Kemp Dinner in DC Highlights Reagan Bush Unity
A Washington affair honoring Jack Kemp featured William Bennett recounting Kemp's charm and a long procession of guests including Ronald Reagan, George Bush, James Baker and Caspar Weinberger. Kemp praised Reaganomics while the dais echoed mutual admiration as Kemp toasted the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Kemp
Washington
William Bennett
Kemp
New Orleans
George Bush
Dan Quayle
Bennett
America
Abraham Lincoln
Hubert Humphrey
Walter Mondale
Stark
White House
Reagan
Bush
Ronald Reagan
Dukakis
Notre Dame
Caspar Weinberger
London
James Baker
Julius Caesar
Winston Churchill
Congress
Niagara
Niagara Falls
New Hampshire
South
Joanne
Is ticket splitting illogical in modern politics
Washington analysis questions why voters split tickets by supporting Republican presidents while Democrats hold Congress. Since 1952 this one way trend shows Republicans paired with Democratic Congresses, driven by congressional turnover, party unity differences, and centralized GOP operations shaping voter behavior and expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
White House
Congress
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Jimmy Carter
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
Republican National Committee
Japan eyes U S colleges in bid for control
Japanese buyers, firms, and educators have offered millions to American small colleges to gain board control and set up study abroad and hosting programs for Japanese students. A partial stake was bought at Warner Pacific University, while a Japanese university acquired a Tennessee boarding school to serve Japanese residents in the United States. The effort reflects a cross cultural market dynamic shaping private higher education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle of Higher Education
U.S
National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
Warner Pacific University
Portland
Ore
Tennessee
United States
Number One Utility Payers Club Claims Top Spot
A humorous local feature portrays residents celebrating being the highest utility rate-payers in the country. The piece blends playful quotes from neighbors and mock plans to trim expenses, keep bills down, and maintain their NUMBER ONE status through careful budgeting and future Christmas trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.A. Dodgers
Jerry Cosentino
Pennie von Bergen Wessels
Midwest
Lasorda
Dodgers
Betty
Lucy
Jenny
Jean
Mary
Meir death noted in 1978 Dixon roundup
Former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir died at age 80 from cancer complications traced to an illness contracted years earlier. The Dixon retrospective also recalls Sinatra Jr. kidnapping in 1963 and George Schuler taking charge of Rose Tournament judging in 1938, linking three decade-spanning notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golda Meir
Frank Sinatra, Jr
Sheriff's Deputies
George Schuler
Pasadena
Calif
W.A. Schuler
Dixon
Also Mentioned on This Page
William F. Buckley
Japan
Pearl
Joyce Draper
Springfield
Calvin Schuneman
Washington St. Prophetstown
Mare Rigney
Freeport
Ee Meres Lees
Pia St. Dixon
Richard A. Mautinoebster
Park Place
Spring Valley
Richard Mulcahey
Durand
Dixon Telegraph
Alexis de Tocqueville
William E. Shaw
Mike Chapman
CA. Maronich
Karen Warnke
Ken Brown
Sandy Burke
Louise Brass
Connie Callahan
Laura Edmunds
Lori Fagan
Patty Gluntz
Clark Kelly
Chip Marshall
Jerry Pauser
Jim Nelson
Ed Bushman
Cathe Barnhart
Steve Bieser
Deana Heintzelt
Elizabeth Lovett
Diane Shehorn
Linda Ross
Kathy Grossman
Rhonda Klavenga
Jane Monroe
Bernadine Willstead
Tracey L
Montgomery
Judi Rois
Edwin E. Smith Jr
Comtamer
Trina Rebly
Scott Brown
LeeAnn
Mark Fane
Thomas Mekeel
Gunars Kulikovskis
Richard Devine
Robert Dogwiler
Rosemary Flowers
Robert Gorman
John Jacobs
Dick Kibble
Joe Leadman
Angela Bester
Robert Fenwick
Bruce Belman
Dave Johnson
Maria Nicholson
Jo Anne Mills
Carol Hemminger
Barbara Maves
Carole Houck
Joanne Smith
Delbert Pitman
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!