Reagan Schweiker pick seen as high stakes gamble
Analysis argues Reagan’s choice of Richard Schweiker as running mate shifts party dynamics. It links Mississippi’s past loyalties, Northeast delegate battles, and comparisons to Kennedy Johnson and Eisenhower tickets. The piece weighs ideological contradictions as a tool for broad appeal and questions liberal resistance to such tickets.
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Richard Schweiker
Ronald Reagan
White House
Reagan
Mississippi
Richard Nixon
Ford
Pennsylvania
Schweiker
Texas
John Nance Garner
Adlai Stevenson
John Sparkman
Harry Truman
Alben Barkley
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
EPA bid for power faces clash over plant approvals
In 1972 Congress required EPA discharge permits and the agency now seeks broader controls on new plants location and operation. NAM warns the plan would impose heavy costs and red tape, challenging local authority and market freedom. The piece argues EPA should set standards only and not become a national planner. Matthew 6:28 29 cited.
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Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
Social Or Economic Planning Agency
Hickory Flats Diary Rekindles Pioneer Links to Ohio’s Past
Middletown diary recalls an Aug 1976 visit by Wesley Page Rev. Roy Langset and Bernard Grueser walking to Hickory Flats Church on Morgenthaler Road. The piece recounts the area’s pioneer lore with German settlers draining the swamp to create fertile land and notes 1818 donation by Jacob and Catherine Wehr for church, school, and burial ground.
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Wesley Page
YMCA
Roy Langset
St Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Trenton
Bernard Grueser
Hamilton
Hickory Flats
Morgenthaler Road
St. Peter's Church
Jacob
Catherine Fetherland Wehr
German Lutheran Church
Hickory Flats History and Cemetery Ties in Middletown
The piece traces Hickory Flats Church of Christ history from 1830 rebuild to 1954 minister Howard Sharp preserving the site. It notes Hickory Flats Cemetery under St. Clair Township trustees since 1948 with interments dating to 1819 and locals like Bessie McDowell Crout commemorated. It also recalls Overpeck’s rise as a rail era trading hub after 1851.
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Trenton
St. Peter's
Hickory Flats
Howard Sharp
Church of Christ
Sharp
St. Clair Township
Bessie McDowell Crout
Overpeck
Middletown
Letter to the Editor on Armco Minority Scholarship change
A Middletown High senior alumni group protests renaming the Whitney Young Scholarship to Armco Minority Scholarship and shifting focus to engineering at the last minute. They argue past recipients pursued medicine business and arts, view the change as a principled reduction, urge informing Black students earlier, and honor Mr Young’s legacy. Cheryl Y Wilson 1201 Yankee Road
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Middletown High
Mr. Young
Cheryl Y. Wilson
Yankee Road
Armco expands Minorities in Engineering scholarships nationwide
Armco explains a shift from one Middletown High School scholarship to four or five annual awards for black seniors across communities with Armco plants. The program includes summer or co op work, on the job coaching, and continued funding for Whitney Young winners. The company cites broader minority education grants and affirmative action goals.
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Armco
Whitney Young
Middletown High School
Educational Testing Service of
Princeton
N.J
National Academy of Science
Armeco
United Negro College Fund
Kentucky State University
University of Cincinnati
National Fund For
Consortium For
Central State-Wilberforce Tornado Fund
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