Editorial: Pickets and pay for school attendance shift
A San Diego junior high pays students 25 cents daily to attend classes to cut a 9 percent truancy rate. The plan aims to reduce loss of $9 per unauthorized absence, totaling $132,000, while hinting at broader laborlike implications for teachers and students. The piece also notes a 1970s Senate re-election success drop from 77.4 percent to lower rates, signaling growing job security concerns.
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California
San Diego
Incumbents lose ground as re election rates shift
The piece notes drop outs rising to 60 percent, matches a 60 percent success rate last month. It contrasts House re election at about 90 percent with Senate rates, arguing the trend affects job losses and suggests the public mood is to throw the rascals out rather than herald a new conservative wave.
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U.S. Senate
Congressionl
317Th Tactical Airlift Wing
Pope Air Force Base
North Carolina
317Th
Ronald Reagan
Thomas
O'Neill
Capitol
Imitation of the times and odd advertising tricks
A varied column notes the appeal of Sagan style phrases in popular culture, recalls a margarine firm’s stocking coupon scheme with odds charts and a $5,000 instant holiday sweepstakes, plus a PBS Pride and Prejudice dramatization and a nationwide Great American Smokeout survey showing about 19 million smokers attempted quitting on November 20.
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American Cancer Society
Congress pushes anti busing clause to curb court orders
The House and Senate back a provision barring the Justice Department from funding actions to bus students to schools away from their home. The measure seeks to halt government advocacy of forced busing, while acknowledging private suits and judges could still act. Critics argue busing harms education and promotes racial balance as a primary goal, with ongoing political pressure to veto funding.
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Washington
House
Senate
Justice Department
Congress
96Th Congress
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Connecticut
Lowell Weicker
Legislative Branch
James S. Coleman
Aeroflot espionage role and U S flight curtailment ire Russians
A CIA study says Aeroflot aided Soviet intelligence and counterintelligence with in-flight duties, while U S restrictions shrink its reach from Dulles to two weekly flights and halt New York service. The report cites 1974 and 1977 incidents and notes KGB presence on foreign and domestic legs.
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Afghanistan
Aeroflot
Dulles International Airport
Washington
New York
U.S
Teamsters Union
KGB
Kremlin
Continental
United States
Netherlands
CIA
Madrid
Soviet Union
Ussr
Economy index rises in October but gains slim
Washington reports the Index of Leading Indicators rose 0.9 percent in October led by orders for consumer goods, a softer advance after September's 3.1 percent surge. The modest uptick aligns with forecasters predicting a slower recovery amid rising interest rates and tepid near-term growth.
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Washington
Commerce Department
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