Portillo Takes Helm As Mexico Faces Reform Hope and Hurdles
In December 1976 Jose Lopez Portillo succeeds Luis Echeverria Alvarez amid economic strain with inflation at 20 percent and unemployment near 30 percent. Portillo pledges austerity, tax increases on the rich, and targeted job-focused reform including family planning while warning against forced land redistribution. Mexico’s one party system looms as a barrier to quicker changes.
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Mexico
Luis Echeverria Alvarez
Jose Lopez Portillo
Echeverria
Lopez Portillo
Portillo
OSHA Eyes Fields as Farmers Push Back
OSHA faced jeers over hard to reach rules and a plan to place outhouses and drinking water within five minutes of every worker. The agency will hold public hearings on farm regulations to gauge needed rules, while officials discuss what kind of regulation rather than if any is needed. Farmers are urged to keep pressure to keep OSHA grounded in rural realities.
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
Peculiar NL Cites Decriminalization Proposal Sparks Debate
City leaders Gary Indiana Mayor Richard Hatcher advocate decriminalizing possession and use of all drugs, arguing for a health approach not a sale at corners. Critics say decriminalization would boost use and crime, undermining enforcement and public safety.
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Right To Work Meaning in Britain and U S
An analysis contrasts American and British views on the right to work. Barbara Castle reflects on Labour losses in by elections and the growth of conservatism, noting immigration policy, economic restraint, and public reaction to austerity measures shaping voter sentiment.
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London
United Staes
Britain
Castle
London Times
Barbara Castle
Ms Castle
Workington
Walstar
Woman Entering Firms Breaks Barriers in Pondon District
A firm director notes a shift as women increasingly enter workplaces once closed to them, recounting past refusals and present acceptance amid changing social norms in the Pondon city district. Fire disaster and casualties mar yesterday as a blaze traps guests. at least 100 injured or affected as flames engulf a building and people flee onto pavements. Ten years ago on December 7 1966 observances marked Pearl Harbor's 25th anniversary with related remembrances of Viet Nam and other war events.
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Pondon City
Pearl Harbor
U States
Carter and the New Deal Coalition in Electorate Shifts
The analysis examines voting patterns by race and region across multiple elections. It notes Carter's weak white vote share relative to white opponents, with Jews and nonwhites shaping coalitions differently. The piece argues Democrats rarely won a white majority since 1964, challenging claims Carter reconstituted a New Deal coalition.
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Harris
New York Times-Cbs
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New Deal
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CBS
Gerald Ford
PDR
West
Jimmy Carter
FDR
Mississippi
Mr. Carter
America
Trust Him Is All We Can Do
Fragmented and mistrustful passage argues for distrust of centralized power and calls to return major areas of power to local government. It advocates freeing the economy from heavy spending and inflation through individual freedom while preserving others' rights to act.
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Reading Skills Improve in Nation's Elementary Schools
The nation shows better reading performance in a standard test last year than in 1971 with White students up 1.2 percent and Black students up 4.8 percent. The Miami Herald notes gains from Head Start and focused reading classes, but uncertainty remains about which programs work best and how to fund expansion.
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