Loss of compassion in Congress and world aid cuts
Washington opinion column questions Congress for cutting federal funding for abortions and denying welfare and foreign aid. It cites studies showing rising welfare skepticism while noting Vietnam era veterans and poor nations face tightened support. The piece muses on public mood after Vietnam, Watergate, and recession and warns against loss of compassion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Capitol Hill
House
Carter
Senate
U.S
Vietnam
America
Germany
Japan
Paul Simon
D-Ill
Iife
Congress
Roper Organization
Yankelovich, Skelly and White
July 4 1776 in Philadelphia A Continental Congress scene
On a hot July day in Philadelphia the Second Continental Congress reads the Declaration of Independence for the final time. Delegates including Jefferson Adams Franklin Hancock and Rodney confront war, unity, and the birth of a new nation as Delaware votes aye and a great nation is born.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Bishop
Philadelphia
Schuylkill
Walnut
Market
Christ Church
Delaware
Charles Thomson
State House
Thomas Jefferson
Red Head
Thomson
Second Continental Congress
Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
England
Pennsylvania
New York
John Hancock
Congress
Massachusetts Bay
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Philip Livingston
New Jersey
Caesar Rodney
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Button Gwinnett
Georgia
America
Dunlap
Hancock
Tramgon
Indiana Evening Gazette Masthead and Rates Fragment
Readable fragments show masthead for Indiana Evening Gazette with staff roles and AP membership. Subscription rates are listed for carrier route and mail, including daily and monthly plans, with regional and outside county pricing and a note on second class postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Printing 4
Water St
Indiana
Anne
Joseph L. Donnelly
Russell M. Hickey
William B. Hastings
Frank B. Hood
Associated Press
Associated Preugo
AP News
Carrier Boy
Indian
Armstrong
Centbria
Clearfield
Jefferson
Wermorsised
Notable airship and martial arts origins noted
The Graf Zeppelin completed a world voyage in 1929 in 20 days. An airship Ani uses propulsion and steering systems. Judo originated in Japan in the 1880s, developed by Professor Jigaro Kano from traditional jujitsu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Jigaro Kano
Army Has Learned Lesson On Dissent From MacArthur Episode
Washington Merry-Go-Round notes generals faced criticism for advising President Carter on Korea and future war plans. It cites MacArthur’s push for expanded war and Truman’s dismissal as shaping Army caution. Rogers urges private frank views during planning, then full support after decisions. Percy builds Alliance to Save Energy with Arab funds, defending oil price focus despite donors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Carter
Bernard Rogers
Harry Truman
MacArthur
United Nations
Andrew Young
Army
Douglas MacArthur
Manchuria
Chiang Kai-shek
Tually
Truman
U.S
Rogers
Sen
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Raeli
Illinois
America
Alliance To
Gerald Ford
Henry Kissinger
Walter Mondale
Alliance
Percy
Iran
Saudi Arabia
U.S. Energy
Roger Sant
Bob Gettlin
Middle East
United Feature Syndicate
Check Stalling as a Business School Lesson
A professor lectures on late payments and the float, illustrating how corporations delay checks to earn interest. An in-class skit shows a fictitious creditor pressuring a comptroller while blaming clerical errors and the computer as part of the final solution in check stalling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Buchwald
Washington
Joseph
Stevens
Radcliffe
Fire damages Blairsville residence early morning
1927 blaze at the George McGowan residence corner of Brady and Campbell streets severely damaged the home shortly after 3 30 this morning. 1952 a Saltsburg man and his two brothers and an uncle of Westmoreland County confessed to withholding about 4000 in property that should have been turned over to a trustee in bankruptcy when Dunwell Contractors Inc of Saltsburg went into bankruptcy on April 8 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens
Joseph
Comptroller’s Office
David Stevens
Von
Mr. Stevens
Blairsville
George McGowan
Brady & Campbell
Saltsburg
Westmoreland County
Dunwell Contractors Inc
Inside Labor Ideologies Up Front By Victor Riesel
Washington report notes labor leaders of major unions joining the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee DSOC led by Mike Harrington. Wurf of AFSCME Winpisinger of IAM Fraser UAW leaders attend DSOC events signaling a leftward shift with campaigns to organize the unorganized and pressure Congress and the White House into action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Riesel
Washington
Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee
DSOC
Mike Harrington
Jerry Wurf
American Federation of State
Iowa
Wurf
Labor Movement
Democratic Party
William Winpisinger
International Assn
Afl-Cio
Winpi
New York
Statler Hilton
Marty Gerber
New
United Auto Workers (Independent
Peking
China
Leonard Woodcock
UAW
Gloria Steinem
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers
Jack Sheinkman
National Press Club
Doug Fraser
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Stockholm
Sweden
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
Walter
Victor
Eugene Victor Debs
Martin Luther King Jr
Winpisinger
Ken Brown
Graphic Arts International Union
Fraser
Sheinkman
Worf
Afl-Cop
George Meany
Federation
Congress
White House
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
SWOC
Steelworker Organizing Committee
TWOC
Textile Worker Organizing Committee
Institute of Democratic Socialism
Social Democrats USA
Bayard Rustin
Franklin Roosevelt
Garment Workers
David Dubinsky
Jerry Wurls
Yipsels
Young Peoples Socialist League
America
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Martha Angle
Robert Walters
Philly
God
Benjamin Harrison
New Hampshire
Josiah Bartlett
Indiana Evening Gazette
John Singland
Lean
Crewcnt
South Korea
Donn Starry
United States
Soviet Union
Charles Percy
R.il
Israel
Damascus
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Berry's
NEA
Hawaii
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