Controversy Over Commemorative Days in Congress
Capitol Hill faces scrutiny as only a few commemorative days pass each year and costs rise. Rep Schroeder pushes to end the practice, citing waste of time and about $50,000 yearly for printing. Senate resolutions linger, while House rules restrict future proposals to serious national holidays.
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Capitol Hill
Congress
House
Senate
Rep
Patricia Schroeder
D-Cole
OMB
Black Paper editors attack British education system
A British panel including Kingsley Amis and Iris Murdoch denounces open plan classrooms and truancy. They condemn money driven reform, call for national standards and exams at ages 7 11 and 14, and blame poor teaching over facilities or social background.
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Kingsley Amis
Iris Murdoch
Black Papers
Britain
France
Education Ministry
Alcohol's toll in France cited by health official
French health minister Simone Veil cites alcoholism as a major burden with half of hospital beds tied to alcohol related illness and $2.5 billion annual social security costs. Alcohol related motor deaths reach 85 percent of about 16 000 yearly fatalities and work accidents at 15 percent. France leads in alcohol deaths and per capita consumption around 29 quarts yearly. Analysts estimate minimum $4 billion economic loss from alcoholism with higher potential figures.
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France
Simone Weil
Giscard d’Estaing
High Committee For Research and Publicity
Madame Veil
Social Security Services
Ford Sees Kennedy Likeliest Democratic Threat in 1976 Race
President Ford privately assesses Senator Edward Kennedy as the strongest Democratic challenger and contemplates Nelson Rockefeller as a potential Republican running mate. He avoids forecasting Reagan challenging him while noting party delegates will decide at the 1976 convention.
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Washington
Gerald R. Ford
Edward M. Kennedy
Nelson Rockefeller
Mel. Laird
Laird
Lairdian
Teddy Kennedy
Ford
Rockefeller
Kennedy
Republican Party
Reagan
Earl Butz's Test Year Faces Market Turmoil Ahead
In 1975 Earl Butz the secretary of agriculture argues for expanding markets while facing a drop in farm income from 27.2 billion in 1974 to about 21 billion in 1975. He predicts nervous price fluctuations and crop failures but stresses America as the No 1 food and fiber source and calls for exporting large shares of wheat soybeans corn and cotton to avoid production cuts.
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Washington
Earl L. Buts
Harry S. Truman
Congress
Ford
Butz
U. S
Buzz
America
Kissinger criticized for diplomacy relying on power and brinkmanship
The article argues Kissinger failed by not leveraging U.S. military and economic strength in diplomacy. It blames his Eurocentric, Talleyrand style for Viet Nam and Cyprus crises and warns that SALT limits left the U.S. exposed. It suggests stronger deterrence and new systems could restore credibility.
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Henry Kissinger
Sadat
Sinai
Cyprus
Southeast Asia
Kissinger
U.S
Red China
Russia
Far East
Middle East
Vietnam
Thieu
Arlington House
Phyllis Schlafly
Chester Ward
Vladivostok
Moscow
Prediction of a National Primary and Federal Voting Reform
A 1970s editorial outlines predicted reforms to U S elections including a national or regional primary likely after 1976, possible end of the Electoral College, and federal voter registration expansion. It discusses regional primaries, constitutional hurdles, and extending the Voting Rights Act with federal supervision in counties with minority populations.
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Washington
EFS
United States Congress
New England
Florida
North Carolina
Georgia
Congress
Wallace
South
Ted Kennedy
Monroe News-Star publishes 1952 1971 staff credits and local ads
Fragmentary OCR lists staff roles and titles like Vice President and Editor at the Monroe News Star era with names such as Mildred, Hunter, Wray, Hor, and others. It notes advertising representation and local credits, hinting at the paper’s mid century staff structure.
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Tenn
Wong Relia Te Ation
North
Rae
Weacre Ar Direct Airicla
Ffs
Cal Corapeal
Sonen Maneuer
Rain
Oland
Welter En Hue
Representa Iver
Eels
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Copley News Service
Ted
Rowland Evans and
Robert Novack
Ronald Reagan
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William Schneider
James Buckley
New York
Frank Barnett
National Strategy Information Center
State Department
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Teddy Roosevelt
Metternich
Talleyrand
Iowa
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