Kennedy's Son Bobby Grounds for Public Life and Reform
A Portrait of Robert F Kennedy Jr at 24 as a future political figure. The interview notes his Harvard education, London School of Economics study, and readiness for press focus. He reflects on privacy, press scrutiny, desegregation, crime, energy policy, and public service as noble but challenging.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr
New York
John
Kennedy
Bobby
David Marash
Your Place
Young Kennedy
Frank M. Johnson Jr
F.B.E
Harvard
London School of Economics
Bert Lance
Boston
Ford Motor Company
Cuba
Ronald Reagan
California
Public vote on city county improvements faces low turnout
Tuesday's election asks voters to approve a $2.5 million law enforcement center and a $2.2 million city complex. Despite extensive public input, turnout may be about 30 percent, risking control over nearly $5 million in tax funds. Voters are urged to participate to influence spending decisions.
Distaff Side on Holocaust TV and atrocity ethics
A reader critiques the Holocaust mini series arguing commercial TV centers on entertainment and commerce, questions about filming violence, and the impact of media on perception. The writer reflects on personal memory of Nazi terror, compares it to Hiroshima and Vietnam, and warns against ranking atrocities.
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D.h
Gary Gilmore
Dallas
Hiroshima
Vietnam
Kemp as 1980 Dark-Horse Presidential Hopeful
Washington essay views Republican Jack Kemp of New York as a possible 1980 presidential contender. It weighs Ford, Reagan, Baker, Dole, Danforth, Laxalt, Garn, Hatch, Crane, Connally and others, highlighting Kemp’s age, House tenure, AFL past, business ties, tax plan, and campaign activity. It ends with a personal note about James Zahnter and his wife in Conroe Texas.
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Washington
Jack Kemp
New York
Kemp
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Stevenson
Reagan
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Bob Dole
Kansas
Danforth
Laxalt
Nev
Garn and
Hatch
Utah
Phil Crane
Illinois
John Connally
Texas
Thompson
Ray
Iowa
Treasury
William Simon
James Buckley
Marine Midland Bank of Buffalo
American Football League Players Association
National Association of Broadcasters, Engineers
Afl-Cio
AFL
American Cause
American Conservative Union
Americans For Democratic Action
John Anderson
Anderson
Jeffrey Bell
New Jersey
Bell
Delaware
William Roth
Neutron bombs and unseen plant radiation threat raised
A Carter administration pause on the neutron bomb highlights fears of neutron radiation inside nuclear plants. An NRC memo by Glenn Simmer warns exposures go unnoticed due to faulty measurement methods, with Millstone, Connecticut cited as a test site. Regulators back a $100,000 study but face independent doubt over dosimetry and plant safety.
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Washington
Carter
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Glenn Simmer
Batelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory
Millstone
Conn
Howard Rosenberg
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Russia
By Nancy Hope
James J. Kilpatrick
White House
Jimmy
Public Pulse
Syracuse
Kan
James Zahnter
Montgomery County Daily Courier
James
West Columbia
Tex
Houston
Grangerland
Garden City
Conroe
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