Quebec Referendum Shocks North American Outlook
Amid Quebecois victory the Parti Quebecois leader Levesque prompts a possible independence referendum with Trudeau signaling a national plebiscite. Analysts ponder a split Canada reshaping ties with the United States and risking federation with English-speaking provinces, though critics call the forecast premature.
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James Wolfe
Marquis de Montcalm
Abraham
Quebec
North America
Canada
Parti Quebecois
Hene Levesque
United States
Ent
Wolfe Jontoalm
Alcoholism harms workers and firms across American industry
A new book by Joseph J. Follman for the American Management Association argues that about one in twenty employees are affected by alcoholism, costing billions and harming lives. It advocates company led anti alcoholism programs with supervisory involvement and job based discipline to salvage careers rather than moralize.
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Ho Hic
Joseph J. Follman
National Institute On Alcoholism
Follman
Neiny
Wleaper Enterprise Assn
Cabinet of 1977 could echo Jefferson era
Ray Cromley argues that great presidents succeed by appointing brilliant minds to top posts. He cites Wilfred J. McNeil at the Defense Department as a model of effective stewardship and warns that modern leaders may rely on loyalists instead of diverse, eminent cabinet figures. He envisions a Carter cabinet of Jeffersons and Hamiltons to transform bureaucratic waste into bold solutions.
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Washington
NEA
Wilfred J. McNeil
Defense Department
McNeil
Pentagon
Thomas Jefferson
John Marshall
James Madison
Daniel Webster
John C. Calhoun
William Seward
Edmund Randolph
Alexander Hamilton
Albert Gallatin
William McAdoo
Andrew Mellon
Treasury
Harlan Stone
Roger B. Taney
James Monroe
Elihu Root
Herbert Hoover
Jeffersons
Hamiltons
McAdoos
John Marshalls
William Sewards
Harlan Stones
Elihu
Carter
Honest Politician and Playoff Run in Plains and Denton
A column debates why Bill Carter lost the Plains Georgia mayoral race, suggesting honesty as an obstacle for politicians. It notes the Childress Bobcats’ playoff status in the Panhandle and urges Denton supporters to back the team. The piece questions unemployment policy and welfare, arguing that benefits discourage work and strain the economy.
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Bill Carter
Plains
Childress Bobcats
Panhandle
Denton
Snyder
Congress
Worcester Art Museum acquires Field portraits
The Worcester Art Museum adds four portraits by American folk artist Erastus Salisbury Field dated 1837. The subjects are Field's friends Eleazar and Sibbel Cowles and their daughters Maria and Louisa.
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Worcester
Mass
Worcester Art Museum
Erastus Salisbury Field
Field
Eleazar and
Sibbel Cowles
Maria
Louisa
Carter signals tax cut as option in economic plan
President elect Carter faces mixed views on tax relief with bankers and E CI O backing varies while economists and banks project rebates up to 15 billion. Analysts say tax cuts could fuel growth and reduce unemployment though impact on retirees and the broader poor remains debated.
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Carter
Afl-Cio
Citibank
Bankers Trust
Reginald Jones
General Electric
Business Week
Public Forum Letter From Judge Wilhite Bets on Childress Football
A letter from County Judge Charles R. Wilhite to Postmaster E L Havins praises Childress football prospects. He notes Bowie as district leader and DeKalb’s win last Friday. Wilhite plans to attend the Denton game and wishes Childress success this season.
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Bowie
DeKalb
Denton
Childress
Charles R. Wilhite
Decatur
Today in History December 9 1976 highlight
On December 9 1941 Japanese troops invaded the Philippines marking the start of the Pacific War. This AP history note notes the date as a significant wartime milestone in World War II.
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Associated Press
Phillippines
Notable events and birthdays across history and entertainment
A collage of dates and people from history and culture including Milton birth in 1608 and Noah Webster's newspaper founding, WWII era battles, John Birch Society roots, Hoffa’s release, Beirut conflict toll, and modern TV ratings notes. It also notes birthdays for Kirk Douglas and Maria Callas, plus Rodgers and Hart show commentary and Nielsen ratings for network programs.
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John Milton
London
Noah Webster
New York
France
North Africa
Aachen
Germany
Robert Welch Jr
Indianapolis
John Birch Society
National Council of Churches
Vietnam
United Nations
Teamster Union
James Hoffa
Lewisburg
Richard M. Nixon
Beirut
Lebanon
Kirk Douglas
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
America Salutes Richard Rodgers TV Special
CBS airs a two hour tribute titled America Salutes Richard Rodgers cohosted by Gene Kelly and Henry Winkler. The program honors the composer of over 1100 songs and 42 Broadway shows with tunes from South Pacific to The Sound of Music and explains the creative process in an engaging history style.
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Rodgers
Hart
Oscar
Cloris Leachman
Bing Crosby
Lena Horne
Peggy Lee
Vic Damone
Sammy Davis Jr
Diahann Carroll
Sandy Duncan
Dwight Hemion
Gary Smith
Buz Kohan
Ted Strauss
Ralph Burns
Billy Byers
CBS
William S. Paley
Rodgers and Hart
Los Angeles
America
Richard Rodgers
Gene Kelly
Henry “the Fonz
Winkler
Sound of Music
Kelly
Lorenz Hart
Oscar Hammerstein II
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Don Oakley
By Don Oakley
Ray Cromley
By Ray Cromley
Business Mirror
John Cunniff
Butler’s
Gilmore Locker
Wellington
E.L. Havins
Texas
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Maria Callas
NBC
A. C. Nielsen
ABC
Nielsen
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Moneychangers
George Burns
Millon
Charlie's Angels
Insterate
Rudolph
Kotter
By Jay Sharbutt
AP Television
Dairy Mart
Memphis, Texas
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