Overbooking in airlines and hotels sparks regulatory debate
Washington weighs deregulation versus consumer protection as CAB deems 130000 passengers overbooked last year and FTC reviews hotel practices. The piece argues overbooking sustains pricing and highlights the need for public conscience rather than hard mandates, citing industry campaigns and moral obligations. It recalls Washington crossing the Delaware and quotes Philippians 4 8 on virtue.
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Conservatives and Republicans clash over party identity
National Review publisher William Rusher argues the GOP label has little value while the American Conservative Union pushes renaming the party Conservative Republican or Independent Republican. The piece analyzes Reagan as a rallying figure and predicts a likely Conservative-Republican split amid a fragile GOP base and mixed election outcomes.
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Robert Packwood
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Middletown News Journal Subscription Rates Note
The Journal published daily in Middletown Ohio lists per copy newsstand prices 15 cents weekday 25 cents Sunday and home delivery rates 72 cents Monday through Saturday 23 cents Sunday or 95 cents per week Motor route prices are 13 1/2 cents daily and 24 cents Sunday per calendar month 4 20 by four week periods Mail subscriptions 38 dollars per year 46 dollars outside the United States Founded in 1857.
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Look ahead four years of Carter presidency predicted
Copley News Service reports prominent observers warn Carter will trigger four years of sustained conflict, driven by expansive government powers, scapegoat politics, and clashes with labor and left-wing allies. Theodore White and Edwin Newman see historic rupture and cautious forecasts challenged by Carter's Georgia governorship record.
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White
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Death pills and a missing legacy from World War II
A reflective essay questions the fate of WWII death pills issued to Allied and Axis soldiers. The narrator recalls an elderly man who died after his wife’s passing, wonders where his own death pill ended up, and recounts a WWII anecdote with Gen. Donovan and Bruce about a pill left at the Dorchester Hotel.
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Letters to the Editor Nation better off with dollars kept at home
A reader questions national faith in big government and HEW urging Americans to preserve liberty and lower taxation. He argues that health education and welfare reliance will lead to government control of religion and squandered freedoms, advocating keeping money at home and trusting in God.
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