Debating Flammability Rules for Upholstered Furniture
A 1970s national debate weighs CPSC push for nonflammable furniture against industry concerns. Critics warn a nine-cigarette standard could raise costs and endanger small firms while acknowledging potential benefits of safer products. Officials advocate voluntary measures and smoke detectors to curb fire deaths.
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Consumer Product Safety Commission
CPSC
CPSE
Youth Unemployment Program Expands Under New U S Plan
The Labor Department will recruit unemployed youths for jobs in parks forests and recreation areas with nearly 8000 enrolled by year end. The program is part of a $1 billion effort approved by Congress to reduce youth joblessness amidst broader concerns about teen unemployment rates and social consequences.
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Sandra Stencel
Washington
Department of Labor
Congress
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Carter
United States
Alan Ribnick
Yates High School
Houston
Government by Judiciary reframes judicial power in America
Raoul Berger argues the Warren Court has overstepped constitutional bounds by reshaping the Fourteenth Amendment through school desegregation and reapportionment cases. He urges restraint and a return to original framers’ intent, warning of erosion of public respect if courts continue policymaking.
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Raoul Berger
Berger
Warren Court
Brown v. Board of Education
James Byrnes
South Carolina
Thomas McIntyre Cooley
Michigan
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
Charlemagne
Napoleon
Pondering the Sins of the Rulemakers in Washington
Analyzes federal state and local regulations, voluntary industry standards, and ANSI. Highlights forms filed, bureaucratic rigidity, and conflicts between innovation and control. Notes helmets failing safety tests despite ANSI rules and debates over competition suppression.
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Washington
United States
Superman
Senate
Ohio
Timken Family Faces College Remedial Fees Over Laura
A couple pays 7000 for Laura's college tuition only to receive multiple letters proposing 250 fees for remedial reading writing and arithmetic courses. They argue the issues stem from schooling and Laura's comprehension and basic math skills.
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Laura
PTA
Carlton
Timken
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