Defense Budget Surges as Inflation Pins the Dollar
The $104.3 billion defense appropriation signed by President Ford leads with record levels to counter inflation and the Soviet arms buildup. It includes $7 billion to offset no new purchases, while real growth and future deficits loom amid domestic program pressures and calls from Brookings for higher outlays.
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Brookings Institution
Liberal Study Center
Uge
Kennedy
Johnson
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Middle East
Korea
Europe
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Brookings
Jimmy Carter
Pentagon
Danger to the ozone speeds cautious stance on fluorocarbon regulation
The National Academy of Sciences warns fluorocarbon aerosols threaten the ozone layer and urges a two year delay before regulation to learn more. The report calls for intensified research into harmless substitutes and advises consumer caution with aerosol products.
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National Academy of Sciences
Splinters Could Wreck Carter in Ohio and Midwest Votes
A Columbus Dispatch poll shows splinter parties winning eight percent in Ohio and five percent for Eugene McCarthy in the state. Carter leads Ford in Ohio but a surge by McCarthy or MacBride could tilt the electoral college toward Republicans.
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Columbus Dispatch
Ohio
Jimmy Carter
Eugene McCarthy
Carter
Ford
Jimmy
Gene McCarthy
Upper Midwest
Jerry Ford
Gene
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Roger MacBride
Libertarian Party
MacBride
Abortion Debate Reaches Presidential Campaign
Andrew Tully argues abortion remains a central political issue and defends bishops and clergy rights to speak on moral questions. He calls for civil, respectful discourse and cautions against a constitutional clash over abortion policy.
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Andrew Tully
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Washington
State of
Israel
Afl-Cio
Sons of Italy
Pilsudski Society
Absentmindedness Tales And a Violin Interlude
A humorous riff on absentmindedness with anecdotes about forgetful professors Einstein and others. The narrator muses on memory lapses at work and home, noting a garage office, misplaced items, and family quirks while sharing light anecdotes about eccentric behavior and small mishaps.
Jokes and anecdotes from Jim Bishop column row
A collection of humorous vignettes about memory slips and odd situations. Tales include a man forgetting his friend's name yet recalling his own son's, a gas station mix up with a missing car, a frog dissecting teacher with a sandwich, a Plaza hotel mishap with parking tickets, a brother selling a jalopy and thieves taking only the wheels and wipers, and an elderly executive in bed remarking to his wife about liking the room and neighborhood.
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Albert Einstein
Gene Kroll
Kelly
New York
John
Anna
Buster
Witty farm magazine ads and local publication quips
A collection of editor quotes lampooning ads and social norms. It notes crude job postings and moralizing lines from Modern Maturity and Clinton Sunset Shadows, highlighting a neighbor’s joke about sponge cake and stolen ingredients.
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Farm Magazine
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