Michigan lawmaker proposes voting holidays for all election days
State Rep. Joseph Forbes introduces a bill to make national and state general election days public holidays in Michigan to reduce lines at polls. He argues the plan would let every eligible voter cast a ballot, noting long waits and disruptions to schools from polling places.
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Joseph Forbes
Oak Park
Michigan
Forbes
U.S. Library of Congress
United States
Detroit
Big Rapids
France
Ireland
New Zealand
How to Lose 20 Pounds and Keep It Off
A humorous essay on losing weight by quitting eating, with chaotic family scenes and public bragging. The narrator jokes about the Pavlov timer, theater of weight loss, and reactions from relatives and neighbors as a satirical tip list. Misery loves company and misdirection replace discipline.
Michigan Faces Fluoride Decision Across All Water Systems
By July 19 every county city township or village must decide to reject or add fluoride to its drinking water under a 1968 law. If not rejected, it must be fluoridated. About 250 Michigan communities already fluoridate serving 6.4 million people, with 54 having naturally fluoridated water and health officials affirming fluoride's role in reducing tooth decay.
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Reed City
Watergate
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Maurice Reizen
Michigan Faces Vanity Plates And Health Aid Debates
The state contemplates vanity license plates with proceeds to highway cleanup and cites health director Maurice Reizen on fluoride reducing tooth decay. Legislation proposals aim to fund catastrophic illnesses with a $500000 pool covering 100 percent of expenses above 15 percent of family income, while school aid bill progress looms over legislative wind-up and potential formula continuation.
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Michigan
Highway Department
Jaguar
Lotus
Verte
Richard Austin
Lansing
Senate
House
Bursley bill eyed for school aid and tax reform
The senate backed a plan to guarantee 38 dollars per pupil per mill for up to 22 mills, totaling about 1.25 billion. The Crim-Ryan compromise is under consideration as the house weighs its action.
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Senate
Kennedy leads Connally in early 1976 presidential poll
A May 1973 Gallup sample shows Senator Ted Kennedy would win against Texas Governor John Connally by 50 to 36 percent, with 14 percent undecided. An April poll had Kennedy ahead of Vice President Agnew 51 to 38 percent.
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Kennedy
Agnew
Early 1976 Campaign Talk Opens Long Election Road
The piece argues that 1976 presidential campaigning starts early with Washington columnists like Bruce Biossat and David S. Broder predicting a slim field of contenders. It notes Sen. Kennedy, Jackson, Mondale, Humphrey unlikely, while Nixon era advisers Connally and Laird surface as potential GOP rivals. Rockefeller and Reagan are observed cautiously, Percy critiques the White House line, and Agnew comments frame the Watergate climate.
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Dr. Gallup
Washington
Jack Anderson
Bruce Biossat
National Editorial Association
Sen. Kennedy
Biossat
Henry Jackson
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Sen
Humphrey
Hubert Humphrey
Washington Posts
David S. Broder
Nixon
Connally
Melvin
Laird
Defense
New York
Rockefeller
California
Ronald Reagan
White House
Broder
Illinois
Charles Percy
Agnew
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