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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1976
Page
8
The editorial argues Congress acted to expand black lung and related benefits, warning the measure would become a general pension plan. It notes projected costs and inflationary risks, urging the Senate to reject and President Ford to veto to prevent higher coal prices and wider benefit obligations.
The Library of Congress unveils a series of LPs on America's folk music from 1902 to 1971. Volume 1 covers Religious Music Congregational and Ceremonial and Volume 2 features Lonnie Johnson Bill Monroe and the Carter Family. Each LP $6.50, available from Recorded Sound Section Washington DC 20540.
A critical column lambasts Congress and the AFL-CIO Meany plan to revise the 1974 Federal Election Campaign Act. It argues the Hays Meany bill corrupts the commission’s balance, treats unions and corporations unequally, and risks a veto with broad entrenchment in power.
Frederic Sherman reports on a dubious Bicentennial fundraising scheme tied to a Sherman family flag. A Canton Ohio based operation, tied to Publishing Corporation of America, markets a commemorative flag for $9.95 plus shipping and an included parchment history. The piece exposes questionable business practices, misused historical associations, and dubious mail lists. Local context underscores the tension between earnest commemorations and profit seeking during the nation’s 200th birthday celebrations.
Rep Norman Mineta recounts the wartime internment of Japanese Americans, describing the FBI arrests of 130 400 people and the lasting trauma to his wife May and family. The NBC film Farewell to Manzanar portrays the evacuation and its consequences. Mineta warns such mass internment could recur with an executive order.
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