Virginia to Form 21 Member Electricity Cost Panel
Governor Godwin appoints a 21 member panel to study Virginia electricity costs. Dr Ronald E Carrier chairs the group with cabinet confidence, though critic Henry Howell calls for more consumer voices. The commission aims to gather facts, avoid bias and aid fair treatment for consumers and utilities.
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Godwin
Virginia
Ronald E. Carrier
Madison College
Henry Howell
Howell
Commission
Ford Leads GOP Poll in 1976 nomination race
Ford tops the latest Gallup poll with 34 percent among Republicans, Reagan 22 percent, Goldwater 17 percent, and Rockefeller 10 percent. The survey notes 60 percent approve Ford's presidency, cites a 57 percent Conservative vote, and questions poll methodology while highlighting a desire for a broad-based party.
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Ford
Gallup
Ronald Reagan
California
Barry Goldwater
Rockefeller
Congress
Parting Shots on Railroads and Coaching Tall Tales
A jumble of wry lines about railroad practices, tea leaf predictions, a repaired chuckhole outside a house, and Shotgun Schultz waking up daily. The speaker muses on coaching in sports and questions how a person can be trained to be tall, mixing humor with social commentary.
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Shotgun Schultz
MACOS faces House probe over fifth grade social studies course
The National Science Foundation has spent over 6.5 million dollars in public funds on the MACOS program, a fifth grade social studies course, which is now under scrutiny in the House of Representatives. The controversy centers on the Man: A Course of Study program and its funding and promotion.
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Washington
National Science Foundation
House of
Buckley on Burnham and policy paradoxes in the Cold War
William F Buckley Jr surveys James Burnham s critique of U S foreign policy arguing that officials mix detente with hard line actions and reveal a schizoid approach to Southeast Asia He also questions the NSF funded MACOS social science curriculum and its promotion of controversial Eskimo studies and value shaping by government funded texts
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James Burnham
Burnham
Southeast Asia
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Indochina
Kissinger
Jackson
Congressional
Nixon
Peking
Moscow
CIA
Secretary of State
Secretary of Defense
Congress
Soviet Union
NSF
Curriculum Development Associates
Washington
Jerome Bruner
Harvard
Oxford University
John B. Conlan
Arizona
Conlan
Bruner
State and Local Welfare Reform Under Pressure
Russell Kirk argues that without federal welfare reform the system will collapse and shifts the burden to the states. He cites Michigan and California as examples, notes inefficiency and arrogance in local bureaus, and praises cleanups driven by reform-minded boards despite risks of centralization.
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United States
Nixon
Congress
Ford
California
Brown
Reagan
Michigan
William Milliken
Washington
Milliken
Idea Time and Courtesy Tags in Host Cities
A reflection on powerful ideas arriving on time and the fatigue of waiting, noting convention crowds, courteous host-city behavior, and a suggestion that lapel tags might improve treatment in public spaces.
Naval weakness and oil chokepoints in Hormuz
Holmes Alexander analyzes U S naval strength and vulnerabilities around the Straits of Hormuz. He notes Iran Iraq Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia dynamics, Soviet presence in the Indian Ocean, and U S shipbuilding declines since Vietnam. A hypothetical missile-tipped crisis could disrupt European oil for days.
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Washington, D.C
Straits of Hormuz
U.S. Navy
J. William Middendorf
Iran
Kuwait
Arabian Gulf
Indian Ocean
Middendorf
United States
Iraq
Ethiopia
Portugal
Middle East
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Atlantic
Pacific
Mediterranean
Navy
Soviet Union
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GOP
Mark O. Hatfield
Oregon
Howard H. Baker Jr
Charles H. Percy
William F. Buckley Jr
Quemoy
Matsu
Berlin
Mao Tse-tung
Mr. Kissinger
Bruiner
H. Guyford Stever
Olin E. Teague
Texas
Stever
B. F. Skinner
Skinner
Russell Kirk
Local Social Services Board
America
Senator Soaper
Holmes Alexander
Danville
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