Demagogic appeal on Utilities Commission by Jim Hunt
A North Carolina lieutenant governor candidate, Jim Hunt, uses TV spots claiming the Utilities Commission needs more lawyers, accountants, and engineers. The piece warns such rhetoric would politicize decisions, threaten energy reliability, and harm the state’s industrial standing if he becomes governor.
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Jim Hunt
North Carolina
Hunt
Utilities Commission
Virginia
Gover
N.C. Utilities Commission
Virginia Corporation Commission
The Children of the Counter Culture book critique
Two researchers from the counterculture tour communes to assess how their offspring fared in freedom from formal studies. John Rothchild and Susan Wolf report shattered, rudderless children scarred by parental adventures in drug use and neglect. Doubleday 207 pages $7.50.
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John Rothchild
Susan Wolf
Doubleday
Parting Shots and Public Notes on Cars and Debates
A collection of editorial quips noting Detroit car size shifts after garage expansions. A Chicago savings and loan sells cassette copies of Ford Carter debates. A friend reads Roman history for personal knowledge about another town. The piece observes liberals and conservatives share a reluctance to name their own labels.
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Chicago
Mao Death Triggers Power Struggle Amid China’s Turmoil
Reports from China portray Mao Zedong’s death as the spark for an all out bid for top leadership. The conflict stems from regional and occupational clashes over resources in a distressed economy, signaling a period of internal disorder with limited international influence. The Cultural Revolution’s aftermath reshaped the party, army, and government, as Shanghai and its allies gain prominence.
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China
Peking
Mao Tse-tung
Chairman Mao
Mao
Chiang Ching
Lin Piao
Shanghai
Chang Chunchiao
Wang Hung-wen
Yao Wen-yuan
Ten
O-Ping
Crisis of legitimacy in China as power shifts amid Mao era
The article outlines a power struggle in 1970s China with Premier Chou Enlai, Lin Biao, Teng Hsiao-ping, Hua Kuo-feng, and Mao Zedong shaping alliance lines. It notes Yeh Chien-yeng and Yang Chen-wu backing the military, Mao’s factional moves, embalmed Mao, detained leaders, and a looming long internal struggle.
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Chou
Lai
Lin Piao
Yeh Chienyeng
Chow
Teng Hsiao-ping
Mao
Shanghai
Hua Kuofeng
Hunan
Hua
Yeh Chier-yeng
Yang Chen-wu
Ce Jao
Wao
Lenin
Peking
Madame Mao
Chang
Wang
Yao
China
Szechuan
New Consensus On Power Concentration
In Chattanooga Tennessee I discuss with Tom Wicker of The New York Times a debate on government power and individual freedom held during the city’s Bicentennial observance. The lively session yielded moments of vivid disagreement and revealed deeper changes at work within the body politic.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
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New York Times
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Big Labor Exemptions in Campaign Laws Highlight AFL CIO Power
The AFL CIO dominates U S political spending with a vast operation run by Meany’s COPE claiming funds come from union members. It claims to control many Senate seats and substantial House influence, shaping policy through extensive spending and organized manpower.
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Congress
Afl-Cio
United States
House
Senate
COPE
Committee On Political
George Meany
Douglas Caddy
Public Policy Press
Ford
Caddy
Meany
U.S. Senate
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Hays
Republian
al Zack
Afl-Ci0
U.S
Big Labor
Richard Nixon
George McGovern
Jimmy Carter
Big Jim Thompson Draws Interest in Illinois Governor Race
Roreland Evans and Robert Novak report that 40-year-old Big Jim Thompson, a political newcomer, stirred interest at a Winnebago County Medical Society dinner. Thompson, a tall Chicagoan with liberal Republican leanings, drew praise from doctors and analysts who compare his appeal to George Romney’s early campaigns. He faces Michael Howlett in a race seen as pivotal for Illinois politics, with questions about tax policy, civil liberties, and how his liberal stance will weather the upcoming two-year campaign.
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Wicker
FBI
Vietnam
Watergate
Richard Nixon
Franklin Roosevelt
Irving Kristol
Lowenstein
Rockford
Big Jim Thompson
Republican Party
Winnebago County Medical Society
Thompson
Chicago
Robert Tester
Tiingis
U.S
Ford
Ilinois
Big Jim
Charles Percy
Daley
Ronald Reagan
Chuck Percy
Nelson Rockefeller
Walker
Howlett and Daley Organization
Jowtax
Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry
Richard Ogilvie
Illinois
Springfield
Rockefaller
Reagan
Jim Thompson
Carter Attacks Voters In Danville Bus Tour
Letter-writer condemns Carter for insults to voters while recounting a Sunday October 10 bus tour through Danville Virginia with Carter literature speakers and neighbors from Georgia. Accuses Carter of courting liberal support via union-linked funding and questions responses to Humphrey Hawkins and Taft Hartley law repeal.
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Greyhound
Carter
Georgia
Danville
Virginia
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Danville Daily Subscription Rates Listed In Notice
The Danville Register announces subscription rates for daily and Sunday delivery by carrier at 85 cents per week. By mail, yearly is 44.20, six months 22.10, three months 11.10, and one month 3.70. Notice is mailed 10 days before expiration and renewals should be prompt.
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