United Way taps new director in High Point
Texas native Jack Cromartie has taken over as High Point United Way director, planning long range campaigns and promoting the neighbor philosophy. He cites community support for UW agencies including Drug Action Council Boy and Girl Scouts Salvation Army and YMCA-YWCA while facing a funding shortfall and inflation.
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Texas
High Point
United Way
Jack Cromartie
Cromartie
American Cancer Society
Amarillo
Tex
Cancer Society
Drug Action Council
Boy and Girl Scouts
Salvation Army
Ymca-Ywca
Secrecy in Congress Faces Scrutiny Amid Secret Sessions
Washington reports reveal persistent secrecy in congressional committees. Despite reforms cutting closed meetings from prior levels, key incidents show open rules bypassed on sensitive foreign policy and defense matters. Leaders clashed on secrecy over posture statements and a 1974 nuclear memo.
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Martha Angle
Robert Walters
Washington
NEA
Congress
House
Senate
Defense Subcommittee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Secretary of Defense
William Proxmire
Dwis
Appropriations
Armed Services Committees
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Armed Services Committee
Stennis
Stennis’ Committee
Thomas J. McIntyre
D-Nh
David C. Jones
Air Force
Soviet Union
White House
McIntyre
Jones
Grafeite People Think Nothing Borrowing To Hoan Wr
Grafeite residents express indifference to borrowing plans from Hoan Wr as local officials weigh funding options. Public sentiment remains mixed with questions about repayment terms and long term impact on community projects.
Spain's First Free General Election Nears in 1977
NEA and London Economist News Service report Spain closes in on a free general election on June 15, with 150 parties fielding 6,000 candidates for 557 seats. Key players: Adolfo Suárez leads the Center Democratic Alliance likely 30 to 40 percent. Manuel Fraga heads the Popular Alliance potentially 20 percent. Felipe González fronts the Socialist Workers Party aiming over 20 percent. the Communist party seeks about 10 percent in a transforming post Franco era. The king backs Suárez, aiding liberal reforms and stabilizing the transition while avoiding bloodshed.
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Manuel Fraga
Popular Alliance
Party
Adolfo Suarez
Center Democratic Alliance
Collec
Europe
Socialist Worker Party
Felipe Gonzalez
Spain
Communist Party
Suarez
Santiago Carillo
Carillo
Franco
Senator Soaper and the dating string in New York chatter
A satirical column mocks Senator Soaper Tilly and her dating life while noting Percy Sutton's long tenure as borough president. It shifts to a jab at a snow driving expert who relies on others for real skill, hinting at political and social personas in New York.
Editor's Outlook: Schools Prefer No Testing
An editorial discusses opposition to standardized testing as states push diploma reading and writing requirements. Critics warn against abandoning tests while promoting diagnostic criteria and the “whole child” approach, questioning long term learning and cognitive verbal skills.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Los Angeles Times
Yale Alumni News
Whch
Gloria Parker
Oklahoma Department of Education
Invention Praised for Vacation Plan Amid Beachside Trials
A family turns a beach cottage into a daytime campground base to keep their vacation enjoyable, praised as an inventive solution that lets each member split time between the cottage and the campground. The piece blends humor about birds and a cherry tree fiasco with a light reflection on ingenuity and patience.
WASP veterans seek full benefits and recognition after decades
The feature recalls 1 100 women pilots in WWII who flew fighters and bombers, ferrying planes and training troops. It notes pay gaps, lack of hospital care, and disbandment in 1944 despite their service. Legislation by Goldwater and Boggs aims to grant benefits matching male veterans.
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Wasps
Women's Airforce Service
VIVA
WASP
Sally van
Congress
Army
Order
Fifinella
Walt Disney
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Lindy Boggs
D-La
H.H. “Hap” Arnold
Army Air Forces
The
AAF
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Gatewood Avenue
Jeri
Texas Technical University
Sul Ross College
Grafeite
London Economist News Service
Juan Carlos
Center
Senator Soaper
Tilly
Percy Sutton
Ondinele
National Council of Teachers of English
SLATE
Support For Learning and Teaching of
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Romeo
Juliet
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