Carter White House shake-up yields bruises not breakthroughs
Editorial notes President Carter's staff reshuffle has produced few changes since Camp David. Hatcher rejected a White House offer citing Gary political machine fears, while Anne Wexler moves to public liaison roles, and Midge Constanza fades from view after being stripped of duties.
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Martha Angle
Robert Walters
Washington
NEA
Carter
White House
Camp David
Richard G. Hatcher
Gary
Ind
Hatcher
Hamilton Jordan
Jordan
Lyndon Butler
Anne Wexler
Commerce Department
Midge Constanza
Costanza
100 percent men for women voting record report
The National Women's Political Caucus lauds 10 House members for perfect voting on 16 issues deemed important to women. All perfect scores belong to men, including Mineta Corman Roybal Brown Mitchell Drinan Richmond Weiss Ottinger Stokes. Five of 18 women scored 94, with Burke Keys Spellman Chisholm Jordan. others lagged with Boggs Smith Holt at 50, 44, 25 percent.
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National Women’s Political Caucus
House
Norman Mineta
D-Calif
James Corman
Edward Roybal
George Brown
Parren Mitchell
D-Md
Robert Drinan
D-Mass
Frederick Richmond
D-N.y
Theodore Weiss
Richard Ottinger
Louis Stokes
Ohio
Yvonne Burke
Martha Keys
D-Kan
Gladys Spellman
Shirley Chisholm
Barbara Jordan
D-Texas
Lindy Boggs
D-La
Virginia Smith
R-Neb
Marjorie Holt
R-Md
Quack soil additives flood Corn Belt markets
Illinois farmers face wasted purchases as soil additives pushed by a new style “medicine man” fail to improve crops. Dr Robert Hoeft of the University of Illinois cites five false categories, with losses reaching up to 500000 dollars in the state. A Lee County grower who tested Genesis Two reports negative results and seeks a refund.
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Chicago
Corn
Illinois
Lee County
Ill
Athens
Texas
Robert Hoeft
University of Illinois
Midwest
Hoeft
Today in History May 24 1978 highlights and birthdays
On this date events include the Dutch West India Company buying Manhattan for goods worth 24, Queen Victoria’s birth in London, the first U S passenger railroad, Morse’s telegraph message, completion of Brooklyn Bridge, the Bismarck Hood clash with 1300 deaths, Scott Carpenter’s orbital flight, and political upheavals. Births noted include Bob Dylan at 37 and Wilbur Mills at 69, with a thought on education from Joseph Addison.
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Associated Press
Dutch West India Trading Company
Island of
Manhattan
Queen Victoria
Britain
London
United States
Baltimore
Elliott’s Mills
Samuel Morse
Washington
New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Reykjavik
Iceland
Nikolai Podgorny
Soviet Union
Politburo
Bob Dylan
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Joseph Addison
Europe builds a better jet Airbus challenges US dominance
The A-300 Airbus, built by a European consortium but with substantial American content, threatens the American jet industry led by Boeing Lockheed and McDonnell-Douglas. Eastern Airlines has ordered 23 planes for 778 million dollars with 33 percent US components.
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Washington
NEA
Eastern Airlines
Eastern
Europe
United States
Boeing
Lockheed
McDonnell-Douglas
Airbus
Airbus Industrie
Justice Department
DGA International
New York
Congress
America
Pentagon study ties witches to military chaplains plots
A 2611 page unpublished Kirschner Associates study for the Pentagon suggests some military personnel adhere to unconventional religions such as Satanism Wicca and Native American Church It advises chaplains on ministering to these groups including ritual details and sacred items The report notes potential co location of Satanists with ranks and dangers in crisis times and cites the Central Grotto in San Francisco as a contact point Native American Church rites and peyote use are described with legal tensions.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Church of Satan
Council of Witches
Kirschner Associates
Pentagon
San Francisco
Feds
Bogota
Colombia
New York City
Princess Charlotte
United States
Coast Guard
Eugene Otis Hicks Jr
New Mexico
Arizona
San Diego
Boston
Lady Ellen
North Carolina
U.S. cautions on Africa actions amid Cold War moves
United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young said the United States does not attach strategic importance to every mile of Africa and will avoid overreacting to communist influence. He stated the U.S. is in a better position in Africa than a year ago due to measured responses. Bikini Island residents face radiation levels well above safety limits from the 1954 hydrogen bomb tests, with cesium exposure nearing two-thirds of the allowable absorption.
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Washington
United States
Africa
United Nations
Andrew Young
Young
Bikini Island
U.S
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