Temple Shaking Over Carter Faith and a Provocative Book
A columnist questions whether the nation is ready for Jimmy Carter amid a debate over religion in politics. He cites a teenage girl’s exposure to a sexually charged tell-all about a congressman’s alleged affair, criticizes press promotion, and contrasts moral rhetoric with practical policy. He compares Carter’s evangelical stance with Lincoln and Eisenhower’s accommodation of law over morality.
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Washington Post
Miss Ray
Carter
Choosing a vice president in the American system
The opinion argues for a two week prior convention list of up to eight potential vice presidents. John W. Gardner advocates this reform to give voters, media and delegates time to evaluate candidates before the convention. The goal is to add scrutiny to a process described as perfunctory.
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Walter Lippmann
Lippmann
Jimmy
Harry Truman
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Gerald Ford
John W. Gardner
Common Cause
Theodore H. White
Big John
The campaign and the people
The piece contrasts national candidates debating issues like the Panama Canal Rhodesia Kissinger and nuclear tests with focused local concerns raised by ordinary citizens gathered in a Potomac waterfront warehouse A Glen Alpine North Carolina woman voices worry about changes in food while others discuss community worries
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Washington
San Jose
Camden
Columbus
Panama Canal
Kissinger
Rhodesia
Potomac
Panama
Glen Alpine
N.C
Henry Kissinger
Community ties shift as Lake Township joins Muscatine
A century of local history is recalled as Lake Township residents abandon a separate Fourth of July plan and vote to unify with Muscatine. The piece reflects on past milestones and ongoing issues from coal strip mining to job discrimination, highlighting Appalachian community voices and broader national concerns.
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Lake Township
Muscatine
Today in History June 15 1976 Highlights and Milestones
On June 15 the calendar marks Magna Carta signing at Runnymede in 1215, Washington’s Continental Army command in 1775, Hoover nomination in 1928, German advance in 1940, McNamara’s 1966 era pullout plan, Pentagon Papers injunction in 1971, and Kennedy assassination plots rumors in 1963.
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Associated Press
John
Runnymede
England
George Washington
Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
France
Defense
Robert McNamara
DeGaulle
New York Times
Rockefeller
John Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
The
C.I.A
Advice from a father with cast iron opinions
A narrated portrait of a rigid, opinionated father who lectures his son on morality, politics, and sex. The father’s humor and blunt judgments cover politics, ethnicity, religion, gender roles, and virtue, concluding with blunt sex education and warnings to stay away from women.
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Ohio
Jesus
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Lincoln
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Brown Vs. Board of Education
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Arkansas
Eisenhower
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Braden
Jon
Girl Reserve Corps
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A. Marea Othmer
Kathleen Asp
Rotary Lodge
Columbus Junction
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Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Robert Opel
Mulberry Ave
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Roy Schnedler
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B. 9Th
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Cumberland Mountains
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Tenn
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West Virginia
Lenoir
Knoxville
University of Tennessee
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Floyd County
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Food For
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Brickman
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