Schlesinger and Kissinger clash over nuclear policy
Harvard classmates James R. Schlesinger and Henry Kissinger, both top Ford advisers, are at odds with the State Department over alleged failures to consult on Israel’s Pershing missile request. Schlesinger backs a selective response doctrine targeting Soviet military sites to deter and limit casualties, while critics warn of escalated tensions and nonnuclear options remain unlikely.
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Harvard
James Rodney Schlesinger
Schlesinger
Ford
Washington
Kissinger
DOD
Department of State
Pentagon
Israel
Henry Wotton
Commonwealth
Soviet Union
North America
Schlesigner
Holmes Alexander
U.S
Alexander
Unhappy end to local partnership among WKBY owner and Whiteheads
The article covers a publicized fallout among Everett C. Peace Jr of WKBY and partners Joseph Motley Whitehead Floyd M. Fox Jr and Claude S. Whitehead Jr. It defends coverage as factual and asserts no libel, noting warrants and detinue actions. It critiques drought talk and jokes about convention sites and political nominee choices.
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Lkely
Everett C. Peace, Jr
WKBY
Chatham
Whitehead Brothers
Joseph Motley Whitehead
Pittsylvania County
Claude S. Whitehead, Jr
Floyd M. Fox, Jr
Joseph M. Whitehead
Whitehead
Peaces
Detinue
T. Claude S. Whitehead, Jr
Peace Broadcasting Corporation
Whiteheads
Fox and
Peace
Durkin Win Signals Labor Influence in 1976 Outlook
The New Hampshire Senate race shows labor power shaping campaigning with about 70,000 in union support and a limit of 220,000 spending. Durkin’s win may shift 1976 dynamics toward labor aligned candidates, while Wallace's potential rise adds uncertainty to outcomes.
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Jerry Ford
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Uilion
Durkin
California
New York
New Hampshire
Sen
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Sunshine Act and the One-Man Show in Senate Debate
Washington analysis of Dick Stone Florida Democrat championing Sunshine openness in public business while sparring with Majority Leader Mansfield. The piece contrasts Stone’s lone-wolf stance on national security with Church’s closed hearings and Pike’s transparency push, noting Stone’s pragmatism and self reliance.
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Washington, D.C
Dick Stone
Florida
Senate
Huey Long
Kingfish
Wayne Morse
Stone
Mike Mansfield
Cuba
Panama
Mansfield
Sunshine
Mike
New Hampshire
Baroney
CIA
FBI
State
Defense Departments
Sir Anthony Absolute
Lawton Chiles
Agriculture Department
94Th Congress
Legislative Branch
Church Committee
Papa
House
Otis Pike
Federal Intelligence
Congress
The Official Reason For Forced Busing
M Stanton Evans argues that the busing debate hides a private, non civil rights motive. He cites Coleman and HEW findings showing little link between school quality and black student progress, claiming policy aims to separate black children from their families by immersing them in white environments, causing bitterness without educational gains.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
America
Coleman
Civil Rights Commission
Hold On To Farm Land In A Shrinking Growing Season
Weather expert Earl S. Finckle warned northern farmers face longer springs and shorter growing seasons due to polar cooling. Speaking to the National Farm Broadcasters Association in Chicago, he urged quick maturing crops and warned of a potential move south to escape early frost and heavy early precipitation, boosting southern land values.
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Earl S. Finckle
Finckle
Central Weather Service, Inc
Wheeling
Ill
National Farm Broadcasters Association
Chicago
South
Montgomery
Ala
Advertiser
Parting Shots on Economic Stagnation and Consumer Fear
A commentary blames prolonged stagnation on the consumer movement that has made people afraid to buy. It suggests losers in life justify their failures by insisting the game was an exhibition that did not count.
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Stone
Frank Church
Opinions Confirmed To the Editor Power and Parking Debate
After two years of silence the writer expresses satisfaction that opponents now support financing a new power station and free downtown parking. The piece notes Appalachian backing Danville power production profitable and Retail Merchants embracing free downtown parking, signaling a bright future.
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Appalachian
Danville
Questions on Bus Study Survey Sparks Taxpayer Concern
Letter argues the Bus Study questionnaire assumed city or authority ownership and questions whether residents want bus service. It cautions losers from deficits, cites Danville Traction and Power Co. data showing under ten percent riders, and urges a bond issue vote to let taxpayers decide.
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Richmond
Danville
Danville Traction and Power Co
Mary Anderson’s 1903 windshield wiper invention
The Charlotte Observer recalls Mary Anderson of Birmingham Alabama who, after seeing drivers smear windows with tobacco or onion, devised a hand operated windshield wiper. Her patent in 1903 set a lasting method still used in modern cars.
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Mary Anderson
Birmingham
Ala
Ms. Anderson
New York
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Losersville
U.S.A
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Louis C. Wyman
U.S. Senate
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Capitol Hill
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Meany
Bayh
Humphrey
Gov
George Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Middle West
East
Carmen Chimento
Chimento
Fanorangl
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M. Stanton Evans
Boston
Louisville
James 5. Coleman
Johns Hopkins
University of Chicago
HEW
Charlotte
N.C
the Register Publishing Co., Inc
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