Editorials Canal treaty rounds and seismic questions
After 13 years of bargaining the United States and Panama reach agreement in principle on a new canal treaty. The piece argues the deal favors Panama with a 2000 handover and a neutral protocol open to other nations, warning of massive regional fallout if the Senate rejects it.
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U.S
Washington
Canal
Panama
United States
Senate
Latin America
Ronald Regan
Central
South America
Lincoln backs away from Grant building plan for senior center
The city of Lincoln moves to abandon plans to buy the former Grant building at 1005 O Street for a senior center, citing cost and downtown property concerns. It calls for seeking another site while weighing senior residents’ preferences and downtown impact.
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Leo Scherer
Nebraska tax split debate defies reformers in 1977 data
The piece argues against changing Nebraska's 50-50 sales versus income tax balance. It notes that for the year ending March 1977 state and local sales taxes totaled 35.3 billion while personal and corporate income taxes raised 36.5 billion, asserting the current formula is valid.
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Nebraska
Commerce Clearing House
The Gang as School in Urban Slums
In urban slums the gang is argued to be a superior educational force to schools. It claims to provide protection, loyalty, and practical training for survival, while schools fail to engage or prepare youths facing harsh environments. The piece suggests the gang replaces family and community structures, undermining conventional schooling.
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Chicago
Bar Harbor
Big Brother
Sahara
Gang
Field Enterprises
Editorials Above Are The Journal Opinion
A brief note states that the editorials presented reflect The Journal's viewpoint rather than a column by individual writers. No specific events or names are cited. The statement clarifies attribution for readers.
Debate over NEH leadership and Pell's influence on funding
The piece analyzes Senator Claiborne Pell's impact on NEH priorities under Carter and contrasts NEH with the Arts Endowment led by Nancy Hanks. It covers Duffey's nomination, Pell's push for broader outreach, and the contrast in grant patterns and perceived elitism between humanities and arts funding.
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Claiborne Pell
D-R.i
Carter
National Endowment For the Humanities
NEH
Pell
America
Ford
Ronald Berman
Arts Endowment
U.S
BBC
Duffey
Berman
Hanks
Stagecraft cloaks welfare plan from Carter Johnson era critique
The piece likens Carter's welfare reform approach to Johnsonian tactics. Califano's dramatic opposition and remorseful onstage shifts frame a plan to meet spending limits, prompting last minute funding of 6.2 billion while securing support from mayors, governors, unions, and welfare groups.
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Carter
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Lyndon Johnson
White House
Johnson
Califano
Brooklyn Barrymore
Glinda the
Pat Harris
HUD
Beame
Congress
U S truth needed in Western Europe calls for stronger outreach
The piece argues the United States should exert more influence in Western Europe to counter leftward political shifts. It praises Voice of America leadership changes, urges straight news and discussions, and criticizes reliance on propaganda while noting European discontent with current approaches.
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United States
Europe
Jimmy Carter
France
Italy
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Western Europe
R. Peter Straus
Voice of America
Straus
Kenneth Gidden
VOA
U.S. Information Agency
USIA
James Keogh
Richard Nixon
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George Will
Connecticut
Hartford Seminary
Yale
American Association of University Professors
Leadville
Colo
National Science Foundation
Pell and Carter
The
Science Foundation
Washington Post Co
David S. Broder
Sen
Carl Curtis
R-Neb
Nycnehy Sesame
Ena Rae
Oonesbury
W. Europe
Gidden
Portugal
Free Europe
Helmut Schmidt
West Germany
Charles
Bartlett
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