Expansion at the Telegram and downtown future plans
The Telegram announces a 2100 square foot addition to the downtown plant costing about $100,000 with front yard parking replaced by rear access, a new offices for circulation and freight, and remodeled business areas. Construction to begin soon with a fall grand opening expected. A separate Washington note discusses debates over extending the Voting Rights Act of 1975 amid white power resistance and civil rights gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Family
7Th and
Laurel
Garden City
Telegram
Lee Construction Co
Gibson-Mancini
Opposition to 1975 Voting Rights Act Extension
The piece argues that the 1975 extension of the Voting Rights Act overreaches by adding language minority protections and triggers preclearance for many jurisdictions. It notes vast preclearance activity, few objections, and political progress in the South while cautioning against “mindless” extensions and urging focus on current issues rather than past grievances.
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Washington
Carl Rowan
Dorothy Gilliam
Peter Rodine
House Judiciary Committee
Durance Vile
Hawaii
Idaho
Wyoming
New England
Department of Justice
Department
Texas
Justice Department
Mississippi
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
North Carolina
Alabama
Louisiana
Richmond
Atlanta
Birmingham
New Orleans
Miss Piggy Beauty Commandments From Dolores Hope
Dolores Hope recalls Miss Piggy’s guidance on being lovely and successful with beauty rules. The list advises avoiding yellow lipstick, cheek makeup, braided lashes, canned products, hardware store buys, staining or stinging facial items, nasal flowers, facial items causing tears, redness, or aging, and tongue powder.
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Miss Piggy
Nine out of ten best sellers insights and cat focus
An overview notes five of the New York Times non fiction top ten are money or diet books while paperback picks favor variety with Garfield the cartoon cat leading two titles by Jim Davis. A humor book by Simon Bond also appears. A family cat had kittens while away, and coping with difficult people by Robert Bramson circulates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Garfield
Jim Davis
Simon Bond
Time Magazine
Robert M. Bramson
D.p.s
How I Made a Million Dollars in Pork Bellies
Art Buchwald riffs on a hypothetical bestseller drawn from the publishers at Atlanta's American Book Fair. He sketches a satirical plot blending high finance, power, politics, and sensational fiction, including a Beverly Hills widow, a PLO link, a hydrogen bomb secret, and World War III implications, reflecting market trends in books and culture.
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Atlanta
Grosse Pointe
Gorky Park
Moscow
Beverly Hills
PLO
Rodeo Drive
Argentina
America
Senate weighs 50 million bailout for Tris treated baby clothes
Washington debate focuses on compensating manufacturers of Tris treated garments after a CPSC ban. Bill could extend aid to firms like Riegel Textile, Stone Manufacturing, and William Carter, amid questions over demnification to foreign sellers and past exports to Mexico, South America, and Ghana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Jimmy Carter
Sens. Strom
Thurmond’s
Kennedy
Riegel Textile Corp
Stone Manufacturing Co
Greenville
S.C
William Carter Co
Needham
Mass
Carter Company
Thomas Sussman
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sussman
Tony Capaccio
Thurmond
Riegel Corp
Latin America
Blue Star Knitting, Inc
Milwaukee
Wis
Mexico
Stayion Products, Inc
South America
Henry L. Miller & Son
Port Carbon
Ghana
Kessler, Inc
Wayland
Mich
Greensboro Mfg
Greensboro
N.C
Porter Mills
Oneita Knitting
Andrews
Chile
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By Fred Brooks
Doonesbury
Her
Bruheau
By Dolores Hope
Sen
Nancy Kassebaum
Russell Senate
Washington, D.C
Art Buchwald
FBI
Secret Police
Los Angeles
Sam
Jack Anderson
Product Safety Commission
Congress
Commission
Blue Star Knitting
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