Virginia ramps up care for disabled children at Lynchburg LTSH
The Lynchburg Training School and Hospital will place about 40 blind, deaf, and mentally retarded children into small eight-child units for intensive one to one training. A 24 person competency workshop has been held for future teachers to expand the program as its grows, aiming to raise awareness and improve the lives of these students.
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Virginia
Commonwealth
Lynchburg Training School
Helen Keller
Helen
Tuscumbia
Alabama
Alexander Graham Bell
Perkins School For the Blind
Boston
Anne Mansfield Sullivan
Miss Sullivan
Radcliffe
Harvard University
Ray Nelson
LTSH
States Bail Out Cities and State Oversight in Crises
The piece argues that states may exercise early intervention in city finances to avert crises, citing New Mexico Michigan and Arizona as examples. It endorses advance laws to define when a state can take control, while warning against excessive state power and urging prudent local financial management.
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New York City
Carey
New Mexico
Michigan
Arizona
Commission
Congress Subpoena Clash Reaches House and Senate
Fresh memory of Nixon era subpoenas resurfaces as both chambers press for testimony and records on alleged abuses of free mailing by members. Common Cause sues to end taxpayer financed mass mailings and filed subpoenas last September, yet panels’ records remain unreleased amid claims of executive privilege.
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Congress
Nixon
White House
Watergate
Senate
House
Alarm Over Legal Services Board Twenty Eleven Nominees
President Ford faces a potential shift in the Legal Services Corporation as a conflict over the 11 member board and its by laws delays the program. Advocates urge prompt action to prevent radical influence and ensure the act’s goal of providing legal aid to the poor.
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Washington
Ford
The
Legal Services Corporation
Senate
Jesse Helms
R.N.C
Horatius
Legal “Services
Reinus Ortique
Louisiana
National Legal Aid and Defender Association
Edith Green
Oregon
Dennis Kitchel
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
William Knecht
California
House
Legal Services
Mally
Senate Committee On Labor and Public Welfare
Knecht
Cranston
Mondale
Minnesota
Javits
New York
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Radical
Artique
Mike Mansfield
Helms
Mansfield
Community Services Administration
Mayaguez affair reshapes Ford presidency and perception
The Mayaguez mission sparked a backlash against the Administration and, despite rocky execution, demonstrated Ford’s decisiveness. It legitimated his status as acting president and boosted support across liberal and conservative camps, altering the political landscape and easing tension ahead of the next election.
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Mayaguez
Anthonily Lewis
The
Times
0.S
Gerald Ford
New York Review of Books
Christopher Lasch
Rochester
Gulf of Siam
Vietnam
Ford
Henry Jackson
Ronald Reagan
Europe
Brussels
U.N
Suez Canal
Sinai
U.S
Artful Dodger Akhdar Defends Oil Prices in Barron Interview
Barron editors grilled Dr. Farok Akhdar, Saudi economic adviser, who dodged key questions and offered evasive reasoning to justify high oil prices. He cited social costs, depletion fears, and inflation links while projecting futures of higher prices and possible embargoes amid Middle East tensions.
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Washington
Farok Akhdar
United States
Barron's
National Financial Weekly
Akhdar
Barron’s
Dr. Akhdar
Middle East
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Venezuela
Mexico
When Firing Time, Which Should Trump Seniority or Ethnic Background
The text argues time for layoffs favors old minority workers for job security. It notes season timing affects sports routines with a playful line about basketball ending when the ball deflates and hockey waiting for ice to melt.
Lunacy in Congress on Crime Arms Debate
A critical column lampoons lawmakers debates on gun control and military spending. It highlights Senator Birch Bayh and the Cranston amendment, arguing against disarming law abiding citizens and urging a tougher stance to deter crime. The piece condemns lenient approaches and calls for decisive action against criminals.
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Washington, D.C
Congress
U.S
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Bayh
Hope
Cranston
Defense
Schlesinger
Commonwealth of
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Poration
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Indochina
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Lee Kuan Yew
Singapore
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South Korea
Jamaica
Canada
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Ralph de Toledano
Senator Soaper
Holmes Alexander
Danville
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