Thoughts for Today and Philosophical Reflections
A compact meditation pairing a biblical verse from Job 36 4 about perfect knowledge with Benedict Spinoza on distinguishing truth from falsehood. The note emphasizes the need for clarity of truth concepts to discern reality.
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Job
Benedict Spinosa
Holiday Crime Warnings Meant To Curb Shoplifting
High Point officials urge vigilance during the holiday season as crime increases. Police, clerks and shoppers face a rash of thefts with shoplifting emphasized. warnings appear in stores and meats counters to deter theft and ease or complicate police work depending on resident actions.
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Buster Crabb
High Point Crime Prevention Bureau
High Point
Proposals and Problems of the Electoral College
Analysis of how the electoral college functions the debates over direct popular vote and its implications for two party politics. Notes historic misfires and reforms proposals with Maine as a notable exception and quotes Senator Birch Bayh and columnist George Will.
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Washington
America
District of Columbia
Senate
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Congress
Jimmy Carter
United States
Ohio
Hawaii
Gerald Ford
Carter
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Bayh
Senate Judiciary
Electoral College
Rutherford B. Hayes
Samuel J. Tilden
Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
Ce Ster Plerehy
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
George Wallace
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Maine
George Will
Do Too Much Good In Porpoise Bill Controversy
A California tuna fishermen suit was halted by Justice Rehnquist affecting this year’s yellowfin catch. The piece weighs good intentions in the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 and the risk to a sizable U S tuna industry employing 1 500 families and hundreds of boats and workers.
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Supreme Court
William Rehnquist
Rehnquist
Congress
National Marine Fisheries Service
U.S
Charles Richey
Pete McCloskey
Robert Leggett
Lame Ducks Heading for Moscow as Simon Trip Prompts Questions
Treasury Secretary William Simon leads a Republican delegation to Moscow for a U S U S R Trade and Economic Council meeting. Wives and Simon sons accompany the group, with cables debating luncheon options and entertainment while the embassy plans a separate schedule. The trip, scheduled before the elections, faces scrutiny amid broader notes on defense mismanagement and a Canadian sale of a banned spinal drug.
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Washington
Treasury
William Simon
Moscow
Treasury and Commerce
Soviet Union
Simon
Billy
Peter
U.S
Anne
Ford Administration
U.S.U.S.S.R. Trade and Economic Council
State Department
Sovietskaya
Sokolniki Park
Kremlin
Transition Period in Washington Mocked in Buchwald Column
The Art Buchwald column mocks Washington transitions as officials scramble for control. A courier enters a federal building to join Carter’s coming administration, meeting aides, a secretary, and a cautious staff, while debates over budgets and mailroom chaos unfold.
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Federal
State
Treasury
Defense
Carter
Civil Service
Ford
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