Cronkite on liberty and government overreach
A Michigan State University audience hears Walter Cronkite warn Americans have lost the will to defend liberty. The piece argues government actions from Social Security to schooling and conscription threaten freedom, urging media to deepen liberty understanding for recovery. The columnist praises Cronkite’s stance but urges harsher scrutiny of state power.
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Michigan State University
Walter Cronkite
Cronkile
Kherty
Vehaeder
Cronkite
Chile
Mr. Cronkite
Mr. Gronkite
Senator Sam Ervin Shows Duty Over Ambition
The nation watches as Watergate investigations wind down and Senator Sam Ervin exits public life with a sense of duty fulfilled. He says he sought truth and responsibility, not personal gain or higher office, hoping his work helps the country at a critical moment.
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North Carolina
Sam Ervin
United States
Praise for Sen Sam Draws From Constitution in Debate
The Gastoria North Carolina Gazette notes Sen Sam defended executive power against the President’s remarks calling it poppycock. He warned White House aides could be jailed for contempt if questioned, while the President asked for clarity. Ervin calls Watergate a tragedy yet warns a government hiding truth is worse.
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Prisleger
Ervin
Flo
White House
North Carolina
Waslington
Neighborhood unit girls run day camp with help from leaders
The People Speak letter thanks Ruby Gehring Deanna Brekken Janet Shuele and the camp staff for a successful day camp run by a Neighborhood Unit 7 Girl Scouts. The writer riffs on food prices and everyday frugality, urging community awareness and humor.
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Ruby Gehring
Deanna Brekken
Janet Shuele
Nixon Meets Brezhnev In Washington Visit Echoed in Dream
In a surreal street scene on Pennsylvania Avenue an elderly man mutters about the hammer and sickle flying at the White House during a Brezhnev visit. The conversation drifted through Nixon, McCarthy, Chiang Kai-shek, and a shift in U.S. diplomacy to Communist China and Moscow.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Execulve
White House
Leonid Brezhnev
United States
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Pye
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Alger
Nein
Rip
People’s Republic
China
Chiang Kaishek
Moscow
Sea
Joe McCarthy
McCarthy
Detente and the Nixon era myths in a satirical exchange
A satirical dialogue mocks U S claims of détente with Communist powers while highlighting Indochina and Cambodia. It portrays Rip and Hi questioning the extent of the threat and references Watergate as a defining scandal in Nixon's presidency.
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United States
Free World
Indochina
Rip
Nixon
White House
Cambodia
Let Peace Begin With Me
The Columbus Telegram issues a broad statement about freedom as a gift from God, arguing responsible liberty requires personal virtue and adherence to the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence. The piece reflects a civic-polemical tone featured in the June 23 1979 Columbus Nebraska edition.
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Your Freedom
Ronted Timselre
Wil Ha
Freedom
Columbus Telegram
Columbus
Nebraska
Buckley Speech Promotes Human Life Amendment on Senate Floor
Senator Buckley and six colleagues urge a constitutional Human Life Amendment to curb abortion. The address cites Dr. A W Lolley on fetal development from 25 to 63 days, noting heart, brain, organs, movement, and early fetal behavior as pivotal in the abortion debate.
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Scusser Daniel Buckley
New York
Senata
Congress
Webster
Calhoun
Clay
Hatfield
Hughes
Bennett
Bartlett
Curtis
Young
Buckley
A.W. Lolley
Eind Long
Insight into fetal development and obstetric ethics
The text presents Dr Liley on fetal perception and responsiveness, arguing modern obstetrics sees the unborn as a patient needing diagnosis and treatment. It notes public votes in Michigan and South Dakota influence sentiment on related amendments and political figures.
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Liley
Michigan
South Dakota
Sen
Buckley
Managing Diabetes Through Diet and Insulin Balance
A reader with type diabetes on 60 units daily insulin seeks lowering strategies. The doctor explains insulin must align with diet, explains energy use and ketosis risk, and urges sticking to physician prescribed diet and insulin plan. Overweight patients may need less insulin as weight is reduced.
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Lawrence, Lamb
M.D
Dr. Lamb
Across and Down Puzzle Clues Span Wide Topics
A dense list of crossword style Across and Down clues covers diverse themes from places like Maine and Cincinnati to cultural items such as tribal terms and music dynasties. The mixed entries include animals, plants, and common words along with various descriptors and nationality hints.
Governors poise to seize the presidency amid domestic crisis
A Lake Tahoe gathering frames governors as a rising force for national leadership amid inflation, unemployment, crime and urban decay. Observers note strong, urgent statements from Daniel Evans, William Milken, Patrick Lucey, John Gilligan, and Nelson Rockefeller suggesting governors could claim the nation’s top job as Washington stalwarts falter.
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Lake Tahoe
Aly
Washington
Wille
GOP
Dwight Lisenhower
Strenth
Daniel Evans
William Milken
Michigan
Patrick Lucey
Wisconsin
John Gilligan
Brooklyn-born man who became president of the Irish Free State
Question asks which Brooklyn-born figure led Ireland across the Atlantic and the answer identifies Eamon de Valera as president of the Irish Free State from 1932 to 1937. The second query notes that of the Seven Wonders only the pyramids remain.
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Atlantic
Eamon de Valer
Irish Free State
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Hart
Ilo
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Maine
Aki
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