Editorial urges pro family farm water policy and regulation
The piece notes 1902 federal policy limiting irrigation water to small farms and reports Interior Department plans to require sale of large tracts. It warns of legal and political battles with industrial agriculture, highlights California as a flashpoint, and suggests Nebraska may back moves to strengthen family farms while risking potential contractors on the ONeill and North Loup projects.
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Congress
Interior Department
California
Nebraska
Cecil Andrus
O'Neill
North Loup
Last seven years show many Lupe Torres impersonations
Report cites 29 arrests across four states all naming a Lupe Torres with a California birth certificate. Real Torres lives in Iraquato Mexico and buys copies for $2, enabling more fraud. Officials urge tighter ID controls, fingerprinting, and stricter bureau scrutiny to curb forged documents.
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Lupe Torres
Iraquato
Mexico
California
U.S
Joseph Sureck
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Los Angeles
Nebraska State Bureau of Vital Statistics
Federal Advisory Committee On
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Marcos presses rights pledge at World Law Conference in Manila
President Marcos tells delegates the Philippines will show respect for the law, freeing political prisoners, lifting a curfew, and calling local elections next year. The move, likely partly PR, comes as Carter's human rights push elevates scrutiny amid long reign of martial rule. Skeptics doubt delivery but US leverage could push reforms.
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Philippines
Ferdinand Marcos
Jimmy Carter
Marcos
World Law Conference
Manila
Carter
Chile
U.S
United States
Congress
Editorial Note From The Journal
Editorial states that opinions presented here reflect The Journal's view. It notes the stance on current issues and invites reader discourse within the newspaper's conventional forum.
Johnson for Supreme Court or FBI chief praised by Greenberg
The column argues Frank M. Johnson Jr. of Alabama could head the FBI and, if possible, rise to the Supreme Court. It praises his tough, law and order style, discipline in court, and commitment to equal justice, while noting potential administrative gaps.
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Paul Greenberg
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Alabama
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Supreme Court of the United States
America
Griffin Bell
United States
Johnson
FBI
Bell
Frank Johnson
Supreme Court
Patrick Gray
William Ruckelshaus
Clarence Kelley
Judge Johnson
National Security
Law and Order
Carter era questions the fate of the American right
The column argues Carter’s foreign moves toward China, Korea, and the Panama Canal reveal a leaderless, aging right. It notes Kennedy’s China stance, the quiet opposition from Helms and Reagan, and compares Nixon-era fearsome rhetoric to a period of limited right-wing mobilization as Hofstadter’s paranoid style wanes.
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Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
China
Democrat Carter
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Taiwan
Carter
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Panama Canal
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gerald Ford
Henry Kissinger
Castro
Kennedy
Goldwater
Reagan
Richard Hofstadter
Carter Faces Ethics Storm Over Lance Case
President Carter battles the Bert Lance affair amid concerns over legal versus ethical conduct. The comptroller’s report finds Lance clean by law but questionable in business practices, prompting debate over political virtue and accountability in Washington.
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Carter
Bert Lance
White House
Comptroller
Washington
Lance
Gerald Ford
Georgia
Congress
Panamanian view on canal treaty urged to Americans
Jaime E. Figueroa y Navarro Lincoln argues against panicking over the proposed canal treaty. He asserts Panama's sovereignty rests with Panama, not the United States, warns of imperialism accusations, and urges Senate ratification to avoid war and preserve the canal.
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Loyd Gettys
Gettys
Panama Canal Zone
U.S
Canal Zone
Republic of Panama
Panama
Alaska
Louisiana
Asia
Africa
Latin America
U.S. Senate
Panama Canal
Canal
Vietnam
Cuba
Central
South America
Jaime E. Figueroa Y Navarro Lincoln
Public Mind readers praise Good Samaritans after crash
A brother injured at Vine and 66th Streets received aid from two passers by. A bicyclist and a motorist stopped, assisted, and called police and ambulance, while one man steadied the injured head with a shirt. The letter urges town thanks and dinner to volunteers.
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Vine
66Th Streets
Joe
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