Public For Prisons? Oklahoma Voters Face Prison Debate
Oklahoma leaders weigh a statewide vote on Governor Boren's prison plan as two lawmakers push a 42 thousand signature petition. The issue tests taxpayer tolerance for 14 million dollars in new prisons and asks voters to back or reject the state’s controversial program.
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John Young
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Glenn Floyd
Norman
Supreme Court
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Floyd
McAlester Penitentiary
Granite Reformatory
PBC No Spoof A Senate Panel Dismantles Public Group
A Senate investigating committee exposes the People’s Bicentennial Commission as a publicity seeking left wing group. It shows how the PBC duped NEH into a 7200 grant and used schools and civic bodies for propaganda against private enterprise. The Miami Herald opinion contrasts it with the ARBC. A Colorado House scene ends with a prayer for adjournment.
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People’s Bicentennial Commission
PBC
ARBC
National Endowment For the Humanities
A Last Will For All Of Us
A Chicago scene opens with Williston Fish drafting a fictional will in a park and office. The testament bequeaths to children playful realms from dandelions and daisies to stars and the Milky Way, coupled with trust for parents to use them wisely. It envisions shared fields for play and shared joys, reflecting a whimsical, communal view of childhood and memory.
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Williston Fish
Chicago
Williston
Charles Lounsbury
Will and legacy in a Chicago railroad executive’s will
The article recounts a 1887 will by Williston Fish, detailing bequests to boys, girls, lovers, young men, and nonchildren. It grants places at fireside, imagined worlds, and memories plus poems by Burns and Shakespeare. Fish, a lawyer turned railroad executive, later became wealthy and published extensively. his death occurred in Western Springs, Illinois, aged 81. It notes uncertainty about whether he left a formal will.
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Mr. Fish
Chicago
Williston Fish
Western Springs
Illinois
Voters May Want Flexible President
The piece compares the Democratic Party’s primaries to 1932, noting Franklin D. Roosevelt’s rise amid change and Walter Lippmann’s critique. It discusses Jimmy Carter and Jerry Brown as amiable figures with shifting positions, and references Reaganites in California praising Brown while he priorities jobs over theory.
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al Smith
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Walter Lippmann
Squire
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Lippmann
Lippmanns
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Jerry Brown
California
Maryland
New York Village Voice
Washington, D.C
Carter
Brown
Hubert Humphrey
Uncertain politics and oddities mix in a restless electorate
A collage of quotes and reflections on unemployment rates, political figures like Carter and Brown, and a friend’s view from film critique. The piece wonders how voters seek flexibility in leadership while referencing FDR era contrasts and the appeal of an unknown, potentially transformative candidate.
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Brown
Paralysis A Major Move To End Project
Washington reports the Senate delays a B1 bomber decision until February, a tactic seen as political. Proponents argue the B1 is essential to deter Soviet attacks, while foes led by liberal Dems and groups like Common Cause push for delaying and redirecting funds to social programs.
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Ford
Ronald Reagan
Congress
George McGovern
South Dakota
John Culver
Iowa
Common Cause
National Council of Churches
Wisconsin
Bill Proxmire
Liquor Fight in Oklahoma Centered on FACT vs SANE
In Oklahoma the liquor issue pits FACT against SANE over a decision by a third party to vote. The House rejected a pay raise for Corporation Commission Chairman Rex Privett and two other commissioners. Privett previously leveraged power as Speaker to push measures through.
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Fact and Sane
Corporation Commission
Rex Privett
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