Not For Hot Rods On Interstate Highways
An opinion arguing for the 55 mph speed limit on major highways remains prudent. It notes fatalities fell from 55,600 in 1973 to 44,500 in 1974 and claims conserving fuel saves about 100,000 barrels daily. It cautions against reckless speed and favors safer, modest driving over long, exhausting trips.
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OPEC
Martinsville
Rockingham
Darlington
Charlotte
Daytona
Talladega
Tario
Indianapolis
The Pipe Becomes a White House Symbol Again
The article notes the Ford administration embracing the pipe as a cabinet symbol with President Ford and Donald Rumsfeld seen smoking briar and meerchaum pipes. It compares this to Kennedy’s rocking chair era, suggesting such symbols reflect unity or political signaling, with the pipe potentially signaling peace with Congress and foreign powers.
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Donald Rumsfeld
National Tobacco and Textile Museum
Rumsfeld
White House
Cambodia
James R. Schlesinger
Ford Administration
Executive Branch
Congress
John F. Kennedy
North Carolina
Kennedy
Luther H. Hodges
Dallas
Montreal Wins Bid to Host 1976 Olympic Games
The piece notes Montreal being selected to host the 1976 Olympics amid global debate about the event. It discusses the political and financial strains, the enthusiasm in the United States during the US bicentennial, and concerns about safety and the Olympic movement's purpose.
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Montreal
United Nations
Burton Named Strongman Of House Caucus And Reform Drive
Washington report profiles Rep. Phillip Burton Democrat of San Francisco as the new House Caucus strongman. He chairs the caucus, reshapes committees, and pressures for reform after a wave of freshmen. The piece contrasts his methods with past czarlike control and notes tensions with veterans and GOP switches.
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Washington
Dd.c
House of Representatives
Albert
Tip O'Neill
House
Phillip Burton
San Francisco
Albert Or
O'Neill
Burton
John Jarman
Oklahoma City
GOP
Ways and Means
Democratic
Jarman
South Vietnam
Indochina
Let South Back In The Union Vote on extending Voting Rights Act
A Southern commentator argues the Voting Rights Act of 1965 should be extended but with Section 5 repealed. He praises gains in black political participation since 1965, notes numbers of Black officeholders and registrants, and urges an end to federal control that he terms degrading while warning against retrenchment.
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Washington
South
Georgia
Alabama
South Carolina
Hugo Black
Black
United States
District of Columbia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Virginia
Alaska
North Carolina
California
Arizona
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New England
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Yale
Buckley
Czechoslovakia
New York Times
Wyman
Joseph Kraft
Israel
The
Boston Phoenix
Ory
William Raspberry
John Roche
Tufts
Pete Hamill
Robert Welch
Village Voice
Bill Buckley
CIA
National Review
Howard Hunt
Garry Wills
Wills
Revila Oliver
John Birch Society
JFK
Roston Phoenix
Miss Wyman
Hypocrisy in campus talks fuels free speech debate
A critical look at campus speakers like Abbie Hoffman Imamu Amiri Baraka and John Dean. The piece argues academic freedom is misused to justify costly appearances by controversial figures, while funding cuts and layoffs strain scholars. It contends free speech rights are limited by historical context and suggests current debates mix economics with ideology.
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Abbie Hoffman
Attica
Angela Davis
Hanoi
Imamu Amirt Baraka
LeRoi Jones
John Dean
Ron Ziegler
Boston University
Ziegler
Michigan State
Dean
Georgetown
Maryland
Congress
Imamu Amiri Baraka
Buckley on Levelling With The Reader
Buckley defends not being labeled by CIA past, questions bias rules in newspapers. He notes editors should avoid reductive identifications and argues readers deserve context about authors, affiliations, and beliefs without blanket assumptions.
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Buckley
CIA
Boston Phoenix
John Birch Society
William F. Buckley, Jr
E. Howard Hunt
Mexico City
The
Phoenix
Boston Globe
Ann Wyman
Globe
Wyman
Howard Hunt
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