Energy: Carter’s rushed plan stumbles toward reform
A Washington critique argues President Carter’s energy package, launched in haste in April last year, remains largely comatose. It blames a small, nonpolitical task force for a vague strategy of conservation and production, and notes Senate revisions left the plan fractured. The piece urges sober leadership and a realistic, smaller scope to achieve a workable energy policy.
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al Ullman
House
Russell Long
Senate
Frank Cormier
Allman
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O'Neill
James A. McClure
Idaho
Sen
Howard Baker
Tennessee
United States
KP&L backs coal power amid regulatory pressure near St Marys
The Kansas Power & Light Co. builds coal fired capacity near St. Marys and seeks a rate rise to recover $200 million invested. The Kansas Corporation Commission questions the need while a welfare group urges justification. Witnesses raise coal and railstrike concerns as hearings unfold.
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Salina Journal
Meals and munching move fast in American life
The piece notes rising fast food and franchised outlets along highways while home cooking declines. It cites free drop in meals, coupon use, and a low average check of 1.87 at hamburger chains, with turkey and turkey products promoted as year round meat options. It mentions cookies for kindergarten and scout calendar snack links.
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Write-ins for Kansas political figures and office contacts
The text lists contact addresses for Senator James B. Pearson in the 5313 Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510, Senator Robert Dole at 3227 Senate Office Building, and Representative Reg Keith G. Sebelius at 1211 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515, plus the Kansas Governor’s Office contact at Garden City, Kansas with phone number 276 3423.
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Keith G. Sebelius
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Kansas
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Garden City
Kan
No Divorce for Singles Not Easy in Shared Life
Washington columnist Jack Anderson recounts Harlequin and Saralee, a live‑in couple seeking a way to end their arrangement. They grapple with property, legalities, and the paradox of marriage as a solution to breakup among the unmarried.
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Harlequin
Saralee
Livingston Faces Ethics Probe in Louisiana District Race
In Louisiana's first district, freshman Rep. Robert Livingston, once seen as clean, faces an FBI linked ethics probe over a staffer moonlighting as a union employee and public relations consultant. Allegations include dual salaries, campaign payments, and staff tensions with black and working-class communities.
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Lousiana
Richard Tonry
Robert Livingston
Tenry
Livingston
Mr. Clean
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New Orleans
Albion Ford
Ford
International Longshoremen’s Association
Public Pulse Praise for Officials Against Smut Peddlers
A reader thanks county officials for not compromising with pornography, urges continued stand against smut, cites biblical references and community protection, praising the Nov. 7 vote and urging others to support strong moral standards.
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Garner Ted Armstrong
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