Byrd Scrubs TV Debate Plans for Panama Channel Talks
Washington report notes Senate Majority Leader Byrd has second thoughts about televising the Panama Canal treaty debate due to lighting problems in the chamber and political risks. Tests by networks disappointed Byrd and Baker, while Dole angles for national office and Jesse Jackson draws Republican interest.
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Martha Angle
Robert Walters
Washington
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
Howard H. Baker
Baker
Panama Canal
Dole
Sen
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Crown of St. Stephen
GOP
Jesse Jackson
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Dotle
Tennessee
Jackson
Bill Brock
Milinois
Brock
Adlai E. Stevenson
A Billion Dollars and a Beer Budget Banter
In a Washington bar, CARTER budget figures provoke a talk on half trillion totals. The dialogue questions whether large sums feel real, with Doubleday noting a billion seems unseen while a 1.30 beer price sparks reflection on money perception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Buchwald
Washington
Carter
Doubleday
Indiana Evening Gazette advertisement and staff note
Historical newspaper fragment notes subscription rates for various delivery options and regions, with names of staff and roles, including editor and advertising manager. It lists daily publication with Sunday/Holiday exceptions, and reveals multiple county readership areas and pricing structures.
Revival meetings draw crowds at Brush Valley church
January 31 1928 reports revival services at the Evangelical Church Brush Valley with daily 7 30 pm services and strong singing.
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Evangelical Church
Brush Valley
Harvey Rankin George
Indiana County Republican Committee
Philadelphia St
Indiana
Donald Ei, Smith
Indiana County
Haiti's Mama Doc Hexes Carter Over Dahomey Voodoo Tale
Washington report claims Haiti's widow Mama Doc Duvalier used voodoo rites to hex President Carter tied to pressure on Jean Claude Duvalier. The piece notes the son's liberalization, UN involvement, and past prisoner releases, plus a skeptical embassy footnote. It also covers a separate nutrition education probe into Del Monte Campbell Soup and Standard Brands using school programs to push products.
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Washington
Mama Doc" Duvalier
Haiti
Yoodoo
Jimmy Carter
Mama Doc
Papa Doc’ Duvalier
Old Guard
Carter
Jean Claude
Baby Doc" Duvalier
Zacharie Delva
Gonaives
Delva
Papa Doc
Mama Dot
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Jean
United Nations
Andrew Young
Mama Doo
Joe Spear
Hal Bernton
del Monte
Campbell Soup
Standard
House Agriculture
del Monte Company
Frederick Richmond
D-N.y
Silent Revolution in Auto Unions Promises Free Fringe Benefits
Auto union chiefs gathering for a mass conference are forging a silent partnership with corporations. The UAW has pioneered COLA and productivity pay while expanding benefits, including employer paid health coverage and now prepaid legal services funded by wages. A Chrysler plan would extend free legal aid to 150,000 hourly workers and dependents, covering many personal legal needs.
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Victor Riesel
Washington
Winter Palace
U.S
Auto
American Corporation
New York
Columbia University
Auto Union
United Auto Workers
Doug Fraser
Ford Foundation
Wayne State University
Detroit
UAW
Internal Revenue Service
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler
IRS
Worldwide bikers and permafrost facts summarized
National Geographic estimates about 8 million motorized bicycles globally with France hosting roughly 6 million or one for every nine French residents. USGS notes permafrost under about 20 percent of Earth's land area based on engineering geology estimates.
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France
National Geographic
Say
U.S. Geological Survey
UAW Chrysler plan costs and bargaining leverage
Fraser and Stepp discuss the UAW Chrysler Department director’s succession and the impact of a free legal plan on bargaining. The plan, including auto parts and suppliers, could cost near $50 million a year, with retirees' pensions and bonuses illustrating the union’s growing stake in corporate profits.
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Fraser
Marc Stepp
UAW
Chrysler
Wasps’ venom can kill vast numbers of caterpillars
A single female wasp can produce venom potent enough to kill about 227,175 caterpillars or roughly 50 pounds of insects. In comparison, a housefly beats its wings 330 times per second while a buzzard’s wings flap about three times each second.
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Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Indiana Evening Gazette
Bunnants
Indiana Printing & Publishing Company
BOY Water
Welk
Areystrong
Cambera
Clearfield
Jefferson
West
Moreland
Counies
AGUA
Lumar
Clare Cence
Mama Doc Hexes Carter
By Jack Anderson
Abcs of Nutrition
Campbell
Food Combines
General Foods
Richmond
Red Sea
Field Newspaper Syndicate
Don Graff
Israel
United States
West Germany
Entebbe
Somalia
Djibouti
Syria
Damascus
Italy
Justice Department
State Department
Libya
Iraq
Yemen
Att
Berry's
HEA, Inc
Texas
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