Pittsylvania supervisors urged to act on jail and school needs
A columnist criticizes Pittsylvania County Supervisors for delays affecting a $1 million state grant and the collapsing jail project. The piece praises action on the V-T school but laments indecision, urging the State Board of Corrections to compel timely choices lest the jail crisis worsen.
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Pittsylvania County Supervisors
Danville
Pittsylvania County
State Board of Corrections
Board of Corrections
Abortion Alternatives Debate Shapes Health Policy
Carl T. Rowan critiques the Carter administration plan to fund alternatives to abortion. HEW under Secretary Califano aims to expand sex education and contraception to curb pregnancies and abortion costs, but evidence suggests teenage sexual activity and pregnancy trends may resist such programs. The piece questions whether education alone can reverse the rise in teen births and highlights potential bleak outcomes for poor women.
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Washington
Carter
Joseph Califano
Health, Education and Welfare
Califano
Uncle Sam
Johns Hopkins
Melvin Zelnik
John Kantner
Zelnik and Kantner
Nixon Was the One in Buckley’s Liberal Twaddle
William F Buckley Jr attacks a New York City politics critique in a sharp column. He rails against Nixon era arguments, cites figures like Murray Kempton and Robert Caro, and laments perceived intellectual hypocrisy while detailing budget figures and social programs.
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New York City
Murray Kempton
Michael Harrington
Peter Maas
Robert Caro
Socialist International
New York
Nixon
Jack Newfield
Paul du Brul
America
Ben Rosenthal
Queens
William Simon
Wall Street
Carter missteps on human rights stall arms talks with Russia
The article argues President Carter misjudged the impact of a human rights push on SALT talks with the Soviet Union. It notes Soviet backlash, congressional resistance to aid for Vietnam and allies, and calls for a fresh, non-business summit with Brezhnev to reset Soviet American relations and restart arms negotiations.
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Carter
Russia
Soviet Union
Hag
Brezhnev
Vietnam
Cuba
Congress
House
Cambodia
Laos
Uganda
Panama
Moscow
Henry Jackson
Senate
Soviet
Ford
Howard Baker
Nyet
Long Unwinnable War In Rhodesia Warns Of Enduring Struggle
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak describe Rhodesia’s counterinsurgency as fierce yet unwinnable as ZANU and ZAPU guerrillas infiltrate from Mozambique and Zambia. The piece highlights tribal trust lands, blue jean guerrillas, failed elections, and looming civil conflict amid a 30,000-strong security force.
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Unitali
Rhodesia
Mozambique
Maranke
ZANU
Mao Tee-tung
Ian Smith
Rhodesian African Rifles
Doles
Vietnam
Zambia
ZAPU
Torcea
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Carl T. Rowan
Seluaof
William F. Buckley Jr
Spain
Soarez
Joseph Kraft
Rowland Evans and
Robert Novak
Salisbury
Umtali
Umtall
Ord
Police
Zimbabwe
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