Ford's European Swing Bolsters Image and Middle East Talks
President Ford's European trip lifted his standing with NATO and Egyptian President Sadat. The visit, his first to Europe as president, saw renewed U.S. aid talks with Egypt, praise from Sadat, and plans for renewed peace efforts with Israel. Ford aims for a lasting Middle East accord aided by Kissinger shuttle diplomacy and Rabin discussions.
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Ford
Anwar Sadat
Europe
NATO
Sadat
Salzburg
U.S
Egypt
Russia
Middle East
Yitzhak Rabin
Israel
Sinai
Kissinger
United States
Reading Skill Decline and the Phonics Debate
Dr. Max Rafferty argues for phonics as the solution to declining reading ability among Americans. He criticizes look-say methods and notes publishers reworking texts to simpler sentences. He warns that without phonics the nation risks losing literacy and technological edge.
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Max Rafferty
California
Rafferty
Ronald Reagan
Barry Goldwater
Expensive Privilege in Congress Franking Costs Highlight Abuse
The average member of Congress costs taxpayers nearly sixty nine thousand dollars in free mailing privileges this year. The franking program has spent about thirty seven million dollars, with some members using it for broad district canvassing and personal promotion, especially around elections. Critics say taxpayers subsidize incumbency and call for reform given the abuse.
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Congress
Washington
Federal Food Agencies Need Policing
The piece criticizes federal food oversight as bloated bureaucratic overreach. It cites Nader as pushing a Big Brother nutrition department to regulate agencies like the FDA and USDA, warns of conflicts with producers, and argues for standards and public judgment over cabinet level control.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Potomac
Sen
George McGovern
Federal Food and Nutrition Office
India
Patrick Henry Had It Right as Civic Virtue Cited
In a Washington context, the piece cites Patrick Henry and Beeman to argue virtue sustains republican government. It contrasts colonial civic virtue with modern crime and party drift, praising Ford's decency, the jury system, and citizen responsibility as key to America's endurance.
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Washington, D.C
Gerald Ford
Susan Ford
Jerry Brown
California
John Connally
United States
Europe
Winchester
White House
Governor Brown
Governor Connally
Patrick Henry
Richard R. Beeman
Henry
Britain
Tran
Soviet Union
America
Beeman
Virginia
Gordon Wood
Jerry Ford
Angry Working Class Emerges as Political Force
A 1970s-era analysis notes rising working-class anger across the United States amid environmental, busing, and cultural clashes. References to Boston ROAR activists, West Virginia miners, California loggers, and protests illustrate a potential national populist strain challenging the New Class and policy directions.
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America
Boston
California
Leonard Pernstein
Dick Cavett
Sacramento
Virginia
Washington
Middle America
West Virginia
Klamath
Calif
Los Angeles Times
Commonwealth Pier
Hudson Institute
The Small Society and Rising Class Tensions
Brickman notes growing hostility toward the intelligentsia as economic decline deepens. The piece warns conservatives may face similar backlash from a resurging working class, with groups like ROAR pressing legitimate community complaints before violence erupts.
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Men Kahn
ROAR
Headmaster William West Warns on Education Crisis
New York City educator William West of St. John's Military Academy Delafield Wisconsin argues the nation'sUrgent issue is education not recession or inflation He recalls a 1970 shift to strict standards at St John's and a student revolt he quelled He praises focus on the three R's discipline and responsibility while criticizing situational ethics in colleges and teachers' attempts at social experiments.
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Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
New York City
William A West
St. John’s Military Academy
Delafield
Wisconsin
Mr. West
West
Wesleyan University
West Point
St. John’s
Bill West
St John’s Military Academy
U.S. Army
Chs
Acter
Moreov
John's
St. Joh
Monroe La News Star Publisher Directors List
Publisher and director roster for the News Star of Monroe Louisiana lists John DO Ewing and Robert Ewing Jr among publishers and officers. The board includes Robert Ewing Brown as chair and Mildred Brown as president with other named directors and staff. The paper notes Associated Press affiliation and circulation details.
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John Do, Ewing
Wilson Ewing
Robert Ewing Jr
William H. Bronson
the News
World Publishing Corporation
Nort and
Olive Streets
Monroe
Robert Ewing Brown
Mildred
Mund Graves Brown Jr
Robert Ewing Tr
Iiary
Patricia Ewindrick
Ewing Jensen
Neth C. Barranger
Toulmin— + Brown
John DO. Ewing Jr
Paula Ewing
Helen Clay
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