Government can be cheaper than private firms it claims
The Reid Editorial Service argues that many believe government runs services cheaper than private enterprise. It cites GAO on SSA claim processing costs, telephone and postal rate history, and a Columbia study showing municipal costs higher than private firms. It warns to verify figures before asserting public efficiency.
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General Accounting Office
Social Security Administration
Pri
Columbia University
Unequal Expectancy: Women Live Longer Than Men
The Institute of Life Insurance reports women aged 45 can expect 33.9 more years of life, a new high. Since 1900 the gender gap widened from 2 years at birth to eight years today, aided by medical progress and lower childbirth mortality, with maternal deaths at 727.9 per 100000 in the early century. The Santa Ana Register.
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Institute of Life Insurance
Institute of Mothers
Refugees Seek Path to Residency and Service
A year after more than 130000 refugees from In dochina arrived in America, Sen Hugh Scott sponsors legislation to convert parole status to permanent resident aliens. The move would allow refugees to join the armed services or obtain federal jobs and reflect special consideration under immigration laws.
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Indochina
America
Hugh Scott
U.S
Sen
Scott
Congress
Punish Convicted Criminals Yet Debate Over Capital Punishment
An opinion piece argues for swift severe punishment and public deterrence through executions and tattooed markers, critiquing the justice system's hypocrisy and recidivism rate. It calls for mandatory watching of executions as deterrents and questions rehabilitation efficacy.
Schools and home life linked to literacy debate
A letter exchange argues blame for literacy gaps lies with homes and nutrition rather than schools, noting 1876 starvation and diet issues. A reader cites Margaret Mead home schooling as real learning while another questions school dullness, asserting schooling should focus on structured subjects.
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D.M
Birmingham
Ala
Margaret Mead
M.S
St. Louis
Margaret
First Grade Teacher Most Important in Schools
Reader letters discuss Dr. Rafferty and the need to strengthen the first year of instruction. The exchange argues remedial reading is essential yet costly, and the first grade sets the child’s reading foundation.
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San Francisco
Florida
Soft Delegates and Political Pointers From Oklahoma
Four Oklahoma Republican national convention delegates are described as soft for Reagan. The piece jokes about how to persuade voters with carrot or stick while noting Carter’s stance on divestiture may unsettle oilmen. Eugene McCarthy appears on Oklahoma ballots amid playful banter about transplanted Minnesotans and Mars pictures.
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Oklahoma
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Role of White Man in Africa Coming to Ena
In Mombasa Kenya a curio shop owner notes growing pressure on non Africans as Kenya maintains white and Indian business presence. The piece discusses rising anti white sentiment across Africa, Kenyatta’s moderating tone, and risks for British and American interests in a shifting Black-ruled continent.
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Africa
Ena
Mombasa
Kenya
Klindini Road
Fiji
Voi
U.S
Jomo Kenyatta
United States
Dar Es Salaam
Indian Ocean
South Africa
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Soweto
Johannesburg
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Britain
Portugal
Belgium
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Lawton
Bill F. Bentley
Shirley Shepler Bentley
Donald S. Bentley
Stephen F. Bentley
Alfred Wallace
Oklahoma Press Association
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
American Newspaper Publishers Association
DIAL
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Vate Phone Company
Public Postal Service
New York
The
Santa Ana
Dunagin
Viking Project
Mars
Dri
Unger Rined
P. K
Supreme Court
Jim Bishop
ING Features Syndicate
A_ police
Gainesville, Fla
Max Rafferty
LOS Angeles Times
A.Y.H
Watertown, N.Y
Howard Hughes
Ford
Eugene McCarthy
Hamp Baker
Nairobi
Angola
Mozambique
Ethiopia
Malawi
Guinea
Congo Republic
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