Coal mining heritage gains space in school textbooks
The Kanawha County controversy over sex education and religion has faded, but a United Mine Workers Journal survey shows miners seek more emphasis on labor history in schools. Textbooks largely ignore unions and coal work, with few pages on mining's role or workers' struggles.
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Kanawha County
W.va
United Mine Workers Journal
Cedar Grove High School
West Virginia
UMW
Alabama
Kentucky
West
Shuttle Sharing Stirs Debate Over Space Cooperation
Deke Slayton notes he could not have beaten a 91 year old Wisconsin relative in space, while defending a recent $250 million mission as politically and scientifically valuable. The piece argues for continued space research, laments ending shuttle journeys, and warns against sharing edge with the Soviet Union, urging caution on joint missions.
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Donald
Deke” Slaton
Wisconsin
Slayton
Soviet Union
United States
Moon
Homes Alexander The Follies Of Freedom And Equality
In his Washington farewell, Caspar Weinberger condemns egalitarian critiques as a path to totalitarianism of level-down and redistributes power. He portrays himself as an aristocrat defending Jeffersonian virtue amid a supposed societal trap.
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Washington, D.C
Caspar
Cappie) Weinberger
Patrick Henry
Weinberger
Jefferson
John Adams
America
Henry
Nathaniel Wey
Adams
New York
Weyl
Buckley Solzhenitsyn clash sparks liberal conservative critique
The piece surveys William F Buckley Jr and Newsweek's Solzhenitsyn profile, arguing liberals ignore him while conservatives embrace him. It critiques the left-right taxonomic labels, cites unions backing Solzhenitsyn, and notes cross currents with figures like Chomsky Marcuse Nader and Hammer. It links Solzhenitsyn to broader debates on Soviet affairs and Western elites.
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Solzhenitsyn
Newsweek Magazine
Newsweek
James Buckley
New York
Manhattan
Thomas Jefferson
Democratic Party
New York Review of Books
Noam Chomsky
Herbert Marcuse
Ralph Nader
Soviet Union
Armand Hammer
Russia
Lenin
Zhenitsyn
United States
Robespierre
Barbara Tuchman
James Reston
John Kenneth Galbraith
China
Mao Tse-tung
Solzh
Economic Power in Peril from Zero Growth Foes
Washington voice Ralph de Toledano warns that environmentalists and consumerists pushing a zero growth policy threaten U S economic standing. Lewis W Foy Bethlehem Steel cites lagging growth and capital gaps while urging tax reform and faster depreciation to spur investment and job creation amid rising unemployment fears.
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Washington
Barry Commoners
Ralph Naders
United States
Ada Congress
Lewis W. Foy
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Foy
America
Japan
U.S
Treasury Department
Foyt
Zanis
Barry Commoner
Ralph Nader
Detente and Materiality in a Helsinki Preview
The piece argues detente hinges on material factors like grain and military balance. It contrasts Mao's blunt view with Kissinger's caution, notes Soviet wheat deals and SALT limits, and urges exploiting material leverage at the Helsinki summit while warning against overreliance on personalities.
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Maurice Schumann
France
Red
China
Mao Tsetung
Mao
Schumann
Siberia
Europe
Henry Kissinger
Kremlin
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Aflcio
Washington
Solzhenitsyn
U.S
George Meany
Jerry Ford
State Department
Tse-tung
Asia
Mao Tse-tung
Portugal
Brezhnev
NATO
U S
William Schneider
Herman Kahn
Hudson Institute
Vladivostok
OPEC
Helsinki
Kissinger
Ronald Reagan
George Wallace
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Danville
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