Supreme Court ruling fuels debate on affirmative action quotas
The piece criticizes the 5-3 Supreme Court decision on race based action in employment, arguing it undermines the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and endorses discrimination. It cites Sen. Humphrey and Sen. Clark, warns of Jim Crow effects, and calls for a reevaluation of race based policy and constitutional limits on Congress.
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Supreme Court
Hubert Humphrey
Congress
Humphrey
Joseph Clark
Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
Clark
Brezhnev Urges Caution Over Detente in 25th Congress
Brezhnev warns the United States against seeking closer ties, stressing Soviet goals remain expansionist and accusing critics in Moscow of doubting accord. He frames peace and limits on arms as issues, while noting domestic discontent over consumer shortages and agricultural failures.
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Lenoid Brezhnev
Communist Party Congress
United States
Moscow
Kremlin
Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Middle East
Taxpayers urged to donate one dollar to debt reduction
The piece argues Americans would prefer donating a dollar from income taxes to reduce the national deficit rather than fund presidential campaigns. It contends the debt worsens while government spending wastes money and suggests bureaucrats won’t cut the deficit.
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Washington
Election night lore from Platte County keepsake mystery
In Charlotte a woman hands a Hebrew prayer book marked From Fanny to the narrator. The book contains photos of Fanny Schulein and a younger Bertha, hinting at a long forgotten life in Los Angeles and old county history.
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Fanny Schulein
Los Angeles
Charlotte
N.C
Fanny
Bertha
Stout
Election Night at Platte County Courthouse Chronicle
David Lyons recalls election night at the Platte County Court House as reporters and officials ready ballots in a historic box. The process unfolds with delayed tabulations, calls from UPI, and a festive, familiar atmosphere among candidates and observers.
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Dorothy Kyriss
UPI
Lyons
Reagan
Church
Creek
Joliet
Shell Creek
Woodville
Kissinger under fire over Africa policy in press symposium
In a southern press symposium the critique targets Henry Kissinger for hypocrisy in Africa policy. Critics cite Mozambique’s dictatorship under Samora Machel, Rhodesia’s income impact, and potential consequences for U S politics and the Byrd Amendment, suggesting Ford’s re election bid risks votes amid this stance.
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Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Africa
U.S
Mozambique
Rhodesia
Idi Aman
Uganda
Samora Machel
Frelimo Party
Machel
Indian Ocean
American-African Association
Time
Newsweek
Congress
Eye Steel
Allegheny Ludlum Ee Ea Etilanes
Ford
Big News Weekly
Byrd
Jimmy Carter
Jerry Brown
Michigan
Ohio
Fanny Schulein and the shadow of Hitler’s rise
Jim Bishop recounts Fanny Schulein a Berlin writer who fled Nazi Germany and struggled in exile. She faced police, immigration battles, mental strain, and isolation while witnessing the era’s horrors and the fall of Hitler. The piece ends reflecting on a 1924 scene and a modern political quip.
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