A Safer Path to VP Selection in Election Reforms
The piece discusses changing vice presidential selection away from the current accident prone method. It cites Eagleton and Agnew as examples and notes the American Assembly proposal allowing the presidential nominee to propose a VP candidate for committee advice within 30 days. It argues for a deliberative system to prevent disastrous outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Eagleton
Spiro Agnew
American Assembly
Dwight Eisenhower
National Committee
Black Arts Revival Gathers Momentum Across Arts Scene
Washington notes a growing black arts revival echoing the Harlem Renaissance with vibrant shows in Boston and New York galleries, and rising indigenous theater like the Negro Ensemble Company. Street art, community programs, and debates on assimilation versus tradition mark a tense, urgent shift toward broader cultural visibility.
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Washington
Langston Hughes
America
Ralph Ellison
Museum of Fine Arts
Boston
Metropolitan
Puppy Mills Trafficking in Misery Exposed by Humane Society
A year long probe led by Humane Society chief Frank McMahon charges mass breeding operations in the Midwest with shipping sick animals to stores nationwide. The report cites coccidiosis distemper bronchitis and malnutrition, notes lax veterinary scrutiny and criticizes Spiegel catalogs for unseen animals from mills. The society urges buying local dogs or shelter pets and highlights weak federal enforcement and a lone Illinois law with teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Humane Society of the
United States
Humane Society
Gumshoe
Frank McMahon
Midwest
The
Spiegel
C.0.d
McMahon
Virginia
Greensboro
N.C
California
Rae Nelson
Illinois
American Kennel Club
Third World aid bill dies in House vote
The House rejected a $1.5 billion IDA authorization 155 to 248, drawing sharp criticism from Kissinger Shultz and McNamara. The piece argues aid funds could fuel oil purchases and urges the Third World to finance its own education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
International Development Association
IDA
Henry Kissinger
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Robert S. McNamara
World Bank
United States
Congressional Quarterly
New York
Lester Wolff
Shirley Chisholm
Georgia
OPEC
Israel
United Nations
McNamara
Quadaffi
Saudi Arabia
North Carolina Representative Seeks Reform of Massage Parlors
C Dempsey McDaniel in a letter to the House defends proposed legislation regulating massage parlor workers, calling the venues dens of iniquity and unacceptable across multiple cities including Raleigh and Charlotte. He apologizes for a slip in speech and urges all North Carolinians to be offended by the establishments.
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N.C. House of Representatives
North Carolina
Thomasville
Raleigh
Fayetteville
Charlotte
Clemmons
Lexington
Kernersville
High Point
Durham
Horneytown
C. Dempsey McDaniel
House of Representatives
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Black Arts
Africa
Art Richardson
Joint Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
IRS
White House
Capitol Hill
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
al Ullman
D-Ore
Harold Collier
R-Ill
Carl Curtis
R-Neb
Joint Committee
Nan
Arab Aid
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