Raleigh News & Observer Attacks Local Power Tax Shifts
A Raleigh editorial attacks the ElectriCities protest against CP&L rate increases, arguing local distributions by cities like Raleigh are not inequitable. The piece defends municipal ownership benefits, questions tax burden claims, and urges genuine fact-based critique rather than envy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina Power & Light Co
North Carolina
ElectriCities Organization
Cp&l
Raleigh News & Observer
Raleigh
ABC
Duke Power
High Point
News & Observer
Duke
New Hampshire Primary Sets Stage For Party Delegates
In the New Hampshire presidential primary Ford leads Reagan in a tight Republican race while Ford gains 19 of 21 Republican delegates and Carter takes 13 of 17 Democratic delegates. Carter wins the Democratic preference vote with 30 percent as Udall follows at 24 percent, with Massachusetts, Florida and North Carolina seen as coming contests before July conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Ford
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Carter
Morris Udall
Arizona
Reagan
William Loeb
Manchester Union
White House
Florida
North Carolina
Illinois
Henry Jackson
Washington
Gov
George Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Jackson
Massachusetts
Udall
Canadian Capers Amid Trudeau Wage-Price Controls
The piece reviews Trudeau's three year wage and price controls provoking business and labor alarm. It notes credibility questions and a toned shift toward voluntary cooperation. It highlights upcoming wage bargaining affecting 1.7 million workers and a notable postal workers contract that tested guidelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Pierre Eliott Trudeau
United States
Trudeau
Liberal Party
Italy
Sharon Churcher
Wall Street Journal
Ottawa
Ford warns of Soviet defense gains and calls for big spend
President Ford told GOP leaders the Soviets are closing the military gap and he must raise defense outlays for the first time in a decade. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld warned of upward Soviet trends in ships and tanks and urged stronger spending to deter nuclear risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ford
United States
White House
GOP
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Rumsfeld
U.S
Pentagon
Senate
Hugh Scott
Bill Brock
R-Tenn
John Anderson
R-Ill
Ronald Reagan
Anderson
A Word Edgewise on Schorr and McCarthyism
A column critiques Daniel Schorr for leaking an unsanitized House Intelligence Committee report to the Village Voice, arguing the action mirrors McCarthy era tactics. It weighs first amendment freedoms against societal norms, questioning whether private judgment may override law and how the public should respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kissinger
Daniel Schorr
C.B.S
House Intelligence Committee
Village Voice
Joe McCarthy
Wisconsin
Schorr
White House
House
Roy Cohn
Joseph MacCarthy
State Department
Blackstone
Jefferson
McKean
Pennsylvania
Patricia Hearst
St. Augustine
South
United States
Au Revoir New Hampshire in the presidential primary era
The Art Buchwald column bids farewell to New Hampshire, calling it the mother of primaries and a stage for national campaigns. It humorously reflects on the state’s political buzz, polling, media coverage, and enduring influence, while noting the shift toward Massachusetts Florida and West Virginia in future races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New Hampshire
Manchester
Crawford's Notch
Concord
ABC
CBS
NBC
Angola
Lockheed
You
Harris
Gallup
Howard Cosell
Muhammad Ali
Puerto Rico
America
Theodore White
Keene
N.H
White House
Au Revoir
Massachusetts
Florida
West Virginia
Manchester Union
North Dakota
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joe Brown
N&o
Georgiana H. Sheldon
Civil Service Commission
California
Golden Door
Sheldon
San Diego
Defense Civil Preparedness Agency
William Randolph Hearst
San Francisco Examiner
Southern Pacific Railroad
William Randolph Hearst II
Southern Pacific
Inmittee
Senator Soaper
Iis
Nixon
Daniel Ettsberg
New York Times
Art Buchwald
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!