McCormack Retirement Sparks Debate On Speakership Power
The retirement of Rep John W. McCormack raises questions about the current speakership. Observers contend his aging tenure failed to deliver strong leadership, contrasting with the era of Sam Rayburn and prompting consideration of a successor by House members.
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House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Sam Rayburn
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
McCormack
Times
GM ignition gadget to bar drunk drivers
General Motors proposes an ignition linked system that requires drivers to rapidly enter a random number sequence. If correct the engine starts, three consecutive failures lock the car for about an hour. The device targets drunk driving but a flaw could let a sober accomplice start the vehicle.
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General Motors
Letters to the Editor on Kent State, school funding, and park safety
A bundle of letters urges calm after Kent State events, questions the martyr narrative, and criticizes martial law. Readers discuss protecting 20 000 Kent State students, safe driving near Sunset Park, and a campaign for Ohio school funding reform urging telegrams to legislators Walter Powell Theodore Gray Mack Pemberton and Charles F Kurfess with a call for action in Columbus.
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Milton Road
Sunset Park
John P. O'Connor
Milton Rd
Ohio
Ohio General Assembly
Columbus
Walter Powell
Theodore Gray
Ohio Senate
Mack Pemberton
Charles F. Kurfess
Ohio House of Representatives
Janice M. Dute
Legislation Committee
Citizens For Better Education
Ohio districts face closing doors amid rising school funding crisis
A growing financial crisis hits Ohio schools with at least fifteen districts expected to shut down this year due to lack of funds. Opposition to May levies runs high as communities debate tax measures and budgets.
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Ohio
Cost of living then and now recalled by hospital contract
A nostalgic piece recalls 1930 Middletown Hospital charges a room at 24.50 weekly with extras for operations X ray drugs and nursing. It also notes a private room cost five dollars per day and mentions a hospital technician later changing names in the story.
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Middletown Hospital
Elmer Meeks
Highland Street
Pay TV Woes Persist as Congress Eyes Strict Bills
John Chamberlain reports pay TV faces continued battles despite Supreme Court approval. The House Commerce Committee advances a punitive Dingell bill restricting prime time to films and sports and limiting advertising. FCC move to expand CATV, while debates over financing and free speech ensue.
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Federal Communications Commission
John Dingell
Michigan
House of Representatives
Dingell
House
Commerce Committee
Massachusetts
Torbert Macdonald
Supreme Court
Senate
FCC
Dean Burch
CATV
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Open Letter from Hawaii Mother Ends in Tragedy
Mrs Wattie Hedemann of Kona published an open letter to her son Wayne a Cobra helicopter gunner in Cambodia praising Nixon's Cambodia move. Her son died after his helicopter was shot down and she said he died doing what he believed was right.
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Jerusalem
Gaza
Acts
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Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Kona
Big Island
Wattie Mae Hedemann
Wayne
Cambodia
Vietnam
Nixon
Airlines
Saigon
Factographs and Folklore Behind Unfamiliar Words
A marabou is a European stork. A rope-walker is known as a funambulist. A charabanc is a long passenger bus or wagon. A throstle is a song thrush.
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