Ford's modest, candor filled start brings healing to a weary nation
Gerald Ford frames his inaugural moment as an open, principled response to Watergate. He speaks of unwavering truth and candor, pledges future simple talks with the people, and seeks world peace while acknowledging Nixon’s era without gloss. The nation accepts him with broad, cautious optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
Republican Party
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Its Aim No Future for High Point Human Relations Commission
The High Point Human Relations Commission formed a decade ago as a volunteer body to bridge racial gaps now seeks full status with a full-time director. Its aim is to work itself out of business by resolving misunderstandings and preventing crises, hoping for a brief future of service.
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High Point Human Relations Commission
Commission
Make A Name For Yourself In Sacred Story And Life
The sermon argues that a person can gain renown through transformation and work, citing Jacob becoming Israel after Peniel and examples like Honest Abe and St. Paul. It highlights the power of a life as a name that endures, and ends with Jesus as the supreme name above all names.
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Jacob
Isaac
Esau
Peniel
Israel
Ife
Lincoln
Little Salem
Illinois
Abe
Lazy Jim
Crazy Jack
Sal
Jan
Dan
Jones
Emma
Louis
Saint Louis
Alfred the Great
Saul of
Tarsus
Christ St. Paul
Damascus Highway
Jesus
Oil price manipulation alleged in gas sector report
Washington inquiry accuses major oil companies of suppressing drilling success data to drive natural gas prices higher. The Commerce Committee staff alleges false offshore drilling reports and calls for regulator scrutiny of the FPC and President Nixon appointee Nassikas. Louisiana offshore fields show plunging exploratory success from 1969 to 1973, with profits rising as discovery opportunities fade.
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Washington
Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
Senate Commerce Committee
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Nixon
John Nassikas
Rock and Key
Louisiana
Gordon Yareski
Washington Whirl and a Patchy Federal Watch
An audit shows 28 states misused 43 million in federal funds for education of poor children with only 50000 repaid by four states a year later. Two states pursued repurposing funds for local programs while 12 million of 72 million cats and dogs die annually in centers and 15 million at large. FBI breaks up a Washington spy shop run by Robert Dorsen with 1968 privacy law searches. Veterans Administration grants radar veterans benefits. Labor Department gives similar award to FAA expert Chris Speros in Atlanta for cataracts from radar work.
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America
FBI
Washington
Robert Dorsen
Dorsen
Veterans Administration
Labor Department
Federal Aviation Administration
Chris Speros
Atlanta
Pondering Education And The Job Market
A recent college graduate laments that a BA proves little without marketable skills. Experts foresee continued balance through the 1970s, then a potential excess of graduates in the 1980s, prompting calls to rethink the purpose of education beyond liberal arts.
Career education and the value of skilled trades
A column argues for early exposure to commerce and industry through factory visits and talks by business leaders. It urges liberal arts education for its own sake, praises skilled trades and technical fields, and cites high pay and shortages, including truck drivers earning substantial first-year income. It warns against snobbery toward nontraditional careers. It closes with safety tips from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on power mowers.
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American Movers Conference
High Point
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
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Walter Bagehot
Michigan
Human Relations Commission
Jack Anderson
United Feature Syndicate
Magnuson
American Petroleum Institute
Federal Energy Administration
FEA
Exxon
Big Owl
Russia
Eric Hoffer
San Francisco
G. Nolan
Butch
Bearden
Mexico
Texas
Internal Revenue Service
Cle
Berry's
Hea
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