Garcia to found new Mexican paper amid press censorship
Julio Garcia, ousted editor of Mexico City Excelsior, plans a new independent paper with help from Mexican businessmen and publishers. He has raised over $100,000 to launch the venture while government control of newsprint and a national wire service obstacle loom. Supporters urge reinstatement of critical voices, citing free press principles evidenced by U.S. remarks on censorship.
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Julio Garcia
Mexico City
Excelsior
Garcia
The
Mexico
Sam Steiger R-Ariz
Washington, D.C
Steiger
U.S
Nearsighted markswoman nearly wins Olympic shooting medal
Margaret Murdock of Topeka Kansas, a retired Women's Army Corps captain, nearly won Olympic shooting gold at Montreal. A clerical error gave her rival Lanny Bassham 1162 points and the gold, despite Murdock's 1162 score. Bassham offered to share but rules likely prevented it.
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Margaret Murdock
Topeka
Kansas
Murdock
Bassham
Nadia Comaneci
Windmills could meet large energy need by 1995 says study
A federal study for the Federal Energy Research and Development Administration envisions windmills replacing vast energy use by 1995. It describes blade spans as long as football fields and 54,000 units producing about 2 billion barrels of oil yearly, mainly in the Western United States with minimum average wind speeds of 16 mph.
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Federal Energy Research and Development Administration
United States
Pacific Northwest
Southwest
Great Plains
National Geographic 6000 MPH Air Travel Forecasts
National Geographic reports NASA outlook on aeronautics predicting a future of 6000 mph supersonic and hypersonic jets, hydrogen-fueled craft, long range intercontinental flights, offshore island airports, and city center redevelopments enabled by quiet vertical takeoff aircraft and fly by wire systems.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dustry Eae
Industrie
Airey
National Geographic Society
Bftf
NASA
The Decline of the Office of President
The piece argues Ford’s presidency failed to inspire trust and efficiency, noting his honesty but criticizing political favors and slow progress. It laments long decline since Eisenhower era, laments Nixon’s era, and fears Carter’s rising candidacy, concluding the office is in its saddest days.
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Washington, D.C
Barry Goldwater
Ford
Barry
God Save the Office
Americas
Mr. Ford
Gerald Ford
Callaway
Nelson Rockefeller
Congress
Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Tme
Nixon
Reagan
Agnew
White House
Jimmy Carter
John
Kennedy
Johnson
Carter
Taxes Death And Demagogs Washington Tax Reform Debate
In a Democratic Platform Committee address Jimmy Carter denounces the current tax system as unfair and regressive while noting loopholes shelters and special interests. He argues big corporations pay little tax and calls for reform linking policy with wealth transfer from private to public hands. Many critics see reform rhetoric as political posturing aimed at gaining power rather than fairness.
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Washington
Senate
Democratic Platform Committee
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Letter to the Editor on hospital access for Danville resident
A reader laments delays in paperwork from Richmond delaying kidney removal surgery for a Danville resident. They criticize Medicaid and Medicare as insufficient for emergency health needs and urge the community to handle its own affairs without bureaucratic sifumation in state processes.
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Jai
Richmond
Danville
Dying Man Faces Indifferent Admin in City System
Doris DeReca, RN, writes as a new resident distressed by provincial administrative delays that neglect a dying patient. She questions cruelty in local practices and urges swift action to protect vulnerable seniors.
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Doris DeReca
Carter’s Capacity To Surprise In Madison Square Garden
John Chamberlain Carter’s capacity to surprise a diverse Madison Square Garden audience is explored. The piece notes his grasp of Democratic blocs, his humble Georgia roots, and his self‑description as an engineer, planner and businessman. It analyzes tensions between unity and regulation versus free enterprise.
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Jimmy Carter
Madison Square Garden
Democratic Party
South Georgia
al Smith
Lower East Side
New York
Gulf Coast Plains
Iish
Bob Wagner
Frank Lausche
Franklin Roosevelt
Eleanor
Fritz Mondale
Minnesota
Co i
Georgia
Admiral Rickover
Soviet Union
Carter
Naders
Jimmy
Humphreys
Muskies
Mondales
Mondale
Jerry Ford
Ronald Reagan
JJ Carter
Snowy August Hint From Kennedy Conservative Coalition
M Stanton Evans notes a surprising alliance between Sen Edward Kennedy and conservatives on a bill revising the Civil Aeronautics Board. They argue CAB harms consumers by reducing competition and raising fares. Kennedy's S3364 would liberalize markets, invite new carriers, and move toward market pricing, drawing cross party support despite partisan caution.
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Washington
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Civil Aeronautics Board
Sen. Kennedy
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