Women in Washington redefine movement toward practical equity
The piece notes federal conferences across states shaping a multilevel women’s rights agenda. It highlights Sharon Dixon’s assessment that progress is heard but not yet decisive, cites shifting focus from radical stances to practical issues like displaced homemakers, credit, and insurance, and describes rising influence of homemakers and moderates over conservatives.
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Washington D.C
Mexico City
Sharon Dixon
Pepco
D.C
Washington
Lillian A. Gordon
Hetle
Waiting to act echoes Ford plan in Carter era
The piece critiques Carter’s wait-and-see approach as similar to Ford’s and notes unemployment improved slightly while inflation remains around 10 percent. It discusses Gar Alperovitz’s revived Humphrey Hawkins idea with an employer of last resort, targeted price controls, rail investment, and expanded public planning, plus ongoing food, housing, and energy price controls affecting the poor.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Mr. Carter
Carter
Gar Alperovitz
Council of Economic Advisers
Alperovitz
New England
The Back Man And My Ailing Spine Memory
Humorous reminiscence on back pain from a writer who recalls Kennedy, old injuries, and the quirks of doctors. He describes sudden outages, nerve jolts, and the social misfit of a bum back while joking about war wounds and the relief of rest. Repeated efforts to find sympathy meet puzzled responses from friends and wives alike.
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Amy Carter
Don Juan
Pollution audit ranks industries by their abatement efforts
The Council on Economic Priorities releases a guide rating pulp and paper, steel, oil refining, and electric utilities on pollution abatement. Owens-Illinois Armco Atlantic Richfield and Pacific Gas & Electric top their sectors. Gulf Texaco Republic National Great Northern Nekoosa rank poorly.
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New York
Council On Economic Priorities
Owens-Illinois
Armco
Atlantic Richfield
Pacific Gas & Electric
Pulp and Paper
Nekoosa
Gulf and Texaco
Republic and
National
Central Maine Power
Alice Tepper Marlin
Arco
Shell
Exxon
Gulf
Texaco
Iron and Steel
Inland
Republic
Owens-Illnois
Council
Hoerner Waldorf
International Paper
Great Northern Nekoosa
American Can
Continental Can
Oklahoma Gas & Electric
California
On This Date In History June 27, 1977
AP notes mark events across years including Truman aiding Korea in 1950 and the 1844 Carthage killings of Joseph and Hyrum Smith Brigham Young rising to LDS leadership Athens bombings in 1943 Nixon Moscow visit in 1974 Kosygin Cuba talks in 1967 and related items from past decades.
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Associated Press
Harry Truman
U.S. Air Force
Navy
South Korea
Joseph and
Hyrum Smith
Carthage
Ill
Brigham Young
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Athens
Greece
Richard Nixon
Moscow
Hia
Leonid Brezhnev
Alexei Kosygin
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Obituary and notices span decades in local column
A local page recaps diverse notices from the past including a 1 year ago wind speed report of eighty miles per hour, a 73 year old homecoming aboard the Firefly to Letts and Columbus Junction, a 50 year old trip to Dickinson North Dakota, a 1216 Smalley Avenue resident visiting relatives, funeral services for Albert James Kerr of Oakville, and a 10 year old record of upstream Mississippi River traffic with 47 towboats.
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J. P. Walton
Hattie Kane
Letts
Columbus Junction
Albert James Kerr
Oakville
Mississippi River
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Missouri
Houston
Texas
Virginia
Minnesota
Idaho
Alaska
Point Barrow
Fellows
Georgie Anne Geyer
Congress
Tom
Braden
Brickman
Mensch
Bev
Jim
Kennedy
Leonardo da Vinci
Ben Silberman
Sidney Schulman
Council Pow
Edison
Houston Lighting and Power
Virginia Electric Power
Iowa Power & Light
Florida Power & Light
Maine
Sidney Bowen
Smalley Ave
Dickinson
N.D
J. W. Bowen
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