Editorial on metropolitan consolidation and pitfalls
Letter to readers argues for and against the metro concept. Cites Mayor Briley’s long tenure and insight into governance. Notes many pitfalls, the appeal of consolidation, and the complexity of county and municipal departments. Includes a bicentennial footnote and a Victor Borge quote.
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Briley
Nashville
Metro
Victor Borge
New York Lower Bay
Hudson River
White Plains
Daily Word Game MANUMITS Challenge
Puzzle text presents a word game with rules for forming four letter or longer words from MANUMITS. It requests discovering 32 or more valid words within a 40 minute limit. The article also includes unrelated editorial commentary about government consolidation and a stray line about an environmentalist opposing the metric system.
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Egis Ding
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Best thing going for Ford Campaign may be his wife
Washington column argues Betty Ford could boost Gerald Ford's reelection bid by widening appeal to radicals and Reagan supporters. It credits her with crisis handling, fundraising warmth, and presence at key moments while noting constitutional barriers to a wife as running mate and Ford’s waning support.
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Ford Campaign
Washington
Star Syndicate
Constitution
Perons
Wallaces
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Betty Ford
CIA
George Bush
Lebanon
Iowa
Jerry Ford
Oval Office
Colorado
Utah
Connecticut
North Dakota
Puerto Rico
Giscard d’Estaing
Gerald Ford
Dear Dr Graham Holy Spirit guidance letter
A reader asks how to know the Holy Spirit has entered them. The reply states the Spirit dwells at faith in Christ, cites Romans 8 9 and Ephesians 5 18, notes personal feelings vary, and urges trusting, obeying, and walking in faith for ongoing guidance.
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DR. Graham
H. H
Mrs. H
Jesus Christ
Christ
Chicago Tribune-N.y. News Syndicate, Inc
Nixon pardon did Ford act to shield Nixon from prison
Report cites inside sources claiming Nixon faced indictment for obstruction of justice and would have fought in court if not for a presidential pardon. The piece notes Gen. Alexander Haig first raised the pardon question with Gerald Ford on August 5 before Ford became president.
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Ford
Nixon
Alexander Haig
White House
Gerald Ford
Haig
Jerry terHorst
Robert Hartmann
Philip Buchen
Buchen
Herbert J. Miller
Buden
Miller
San Clemente
Washington
Benton Becker
Benton
California
Pacific
Ronald Ziegler
Ziegler
Becker
Mr. Becker
Pat
Hartmann
Nixon pardon drama unfolds behind the scenes
The account details Ford’s decision process leading to a presidential pardon for Richard Nixon. It describes backroom talks with Nixon’s lawyers, hints of a contrition statement, and the emotional toll on Nixon, including his late appearance and frail condition, culminating in Ford’s public pardon justification citing Nixon’s health threats.
Democrats Fave Gains In Senate Races In 1976
Congressional Quarterly assesses a 62 38 Democratic Senate margin and projects gains in open seats and retirements. Safe bets include Chiles Muskie Kennedy Humphrey Stennis Cannon Williams Byrd Proxmire with other incumbents favored in several states and vulnerable contests centered on Hartke Lugar Beall and Beall. Open-seat dynamics suggest Hawaii and Pennsylvania as hotspots with Mansfield Pastore retiring and Heinz facing Green’s united Democrats.
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Congressional Quarterly
Senate
Lawton Chiles
Fla
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Edward M. Kennedy
Mass
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
John C Stennis
Miss
Howard W. Cannon
Nev
Harrison A. Williams Jr
Quentin Burdick
N.D
Henry M. Jackson
Wash
Robert C. Byrd
W.va
William Proxmire
Wis
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Gale W. McGee
Wyoming
Joseph M. Montoya
New Mexico
Frank E. Moss
Utah
John %. Tunney
California
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Indianapolis
Richard Lugar
J. Glenn Beall Jr
Maryland
U.S
Paul S. Sarbanes
Hartke
Washington
Beal
Nixon White House
Sarbanes
Hawaii
Pennsylvania
Hiram L. Fong
Hugh Scott
Lar House
John Y. McCollister
Roman L. Hruska
Nebraska
John C. Danforth
Missouri
Stuart Symington
Michigan
Richard Austin
Donald W. Riegle Jr
James G. O'Hara
Marvin L. Esch
Robert J Huber
Congressional Quarterly Inc
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Naval Operations
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
Conn
William V. Roth Jr
Del
Robert Taft Jr
Ohio
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James L. Buckley
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Roth
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Thomas Maloney
Howard M. Metzenbaum
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Mike Mansfield
Montana
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Rhode Island
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