis- Bacon
Congress
Iran’s Bani Sadr and U.S. hostages policy clash
The piece critiques Iran’s president Bani Sadr over hostage talks and U.S. policy. It argues U.S. aims were to resist Soviet encroachment and aid Iran at their request, contrasting Tehran's view of U.S. intervention. It warns that future interference could repeat Afghanistan’s danger and calls for policy change.
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Iran
Bani Sadr
U.S
United States
Soviet Union
Afghanistan
Kremlin
No Victory in Iran Ransom Ties to Carter Actions
Opinion piece condemns President Carter for negotiating with Iran during the hostage crisis. It argues the administration surrendered to terrorists by allowing asylum, avoiding force, and endorsing a UN propaganda forum. It accuses Carter and aides of political calculations, cites Hamilton Jordan's role, and favors a strength-based blockade rather than appeasement.
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Carter
United States
U.S
United Nations
Sen. Kennedy
Tire
White House
Hamilton Jordan
Panama
Paris
U.N
Afghanistan
Iran
Bani-Sadr
Bush the former Bush front-runner in New Hampshire primary
George Bush of Texas appears set to become the current front runner after New Hampshire votes. The former congressman and diplomat campaigns across Manchester and Nashua praising free enterprise, criticizing Carter, and defending Nixon while fielding questions on women and men draft registration.
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N.H
George Bush
Texas
New Hampshire
Ronald Reagan
Bush
Detroit
U.N
Peking
CIA
William Jennings Bryan
Alaska
Japan
Taiwan
Carter
Hugh Gregg
Manchester Union
Alvirne High School
Hudson
Richard Nixon
Drafting Women and Equal Rights in the Era Debate
The piece asks how to reconcile pro and anti ERA views in the draft context. It questions drafting women as soldiers while keeping them limited to cooks, and defines discrimination in draft terms. It asks if critics will claim women have suffered long enough to warrant risking combat and a Purple Heart.
Letter beat by phones and quizzes in National Letter Writing Week
Writer laments decline of letter writing amid telegraph and phone ads. He argues for nourishing clear, literate prose and cites historic letters by St Paul, de Stael, Twain, Stevenson, Barrett and Johnson, urging parents to require longer letters from students to save literacy.
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U.S. Postal Service
France
Madame de Stael
Mark Twain
San Francisco
Twain
Robert Louis Stevenson
Fanny Sitwell
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