Recovery Plan Lacks Bitter Truths On Unemployment
The August unemployment rate stands at 8.4 percent, unchanged from July, while employment rose by 750,000. The gains keep the rate steady as the labor force grows, underscoring the need for faster job creation to outpace workforce expansion and sustain recovery. President Ford calls for $4 trillion in investment to create 11 million jobs by 1980, with policy centered on capital flow, competition, and growth. Inflation fears, deficits, and regulatory barriers loom, complicating long-term policy. Prices rise and consumer behavior shifts. fuel costs stay high as motorists use more gas.
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Ford
California
United States
Congress
America
Jerusalem Enjoys Religious Freedom
Ernest Cuneo argues that Israel guarantees absolute religious freedom at Jerusalem’s shrines for Muslims Christians and Jews. He contends claims of an Israeli religious hegemony are propaganda and notes the shrines and sacred sites are meticulously maintained with equal access, while acknowledging curiosity about area cleanliness and guides.
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Lems
Jerusalem
Se Ee
Republic of Israel
Buckingham Palace
Mosque
Omar
Mohammed
Abraham
Isaac
Holy Land
Temple Wall
Berlin
Karl Marx
V.I. Lenin
Israel
Kipling
Kremlin
United States
St. Louis Cathedral
New Orleans
Washington Cathedral
D.C
Temple Emanuel
New York
Thatcher’s Visit Casts Light on British Leadership
By William F Buckley Jr, the piece portrays Margaret Thatcher’s first U S television appearance and challenges she faced discussing gender in politics. It notes Thatcher’s calm, confident style, her aim to change women’s traditional roles, and the high expectation she arouses among New Yorkers and media titans.
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William F. Buckley JR
Thatcher
Great Britain
Women’s Liberation Movement
Buckingham Palace
America
Sun Center
Times Square
Charles Manson
Eric Sevareid
Walter Cronkite
John Chancellor
Baltimore
Mindless forced busing criticized by columnist
The piece denounces forced school busing as mindless and ineffective. It argues federal judges overstep, notes Coleman and other sociologists retracting their findings, and suggests shifting school-case jurisdiction to state courts. It asserts mobility undermines busing and calls for better teacher deployment instead.
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New England Patriots
New York City
Boston
Louisville
Coleman
William L. Scott
Virginia
Senate Judiciary Committee
Scott
Congress
Supreme Court
Eanine Meek
William Shockley
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3Rd and A Avenue
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Donald S. Bentley
Oklahoma Press Association
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AP News
Switzerland
The
Touring Club
Ernest Cuneo
Middle East
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Mrs. Thatcher
Dunagin
John Chamberlain
U.S
Kogen
Nelson Rockefeller
Nelson
Rockefeller
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