Carter welfare reform plan tied to jobs with merged agencies
The Carter administration hints that welfare reform will be job linked, merging overlapping welfare and job offices and dividing recipients by work capability. It notes fraud exists but overstates findings, citing Rainwater and Rein who concluded most welfare mothers can and do work, and suggests combining programs could improve job access for recipients.
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Carter
Lee Rainwater
Martin Rein
Harvard-M.i.t. Joint Center For Urban Studies
Minority voice fuels Laetrile debate across courts and legislatures
A small group backed Laetrile, challenging medical authorities and FDA norms. Courts, states, and hearings probed its claims while some top cancer centers called for new trials. Despite possible harm or lack of proof, a minority made itself heard through legal action and public advocacy.
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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York
National Cancer Institute
Food and Drug Administration
Travel safely abroad with 1977 tips from Health Insurance News
The Health Insurance Institute cites 23.5 million Americans will travel outside the U.S. in 1977 and 800000 are expected to visit Europe in May and June. It urges health checks before travel, insurance coverage confirmations, sensible diet, rest, and awareness of climate and activities to avoid problems abroad.
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U.S
The
Health Insurance Institute
Europe
Health Insurance News
Muscatine spoon inquiry and Clark memorial notes
A former Muscatine resident asks for help identifying a Muscatine sterling silver spoon bought in Billings with Las Espigadoras and the date 1914. The letter also discusses Alexander Clark’s title and service in Liberia and urges accuracy about his role, plus a call to donate blood at the Red Cross on June 16.
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Jim Huff
Muscatine
Journal
Huff
Laurel
Montana
Billings
Iowa
Trader Jim's Antiques
Colorado Ave
News as censorship and the editor as judge in a free press
The essay discusses Eugene McCarthy's Harper’s critique of media censorship, noting that news is shaped by editorial judgment. It asserts no editor can know true relevance or impact, yet a free press remains essential, with four standards guiding selection. It contrasts 1968 and 1976 campaigns to illustrate editorial influence and the censorship of silence.
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Wasitington
Eugene McCarthy
Harper's
McCarthy
Oswald Spengler
Spengler
United States
Lyndon Johnson
New Hampshire
LBJ
Chicago
Jimmy Carter
Iowa
Carter
Eugene McCarthys
Walton plans clash over house job in Muscatine
Yesterday's notes recall Mr Walton drawing Mrs Shepherd's house plans but not as contractor. Mr Rowland is reported to hold the job. Also summary mentions a 75 years ago tornado at Morning Sun, 1927 diploma honors for Charles Hagermann, 5 years ago Kenneth Huber named Garfield principal, and 10 years ago flood seawall repairs in Muscatine.
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Walton
Kenneth Huber
Muscatine
Garfield Elementary
Board of Education
Mad Creek
Today in History: June 11 thirty years ago and beyond
On June 11, events span 1727 death of King George I, 1859 prospectors claim Six Mile Canyon leading to Comstock Lode riches, 1936 Landon GOP nomination, 1960 Hagerty rescued after attack in Tokyo, 1970 Libya base exit, cease-fire in 1967 war, Nixon administration misstep with Japan.
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George I
England
Six Mile Canyon
Nevada
Comstock Lode
Chicago
Alf Landon
Kansas
Juliana
Netherlands
Canada
White House
James Hagerty
Tokyo
U.S
Libya
Wheelus Air Force Base
North Africa
Israel
Syria
Nixon
Japan
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Mason City
Globe-Gazette
Sadie
Aunt Sadie
Marilyn Jackson
Alexander Clark
Clark
Liberia
Jackson
Greenwood Cemetery
Red Cross
Batterson Building
Muscatine General Hospital
Mississippi Valley
Muscatine County
James J
É-Li
Brickman
BR Res
Nncoine Journal
Marold Blake
Lke
Lal i
Greg Veon
Cestor
Don Scr
Weiteer
Uty
Armory Hall
Charles Hagermann
Associated Press
Soviet Union
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