The Coal Miners Strike and a Price of Belief
The piece argues for meeting coal miners demands to avoid crippling energy shortages. It questions resisting union pressure while allowing oil and electricity price pressures to rise, urging swift concessions, warning that enforcing the law alone won’t solve the crisis. The writer frames arbitration as essential to prevent disaster.
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Miners Have a Point Says Editorial on Wage Pact
The Wall Street Journal editorial argues miners voted down a 37 percent package and questions health and pension tax effects. It notes President Carter's 80 day cooling off and urges constructive use of that period by UMW leaders, owners, and mediators. It discusses tax timing, inflation, and after tax income projections for miners.
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Zany Front Page Tale Recalled From St Petersburg Paper
A playful tale from St Pete reports a wife unfurling a dresses zipper during a morning rush, prompting a chase home to find her husband under a car with neighbor Joe unconscious after a mishap. The piece blends humor and farce with a city plaque noting City Centre Mart rededication in Middletown.
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Jerry Brown Seeks Solar Future In 1980 White House Bid
The piece portrays California Governor Jerry Brown as a forward thinker on solar energy, detailing state incentives for solar heating, Grumman Energy Systems’ solar plant in Corcoran, and industry outlook. It contrasts federal hesitation under Jimmy Carter with California momentum, noting tax credits, industry plans, and the political and economic stakes of solar adoption.
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Grumman Energy Systems
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New Hampshire
Three Words Hurt Carter Public Confidence in White House
The piece links Lance Jordan and Young to Carter's declining polls. It notes Lance’s financial cloud and bank overdrafts, his private banking sale to a Saudi financier, and a lawsuit over a holding company. It questions Jordan’s spending and credibility and Young’s Rhodesian stance suggesting weak U S leadership and harmed public trust.
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Georgia
Agha Hassan Abedi
London
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Details
The Journal Published daily by the News Journal iInc Broad at First Ave Middletown Ohio outlines per copy prices for weekdays and Sunday home delivery, motor route and calendar month rates, and annual mail subscriptions with advance payment required all while noting its 1857 founding.
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