France shaped America two centuries of aid and empire
An Anay 1978 reminiscence notes how France aided American independence beginning May 2 1776 when Louis XVI ordered one million livres in arms for clandestine delivery. It traces French Canada fur trade from early explorers to Champlain Quebec settlements and the crown’s control, contrasting French monopoly rule with English colonial openness and the drift toward self-government.
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France
John Adams
Continental Congress
Paris
England
Louis XVI
America
New World
Columbus
Newfoundland
New France
Grand Banks
Europe
Canada
Francis
Charles
Spain
Alexander VI
Portugal
Adam
Giovanni Verrazano
Jacques Cartier
Samuel Champlain
St. Croix Island
St. Croix
Port Royal
Champlain
Quebec
Jamestown
St. Lawrence
Canatong
Crown
Marine
Court of Versailles
Land use reform faces stiff odds in Pennsylvania
The piece argues that Pennsylvania's fragmented local zoning has degraded farmland and waters, fueling sprawl and flood risks. It supports state land use management, proposed since 1973, to protect farms and wetlands, regulate flood plains, and guide growth, but faces strong local resistance and legislative hurdles.
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Pennsylvania
Shapp
Commonwealth
General Assembly
Harrisburg
Tell & Strip
Moyers leaves public broadcasting for CBS Reports
After five seasons Moyers resigns from his public TV journal and will join CBS Reports as anchor and chief reporter on June 1. He cites a five-year limit idea to renew public broadcasting and says open renewal is essential. The piece also covers reaction to a CIA Pike report leak and critiques CBS journalism ethics surrounding the leak and the Reporters Committee.
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New York
BIN
Moyers
Public TV Journal
CBS
CBS Reports
Edward R. Murrow
Peace Corps
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Newsday
Long Island
Bill Moyers
Journal
NBC
Frank McGee
ABC
Washington
Dan Rather
60 Minutes
CIA
U.S
Daniel Schorr
House
Reporters Committee For Freedom of the
Village Voice
Voice
Reporters Committee
Washington Post
Schorr
Post
Bicentennial editorial on making the nation governable
In this Bicentennial year the author argues for a massive movement to prove the nation is governable and to apply its force. The piece warns that without such effort the United States risks losing its status as the world's richest and strongest nation.
Contempt Or Conflicts In CBS Schorr Reporters Case
Schorr says profits were avoided while the CBS linked Reporters Committee would receive any money. The piece accuses CBS and press leaders of a conflict of interest, cites ONeill and Cronkite, and questions press protections, leaks, and the possible contempt of Congress. It discusses Daniel Schorr, Edward R. Murrow era concerns, and CIA leaks impacting U.S. policy.
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Schorr
Reporters Committee
Arthur Taylor
CBS
Congress
National Press
Tip" O'Neill
Lke
Walter Cronkite
C/A
House Committee
CIA
Sen
Frank Church
Daniel Schorr
Hias
U.S
Italy
Angola
Athens
Richard Walch
United States
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J-Corry Journal
Anay
Don McLeod
Associated Press
Weller
Ay William Ecanbarger
Philadelphia Inquirer
The
Small Society
United States Senate
Richard S. Schweiker
Milton Shapp
Senate
Capitol
Washington, D.C
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
United States Representative Assembly
Joseph P. Vigorito
Cannon House
Washington, Dc.c
R. Budd Dwyer
Forest Hopkins
TV Guide
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