Danville rails against subsidized elderly housing plan
In a stance cited from Reader's Digest, Danville officials oppose Fralin and Waldron Inc. plans for federally subsidized elderly housing, arguing rent subsidies harm private developers and the local economy. They favor private market solutions over government intervention, urging bureaucrats to heed local concerns.
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Fralin and Waldron Inc
Roanoke
Danville
Councllmen
Reader’s Digest
HUD
F&w
Thomas Eagleton
Missouri
Senator Eagleton
New York City
New York
Eagleton
Fralin
Waldron
Debate Over Air Bags Push Misleads Drivers
Washington leaders dispute mandatory airbags, citing safety flaws and high costs. Rep Bud Shuster argues airbags may be less safe than seat belts, rarely cut insurance, and inflate vehicle costs with replacement after inflation. He says consumerist lobbying misstates benefits, urging restraint on new mandates.
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Washington
Jobby
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Bud Shuster
Rma
House
NHTSA
Shuster
The Power To Sue Kilpatrick Story Of A Small Firm
James Kilpatrick discusses the power to sue and examines the Georator Corporation case in Manassas Virginia. Krasnow, president of Georator, faces an EEOC dispute over a 1974 job interview with a married woman named Jane Doe. The charge centers on alleged sex related rude interrogation rather than employment denial.
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Washington
John Marshall
Shelley Krasnow
Krasnow
Georator Corporation
Manassas
Georator
BEOC
EEOC
Geralor
Dot
EOC
The EEOC Subpoena and Harassment Suit Fallout
The coratives recall Mrs Doe’s interview and deny rudeness. The EEOC served a May 1976 subpoena demanding exhaustive employment records and reasons for not hiring Mrs Doe. After a long hiatus a renewed prosecution followed, with Krasnow seeking dismissal and Congress urged action to curb agency harassment.
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Doc
Krasnow
EEOC
Gestator Corporation
Ghanaian boy seeks pen pals from Ringgold town
A 14 year old boy in Ghana writes from Takoradi asking Mrs. Thelma Adkins to help him find pen friends in Ringgold. He describes his family, studies, and hobbies, notes Accra as the capital, and mentions General Acheampong as head of state. He requests a prompt reply and signs as Master George Francis Plange.
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Ghana
West Africa
Ghana National Trading Corporation
GNTC
Accra
Iginesious Kutu Acheampong
Is War in Rhodesia Inevitable
Carl T. Rowan argues that war over Rhodesia seems inevitable as Jomo Kenyatta warns of a short war and South Africa blasts Carter policies while Nyerere cautions, amid a Salisbury bombing killing 21 and wounding 76, risking black majority rule and U.S. strategic interests. He warns against delaying justice for peace and notes Kenyan past to suggest possible white minority resistance and lasting racial strife.
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Washington
Julius Nyerere
Rhodesia
Nyerere
Carter
Salisbury
John Vorster
Africa
Vorster
U.S
South Africa
United Nations
White House
Roelof F. Botha
Ian Smith
United States
Sil
Hiawan
The Lance Affair: Carter's First Calamity
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak detail Bert Lance's growing downfall under President Carter. The piece argues Lance’s removal could test Carter's resolve, affecting budget policy, and widening rifts within the administration as officials weigh political costs and Treasury concerns.
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Carter
Washington
Bert Lance
Jinmy Carter
Airectoc
Office of Management and Budget
OMS
Big Bert Lance
Treasury
Harry
Truman
W. Michael Blumenthal
John G. Heiman
Heiman
New York
Blumenthal
Mon
Jimmy Carter
Hamilton Jordan
Robert Lipshutz
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James J. Kilpatrick
Thelma Adkins Ringgold
Desi Madam
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Misa Christina Bixsue
Takoraci
Ghana — West Africa
Carters
Carl T. Rowan
Kenya
Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Helman
OMB
Calhoun County
Atlanta
Sea Island
Lanee
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