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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1976
Page
6
Alfred Wallace serves as circulation manager for The Lawton Constitution. The brief notice notes his duties and updates on circulation metrics and distribution areas.
Federal controls push Lawton schools toward Title IX compliance by July 1978. Local committees review practices and recommend changes including gender-neutral publications and expanded girls sports. Many administrators fear vague guidance and may wait for HEW notice to confirm compliance.
The Lockheed contract affair, costing over 24 million in overseas sales payments, triggers global fallout. Prince Bernhard resigns from all posts over imprudent ties to Lockheed. ex Japanese PM Kakuei Tanaka arrested for a 1.6 million bribe. Indictments stretch to leaders in Italy and Germany as discussions of a European Parliament advance.
In a London view the writer notes decay in Piccadilly and Soho, mocks English theatre and unions, then details Tameside parents resisting comprehensive schooling. The piece introduces F.E.V.E.R. and Milton Friedman style school vouchers, arguing they could boost teacher satisfaction and create representative regional experiments.
Washington remembers Mao with sweeping analyses as China’s leader dies. The piece traces American views from early 20th century Open Door hopes to 1970s rapprochement, noting Maoism as an elusive yet dangerous legacy shaping politics, bureaucracy, and social reform worldwide.
A critical piece argues that Solzhenitsyn deserves reverent treatment while critiquing Henry Kissinger for his mixed stance on Solzhenitsyn and detente. It links Kissinger’s readings to U.S. policy, condemns Winston Lord’s use of the term fascist, and warns against equating Solzhenitsyn with violent state power. The author decries moral blindness in foreign policy circles.
A Reinbeck Iowa Courier snippet notes editors stress that a good listener earns appreciation and knowledge over time while relaxing at home reveals a spouse’s thoughts, echoing light, wry commentary from Grit.
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