Crime Fight Urges Urban Safe Streets Crusade
A Ford administration push urges lawmakers to back a tough crime plan after an FBI report showing 1300 convictions among 1400 organized crime figures. President Ford calls to enlist police chiefs and citizens to reclaim streets and punish career criminals.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Clarence M. Kelley
FBY
FBI
Ford
International Association ‘of Chiefs of Police
Miami
America
Anl
National Broadcasting Company
Brooklyn
38Th
38Th Precinct
Congress
New Life In Old River Lifts Lehigh River Life After Clean Streams Law
The Lehigh River in eastern Pennsylvania, once a polluted conduit from coal mines and mills, shows revival after Pennsylvania’s clean streams law and stocking programs. A muskellunge, 38 inches long and 16 pounds, was caught near Allentown, signaling restored aquatic life despite years of industrial pollution.
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Lehigh River
Pennsylvania Hills
Pocono Mountains
Lehigh Valley
Delaware River
New Jersey Line
Easton
White Haven
Allentown
Pennsylvania
Moonshine Era Bends to Law and Agriculture in Wilkes
During prohibition era themes, Franklin County shifts from moonshine to dairying while Wilkes County in North Carolina, once the white lightning capital, retains illicit distilling. This year lawmen killed over 35,000 marijuana plants and only two liquor stills in Wilkes, signaling a shift from illegal to legal pursuits amid changing fortunes.
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Virginia
Franklin County
North Carolina
Wilkes County
Franklin
Wilkes
Public Sector Unions Breed Strikes Cited in PSRC Talk
Ralph de Toledano reports on a Public Service Research Council press briefing critiquing compulsory public sector collective bargaining. The study cites Bureau of Labor Statistics data claiming more strikes follow such bargaining, while experts like Theodore Kehl caution that bargaining and strikes are inseparable. Pennsylvania AFL-CIO leader Harry Boyer cites pre Act 196 strikes as higher, though the article notes a claimed drop after enactment.
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Washington
Public Service Research Council
PSRC
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Labor Department
Congress
Theodore Khel
Harry Boyer
Pennsylvania
Afl-Cio
Brookings Institution
Edward Roybal
Calif
PSC
Roybal
Wisconsin
Public Service Research Group
Indiana
New York Times
New York
Nions
the Times
New York City
Dera
Sen
PSEC
San Francisco
No Laughing Matter about OSHA Farm Pamphlets
Washington reports that OSHA pamphlets on farm safety drew derision from farmers and lawmakers for simple, obvious guidance. Critics said the quips mock rural workers while lawmakers note the agency’s broader role in workplace safety.
We Must Save the Miracle of America
A concerned voice argues for a national revival and clear party positions. The piece critiques OSHA and federal controls, calls for prayer in schools, and urges citizens to vote in November while cautioning about regulatory overreach and political rhetoric. It cites Supreme Court questions, labor disputes, and public sector bargaining trends with broader implications for freedoms.
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Washington, DC
Tran Dor
United States‘Senate
Robbie Knox
Yast
United States Senate
Fang Schgnee
America
Kansas City
Nazareth
Debated paths in Ford Carter foreign policy vision
The piece surveys the Ford Carter foreign policy stance amid detente debates, Kissinger bargains, Rhodesia politics, and Africa alignment. It weighs China policy, Japan and German formulas, and potential military spending differences while noting limited genuine policy contrasts between the candidates.
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Jerry Ford
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Jae Witer
Henry S
Nixon Ford
Kissinger
Africa
Rhodesia
Zambia
Zaire
Angola
Mozambique
Cuba
U.S
Ford
Gambia
Mauritius
Botswana
Kenya
Ivory Coast
Jomo Kenyatta
Felix Houphouet-Boigny
China
Ford Administration
George Ball Department
T Jean
Peking
Taiwan
Japan
West
East Germany
Anthony Kubek
Pa Acheson
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Ranning
Tom Dewey
Jesse Helins
John Chamberlain
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