Six Stars for George Washington Posthumously Promoted
President Ford signed a bill posthumously boosting George Washington to six stars as General of the Armies, a rank above Pershing's five stars. Historians note Washington declined titles and question whether he would have accepted such an honor, with Adams not submitting his name for Senate confirmation.
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George Washington
Ford
U.S
Washington
John Pershing
Pershing
Congress
John Adams
Senate
Over-Reaction To Radiation Sparks Detector Debate
The Public Citizen Health Research Group calls for recalling ionization smoke detectors used in about four million American homes due to radiation concerns. The National Fire Protection Association counters that removing detectors would cost lives and property, noting the radiation is negligible compared with daily exposure.
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Public Citizen Health Research Group
Ralph Nader
National Fire Protection Association
United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Visionary blind seller funds book drive for Chicago kids
Arthel Davy, a blind newspaper stand operator on Chicago's South Side, aims to stock school libraries with outdoor life and sports books to boost reading scores. With about $200 raised, he seeks churches, businesses, lodges, and block clubs to support his project, building on a history of helping families with food and clothing.
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Arthel Davy
Chicago
Davy
Parting Shots From Our Alma Mater Coach Faces Tough Season
A veteran coach from our alma mater laments a young team prone to mistakes and hints at possible pro ambitions. The column wryly notes fevers fade and Monday night football strains marriages while politics, parks, and public life face overuse and unequal access.
Capital punishment in American debate and justice
Conservative advocates of capital punishment acknowledge reluctance, urging a court driven, deliberative process since 1972. The Supreme Court narrowed viable death penalty criteria, allowing executions in Texas, Florida, and Georgia. The piece weighs deterrence, justice, class factors, and historical context of the cruel and unusual punishment clause.
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Camus
Orwell
Capote
Supreme Coart
Jean Chancy
Texas
Florida
Georgia
Titus Oates
London
Royal Exchange
Aldgate
Newgate
Tyburn
Aulanton Thefirat U.8
Richard Lugar Aims For Senate Seat In Indiana Career
Holmes Alexander profiles Richard Lugar of Indiana as a pragmatic Buckeye state conservative with farming roots, a former Indianapolis mayor and Rhodes scholar. The piece explores his sunset and sunshine reform ideas, political outlook, and potential path to the U.S. Senate, highlighting his stance on open hearings, regulatory reform, and tax policy. Lugar emphasizes a midland farm focus for Senate Agriculture Committee leadership and defends the tax system as shaped by public demand for shelters and loopholes.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Richard Lugar
Birch Bayh
Vance Hartke
Sunser
Sunshine
Lugar
Indiana Central U
Ati
Pian
Dick Lugar
Senpla
Washington
Dick Stone
D-Fla
Mike Mansfield
Wre
Hushbush Committee
Tfirst
Richard Nixon
Rhodes
Arleigh Burke
Nixon
West Virginia
Indiana
Rockefeller
John Ditch
Jay
Agree
Garn
Utah
Dominicel
New Mexico
Senate
Kennedy
Humphrey
IHDP
Lester Maddox
Agriculture Committee
Bett
Subdued Southern Campaign Mood Says Carter Favored
A Miami correspondent finds weak enthusiasm for Carter across the Southeast as Florida sees limited undecideds. Florida, Georgia, South Carolina show Carter favored by some, while Virginia and North Carolina remain competitive. Regional polls hint Carter's southern credentials boost hopes, with Ford's strength uncertain.
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Carter
Atlanta
Georgia
Miami News
Misti
Florida
Bill Gordon
West Palm Beach
Gordon
Jimmy
South Carolina
Spartanburg
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Maryland
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Dixie
In Defense Of Earl Butt By M Stanton Evans Bushy Wording
M Stanton Evans argues Earl Butz faced harsh punishment for a private ethnic joke. He extols Butz as capable, ethical, and a rare public figure, noting similar phrases have circulated privately about many leaders. The piece asserts selective outrage in Washington and cites past private slurs by FDR and JFK.
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Washington
Earl Butz
Earl Butt Hays
Tenn
Purdue University
John Dean
Butz
Washington Weekly
Human Events
Franklin Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Legion
FUMBLE FINGERS Liberian visit provokes sharp talk on race
A recorded exchange between Vice President Nelson Rockefeller and Speaker Carl Albert during a Liberian state visit spotlights ethnic jokes and political satire. The dialogue, greeted with laughter, touches on Edward Brooke and race while praising Earl Butz's farm policy and public service.
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Carl Albert
William Tolbert Jr
Edward Brooke
Liberia
Rockefeller
Albert
Rogevelt
Kennedy
Utz
Coventry
Rutz
Hin
Butz
Erisea
Oroohing
Playboy
Earl Buts
Why Vote For Anderson for President
A letter argues that Tom Anderson offers a constitutional conservative alternative to Communists and Socialists. It claims current policies expand federal power, increase debt and inflation, and damage America’s world position, urging readers to vote for Anderson to restore national strength and employment.
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Tom Anderson
Remy Ames
Thay
America
Bath
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