A constitutional convention may be Congress unfinished business
The piece urges Congress to revive the 1971 Ervin bill to authorize a constitutional convention under Article V prompted by multiple state petitions seeking a balanced budget amendment. It warns a convention could rewrite the entire Constitution and argues for prudent congressional restraint and orderly delegation.
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Washington
Congress
Union
Paul Douglas
Douglas
Dirkson
Cicero
Javits
New York
Proxmire
Wisconsin
Robert Kennedy
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sam Ervin
North Carolina
Senate
Ervin
ABA
Fidel Castro
United States
Communist
China
Peking
Carter
State lawmaker seeks to ban giveaways by stores and media
Kansas legislators weigh a proposal by Rep. E Dean Shelor to repeal parts of gambling law that allow free giveaways by food stores and radio or TV stations. He argues such promotions raise food costs and annoy customers, while opponents call the idea an overreach that infringes on business and personal choice.
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Kansas
E. Dean Shelor
Minneola Democrat
Shelor
Distaff Side and Pageant News from Garden City
A January clearance sale invites self gifts as one woman plans ahead for next Christmas. The Miss Garden City scholarship pageant on St Patrick’s Day offers at least 1700 in prizes with a 750 scholarship for the winner and 500, 250 for runners up plus 200 for a talent prize. Entrants must be 17 to 26 and high school graduates or graduates by September 1979. call Sandy Bealmer at 276-6669 to enter. Christine Jorgensen's gender history is noted and predictions about Tokyo’s plastic theme land by 1982 are mentioned, contrasting with disbelief in a Disneyland replica.
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Astraea
Sandy Bealmer
Where to Write Sen Dole in Washington DC
Location for correspondence with Senator Robert Dole listed as 2213 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510. Contact number (202) 224 6521 provided for inquiries and mail guidance.
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Sen
Robert Dole
Dirksen
Nixon and Teng share a fictional White House dinner talk
Nixon and Teng discuss exile, memoirs, and payback in a playful interview style. Teng recalls being denounced by Maoist media and losing literary rights, while Nixon jokes about a Kentucky recreation center. Their imagined dialogue pivots on political disgrace and rebirth.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
White House
Teng
Carter
Nixon
People’s Republic
Gang of Four
Mao
Kentucky
Medicare clash leaves patient with $88 bill baffling doctors
Washington notes tell of Lucille Hall of Columbus Ohio 85 with a pension of 302 monthly who faced 700 in charges after pacemaker operations. Doctors refuse Medicare on assignment citing low government fees, raising 699 million gap by 1977 and sparking broader debate on regulation costs and Castro’s stance on China.
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Washington
Lucille R. Hall
Columbus
Ohio
Grant Anesthia Associates
Hall
Medicare
Grant Associates
Lucille Hall
Murray Weidenbaum
St. Louis
Public Pulse Poem About The Little Things
A reader reflection thanks God for simple daily gifts from sunrise to twilight. The valued lines praise sunshine, children, birds, friends, and family, urging gratitude for everyday blessings and small comforts in daily life.
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Joe. Smercher
Pershing Manor
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David Frost
Peking Media
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Jack Anders
Weidenbaum
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