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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1977
Page
3
Judge George H. Revelle ruled an insurance firm must issue a $200000 life policy on Mrs. Pederson after she argued her homemaking duties have value and her family would need about $20000 yearly to replace those services if she died. The ruling supports economic rights for homemakers and challenges limits tied to breadwinner status.
Three years after Velasco seized Lima papers to hand control to the people the liberal Morales Bermudez era offers hope as exiles return and some suspensions lift but the decree expropriating the dailies remains. Restoring ownership could mark a clear move toward press freedom.
The Kemper Insurance Companies moved toward no-fault auto insurance after a poll showing three out of four motorists supported the plan. Stephen Lesnik called the poll an urgent plea for action to end abuses of the current legal system, urging state actions to curb federal intervention.
In a Washington interview, John Taylor of Jane's All the World's Aircraft warns the B 1 debate tests U S power versus survival. He notes Soviet advantages in helicopters, aircraft, and conventional forces, arguing balanced forces are needed before SALT talks and urging decisive retaliation capability.
Washington pundits argue Watergate had many precedents and Nixon was treated by double standards. Victor Lasky’s book is praised for placing Nixon in a broader pattern of political espionage and media coverage across decades.
The piece argues that success in the House of Commons is essential for a Prime Minister, citing Margaret Thatcher's recent performance against James Callaghan and Denis Healey. It contrasts British parliamentary norms with American presidential politics, notes inflation, unemployment, and public spending trends, and critiques social democracy versus socialism as seen in England and Europe.
Washington reports reveal President Carter warned his cabinet not to press him after a July 15 protest by female appointees led by Midge Costanza against abortion policy. He implied resignations for any who push major policy battles, while Costanza defended the meeting as a normal message to the President. The piece also covers ONeill’s push to place a Boston ally on the Federal Election Commission, amid broader tensions over qualifications and party influence.
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