Governors Rebuff Federal Push for Mandatory Seat Belts
Governors reject renewed call for belt-use laws despite NHTSA data showing thousands die and are crippled yearly without belts. They cite public opposition, police manpower limits, and low current usage, with Iowa revealing only 14 percent belt use and years before widespread airbags.
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Mississippi
Cliff Finch
Kansas
Robert Bennett
Claybrook
Iowa
U.S
NHTSA
Equal Rights Amendments Grow in States
A U.S. Civil Rights Commission study finds state level ERAs expand rights, notably making workmen's compensation more gender neutral in 14 states. Women gain most, men see new protections too. The panel argues for a national ERA as the quicker path to broad reform.
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U.S
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Civil Rights Commission
This Day in History December 28 Highlights
On this date from history many events are noted including Spain recognizing Mexican independence in 1836. Iowa’s statehood in 1846 and Woodrow Wilson’s birth in 1856 are listed alongside WWII bombing of Calcutta in 1942 and JFK greeting Cuban prisoners in 1962.
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Associated Press
Spain
Mexico
Iowa
Woodrow Wilson
Stanton
Calcutta
India
John Kennedy
Miami
Fidel Castro
Giuseppe Saragat
Italy
Managua
Nicaragua
U.S
Bierut
Lebanon
Carter
G. William Miller
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Earl Hines
Roger Sessions
Lao Tse
Credit Made Host of Inflationary Problems
AP analysis outlines how inflation grew from rising medical costs and excess hospital spending to wider credit use and government debt. It traces shifts in employment, productivity, regulation, and energy prices, arguing abstract terms mask real pressures on living costs and the economy.
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Uncle Sam
Can the agency survive
Martha Angle and Robert Walters examine Joel W. Solomon head of the General Services Administration as a publicity hungry administrator who touts corruption claims linking GSA to crime. The column notes his early tenure 1977 actions, elevating his name in press releases and a controversialArchives incident within GSA.
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Martha Angle
Robert Walters
Washington
NEA
Joel W
Jay
Solomon
General Services Administration
GSA
Chattanooga, Tenn
Tennessee
The
National Archives
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Senate
House
John L. Burton
Calif
Capitol Hill
Burton
Government Executive
Nixon artifacts and GSA probe spark ethics backlash
Washington officials recount confiscated Nixon items and a press friendly show by Solomon amid graft accusations at GSA. Critics call Solomon's publicity stunts hype, questioning the agency’s future and the need for a professional administrator.
Refugee funding gap widens over Indochinese exodus
White House documents reveal Administration underestimates Indochinese refugee outflow and costs. Carter may be asked to approve nearly twice budgeted funds for 1979 1980, with UN estimates rising by about 30 million, half to come from U.S. taxpayers. Contingency funding discussed as policy plans await.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
United States
White House
Carter
Department of State and Health, Education and Welfare
Southwest Asia
Griffin Bell
United Nations
U.N
Senate
CIA
Indochina
State and Justice Departments
National Security Council
James Abourezk
South Dakota
Jorge Videla
Argentina
Augusto Pinochet
Chile
Aboureze
Constantine Karamanlis
Greece
New York Times
Elias Demetracopoulos
Demetracopoulos
Junta
House Intelligence Committee
Times
Karamanlis
Abourezk
Athens
Glickman
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John Cunniff
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Merry
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