Editorials Trace Nuclear Power's Rising Role and Bias
Editorial notes that nuclear plants provide about 4 percent of U S electricity with AEC forecasts predicting 60 percent by 2000. It highlights the Enrico Fermi liquid metal fast breeder reactor and Edison Electric Institute praise for pioneer investors. Concludes with reflections on Watergate, hair transplant advances, and the Richmond school busing decision.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Edison Electric Institute
Enrico Fermi
Detroit
Michigan
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Desegregation legacy and busing debate across the states
An editorial reflects 18 years after the Supreme Court desegregation ruling noting renewed resegregation by choice geography or private facilities. It discusses Nixon’s stance on busing federal input and a Richmond test case potential merging city and suburban schools, with nationwide implications and a colorblind law as the aim.
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Supreme Court
Richmond
Byline reflections on Watergate and town news
A column reviews Watergate exposure and national figures like Sam Ervin and Howard Baker, praising Baker’s poise. It notes local optimism about First National Bank remodeling, upcoming state political moves, and retirement tribute to postmaster A J McDaniel, with bank board approvals for construction plans.
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D.C
Sam Ervin
North Carolina
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Baker
Illinois
Everett M. Dirkson
First National Bank
Grassroots Opinion From Lake Park on Socialism Infiltration
A Lake Park Iowa opinion piece warns that gradual government shift toward socialism and communism will go unnoticed like a frog in slowly heated water. It argues quick revolution would occur if change happened rapidly, but slow change feels like users endorsing it.
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Lake Park
Iowa
SALT MALT MAD HALT ELIS Aims For Truthful Arms Talks
A fragmented column riffs on SALT and MBER becoming MALT in Vienna talks, warns of MAD Mutually Assured Destruction, and suggests HALT ELIS as a policy pivot. It pivots to Christian exhortations about happiness through Jesus, service, living today, and refuge under God’s wings with Psalm quotes and moral counsel.
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Ontario
Obe
Argus Observer
Vienna
Elis
Kans
Jesus
Christ
Windys Windsock by WJ Beckham
A fragment recalls a man touting shares for $500 to a prospective buyer who dismisses the idea as illogical. The buyer reveals his name as Alexander Graham Bell, prompting a wry note that he missed a golden opportunity.
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WJ. Beckham
Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
South Elementary adds four rooms as projects begin
Community changes include a four room addition to South Elementary School and a ceremony featuring a pantomime. Local events celebrate graduates, rodeo winners, and a nurse’s travel feature while residents pursue opportunities abroad and at universities. A court remodel contract was awarded and a Prohibition mass meeting planned.
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Kathryn Cope
Helen Hobson
S.V.N
Donna Sue Jackson
O'Donnell
Jan Hardberger
Carolyn Reed
Sherryn Barnes
Dorinda Pierce
Elaine Clayton
Friends of Prohibition
First Baptist Church
Sparenburg
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Regensburg
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