Congress Fumbles Pay Raise Vote Amid Ethical Reform Talk
The 95th Congress showed weakness on a pay raise issue as just 150 members attended a Feb. 17 address by Mexico’s president while Senate recessed for Washington’s Birthday. Speaker O’Neill warned Trudeau may be last such address and noted Congress only meets Tue–Thu most weeks. The piece supports federal pay increases for judges and top officials, conditioned on ethics reforms, and condemns procedural dodging as a flight from responsibility.
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Tip O’neill
Pierre Elliot Trudeau
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Health tax proposal targets self induced illness
Dr Kerr White proposes a public health tax based on personal risk behaviors to curb rising health care costs. He argues those jeopardizing their health should prepay via higher taxes, while opponents say individuals should not pay the government for lifestyle choices and criticize auditing private habits.
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Kerr White
Institute For Health Care Studies
White
Time Nears For Carter To Talk Shoes
The piece weighs Carter under a 60 day deadline to decide on the U S International Trade Commission’s recommendation to raise tariffs on imported shoes beyond 265 million pairs. It weighs unemployment, domestic shoeworker impact, and the risk of dependence on foreign supply amid global trade dynamics.
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Jimmy Carter
U.S. International Trade Commission
U.S
Tail Gunner Joe reshapes McCarthy era myth into TV spectacle
In a retrospective on the late 1950s media treatment of Senator McCarthy, NBC's Tail Gunner Joe is labeled a grand feint and a great cop-out. The piece contrasts Revere and Waugh critiques with reflections on McCarthyism, its victims, and the public debate revived by television. It notes how anti McCarthyism grew as a response to sensational portrayals and questions what really happened to McCarthy's victims.
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Joe McCarthy
Lillian Hellman
Josef Stalin
Revere
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
England
Evelyn Waugh
McCarthy
Joe
Brent Bozell
Telvision
Mr. Waugh
Mr. Revere
Owen Lattimore
Stalin
John Dewey
Soviet Union
Europe
Henry Wallace
NBC
Inebriated men stumble on railroad track joke
Two drunk men weave along a railroad track and joke about a long flight of steps and a low railing. A kindergarten tot mocks a classic painting Whistler's Mother by saying it shows an old lady waiting for the repairman to fix her TV as described in rough notes from Grit.
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Whistler
Grit
World reacts to Amin murder of archbishop and world law failure
The piece argues Idi Amin murdered the archbishop amid a pattern of political killings. It compares Amin to Hitler and Stalin, questions the existence of global law, and suggests world culture may yet form a response through shared values. It notes international reactions and the Kenyan church delegation gesture.
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All-Africa Council of Churches
Amin
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