High Point Cuts Plate Chore With Corner Decals
City council moves to a decal system starting 1978 saving car owners from removing plates while keeping a $1 decal fee. The change marks High Point declaring itself furniture capital while critics question the revenue and advertising value of license tags.
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High Point
North Carolina
Carter Memo Urges Four Year Campaign For 1980 Re election
A December memo by President Carter pollster Patrick Caddell urges a continuing political campaign to win re election in 1980. It outlines visible signs to project populist appeal and notes Jerry Brown as the main internal challenger. The memo argues Carter’s image matters as much as policy and hints at strategic positioning.
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Richard Nixon
Carter
Patrick Caddell
Caddell
White House
Massachusetts
California
Jerry Brown
Brown
Shrinking Cities and Shifting Population Patterns
The article analyzes urban population trends from 1950 to 1975 noting Chicago's decline of 600,000 residents and broader losses in seven of the nation’s 10 largest cities. It attributes shifts to suburbanization, highway development, and rail-to-truck freight changes, with some recovery groups in inner cities and lingering postwar distress.
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Chicago
Lake Point Towers
Marina City
McCormick Place
Houston
San Diego
San Antonio
Phoenix
Honolulu
Memphis
East
Middle West
New York
Detroit
St. Louis
Cleveland
Boston
Pacific Coast
Texas
Dallas
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Washington
Newark
Brooklyn
Bronx
Warsaw
Central City
U.S
Los Angeles
San Anton
Bureau of the Census
Carter cancels Cuban reconnaissance flights signaling thaw
Carter ordered end to SR-71 forays over Cuba as U S relations show softening while lawyers and diplomats negotiate fishing rights. Allegations of narcotics trafficking through Cuba surface from a Panama informant drawing scrutiny from investigators. Navy neighbors report Mondale daughter rode onto Navy grounds with her horse Junior prompting a brief apology.
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Washington
Carter
Fidel Castro
United States
Cuba
U.S
Terence Todman
Havana
Florida
State Department
Panama
Omar Torrijos
Moises
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
NAVY
Walter Mondale
Naval Observatory
Eleanor Jane
President Restricts White House Limousines Use
Senator Soaper reports the President limits aides access to White House limousines to transporting nine year olds to and from school, restricting official vehicle use to this specific purpose.
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White House
Television as Teacher The Debate Over Its Good and Bad Effects
A conservative view argues television acts as a powerful teacher shaping language and attitudes. Parents hold primary responsibility to ensure TV educates and not harms, while noting both constructive programs and pervasive trash.
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Newsweek Magazine
Marie Winn
The
Council For Basic Education
James M. Howard Jr
Howard
Lorne Green
Jacques Cousteau
Marine Life
CBS
ABC
NBC
Grizzly Adams
Davy Crockett
Empty Beds The Real Problem in Healthcare
Washington columns argue hospital bed shortages drive costs not patient demand. A Las Vegas hospital tested a Friday lottery for cruises to boost weekend admissions, amid broader ideas from hotline staffing to quota systems and improved hospital dining to keep beds full.
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Washington
Sunrise Hospital
Las Vegas
Sunrise
Certified Public Accountant
Our Lady of Deficits Hospital
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