The Organized Oldsters and the Social Security Question
A commentary on aging voters reshaping politics as 10 percent of the population exerts influence through groups like AARP and Gray Panthers. It notes gains in Social Security and Medicare debates, while warning that benefits may burden younger generations and threaten fiscal stability.
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Congress
Ford
American Association of Retired Persons
National Council of Senior Citizens
Gray Panthers
National Council
Washington
National Caucus On the
Who owns big business
Treasury Secretary William Simon faces critics after testimony seeking a tax cut for corporations. The piece argues most big businessmen are company managers owned by many stockholders and explains how corporate taxes and dividend taxes function as double taxation, with money ultimately paid by customers.
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Treasury
William Simon
Congressional
Lawrence
American Telephone & Telegraph
Kansas University
Mount Oread
Simon
Uncle Sam
Lord in Israel Returns to Oregon Schools
A columnist notes Oregon will require diplomas reflect reading writing computing and civics knowledge while offering certificates of competence. He cites Liberal Parents Radical Children and recalls a grandmother's saying Lord in Israel as a stabilizing, moral guide in education and family life.
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Oregon
Oregon State Education Department
Midge Decter
Coward, McCann and Geoghegan
Israel
Faculty unions spark debate at KU and community letters
A Kansas University discussion on collective bargaining prompts a critical letter from Ernest E. Angino and colleagues warning unions would erode faculty governance and professionalism. Separately readers praise Daniel Ling’s landlord practices and defend Lawrence musician Bill Kelly’s band after a summer concert series ended.
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Journal-World
University of Kansas
Tems
Ernest E. Angino
Caravan of calls shows a family split by road trip antics
A collect call from Joyce Robinson in Oshkosh reveals Miss Joyce and her family plan, with Cynthia and Tommy off to New Orleans and Minneapolis. The motor in Joyce’s car has fallen out and the garage quotes 550 dollars to fix it.
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Washington
Joyce Robinson
Oshkosh
Wis
Pops
Cape Cod
Rose
Minneapolis
Cynthia
New Orleans
Tommy
Grateful Dead
Ellen Mulberry
Fort Lauderdale
Mexico
Detroit
Solzhenitsyn visit tests Ford image amid detente debate
The piece argues the US may expel Solzhenitsyn to protect the president and allies from nerves over detente policy. It notes Solzhenitsyn's influence, comments on Brezhnev's reactions, and critics within the White House about meeting him, citing image concerns and political calculation.
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Solzhenitsyn
Gerald Ford
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Washington
U.S
Soviet Union
Mr. Ford
National Security Council
Peoria
White House
Ford
Pele
Ron Nessen
Nessen
Brezhnev
The World Company legacy and staff in Lawrence Kansas
The World, established 1854 in Lawrence Kansas, lists editors Dolph Simons Sr and Jr, Bill Mayer, Ralph Gage, Jack Starkey, and Leo Eller. It operates daily except Sunday from Sixth and New Hampshire with contact 843-1000. Subscription rates vary by carrier, mail region, and duration.
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Dolph Simons Sr
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Bill Mayer
Ralph Gage
Jack Starkey
W. C. Simons
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kan
Douglas
Kansas
Kansas City
United States
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
Lawrence crime up 28 percent in six months
Crime in Lawrence rose 28.3 percent in the first six months from a year earlier as police cite a high clearance rate. Hospital ER saw many injuries from snake bites go cart use and a trampoline mishap. The city’s 4 H FFA fair is set for Aug 25 26 with lake improvements planned. The Vail Bronze Medal for rescue work was awarded to five Bell Telephone workers.
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Lawrence
William Troelstrup
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Douglas County
Walter Johns
The
Employment Service
Jay Utz
Windsor
Santa Barbara
Calif
Robert Revenew
FFA
Lone Star Lake
Board of Governors
Vail
Bell Telephone
Daisy Cagle
Charles Kassinger
Maxwell Hilliard
Louis Blair
Joseph Reed
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M.E. Bickford
Roger L. Kaesler
Landford
Daniel Ling
Dr. Ling
Ling
Small Claims Court
Melissa Nolte
Journal- World
Alan B. Barley
Barley
Attorney General’s Office
Donald R. Hoffman
State of
Bill Kelly
Whistler
Arthur Pryor
Buck
South Park
Central Park
Kelly
Alvin Dahlene
Arkansas
Fred
West
Western Union
Goodby
George F. Will
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Republic
Leonid Brezhnev
Munich
Leo Eller
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