Ironies of mass transit and American auto culture debated
The piece contrasts Soviet and U S transport systems noting crowded buses in Gorki and Moscow with Americans relying on cars. It argues mass transit could centralize industry, worsen urban pollution, and questions diverting highway funds to transit while urging better roads and new rail into metropolises.
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Secury
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Saransk
Connecticut
New Jersey
Manhattan
Highway Trust Fund
Ford
Christy Borth
Capitol Hill
Rep. Shuster
Peter
Paul
Rostov-on-the-Don
Sakharov Nobel Award Highlights Rights as Peace Vehicle
The Nobel Committee honors Andrei Sakharov for defending human rights as the basis for international cooperation. The piece notes Solzhenitsyn’s 1970 prize and warns Kremlin response could mar the gesture. Tass calls Sakharov anti patriot as harassment extends to his family.
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Nobel Committee
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Sekharov
Solzhenitsyn
Sotsfenitsyn
Mr.itsyn
Sakharov
Mr. Sakharov
Tass
U.N
Kremlin
Federal Workmen's Comp Debate Pits States Against Congress
The piece notes decades of state run workers compensation programs and a proposed federal system seeking higher benefits and costs. It weighs restoring workers right to sue, estimates up to 40 billion annual impact, and urges assessing federal meddling versus state improvements before action. It ends with a biblical verse.
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Congress
New Attitude Brings Sexuality and Community to Nursing Homes
In Riverdale, the Hebrew Home for the Aged embraces a modern model where elderly residents pursue normal social activity, including relationships, within a community design by Peter Samton. Non profit homes add coffee shops, night clubs, and work like Montessori aids to preserve pride and purpose among residents.
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Peter Samton
Samton
Hudson River
Gruzen & Partners
Maple Knoll Village
Cincinnati
Middle West
Now is the time for action on school funding
A reader calls for shifting school funding away from property taxes and onto industry to avoid tax increases. She cites historic tax hikes, warns of school closures if a levy fails, and suggests layoffs of administrators and teachers as a drastic temporary measure.
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Gilligan
Ohio
Center of the universe as seen from New York City
Jim Fiebig argues that Americans tolerate foreign aid but reject federal aid to New York City. He portrays New York as arrogant and the nation as supporting a mythic center, warning that impending bankruptcy exposes the country’s supposed geography of importance.
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Jim Fiebig
New York City
U.S
Earth
New
Copernicus
New York
America
Middletown Ohio Newspaper Subscription Rates Announced
The Journal published by News Journal, Inc. lists subscription options for Middletown Ohio readers. Rates cover home delivery by carrier or motor route, Sunday editions, and mail subscriptions within the United States and abroad with per copy and weekly prices.
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First Ave
Middletown
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U.S.A
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