Editorials Misdirected mission in education reform
Washington editorial attacks the new Department of Education with 17 000 employees and a 14.2 billion budget. It argues for a clear mission and priorities, warning past HEW grants wasted money on arts, broadcasting, and mining education while illiteracy remains a grave, unresolved problem. The piece urges fund allocation toward basic literacy and daily skills rather than broad, unfocused programs.
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Washington
NEA
Department of Education
Congress
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Office of Education
United States
Ford Foundation
Carman St. John Hunter
David Harman
Soviet Union
Young leaders rise amid fierce 1980s competition in industry
AP analysis notes industry elevates younger, tested presidents to meet tougher global rivals. Most leaders are in their 40s, average presidency age 47, with strong back management experience. Expect potential mismatches as some will not endure tenure. closures and strategic retrenchment shape the era's corporate outlook.
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John Cunniff
New York
Eugene E. Jennings
Michigan State
Jennings
Jen
Nings
Heem
Today in History November 23 1979 Chronology
On this date in history several events are noted including the 1765 Stamp Act repudiation in Frederick County Maryland the 1774 formation of the colonial provincial Congress Minutemen the 1863 start of the Lookout Mountain battle the 1945 end of wartime food rationing the 1971 seating of China on the UN Security Council the 1970 papal rule limiting cardinals voting age and the 1969 Apollo XI earth to space news conference. Also mentioned are Gerald Ford meeting Brezhnev in 1975 the Jonestown victims arriving in the US and baseball player Luis Tiant turning 39.
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Associated Press
Court of
Frederick County
Britain
Colonial
Minutemen
Lookout Mountain
Tennessee
China
United Nations Security Council
Paul VI
Gerald Ford
Brezhnev
Vladivostok
Jonestown
Guyana
United States
Luis Tiant
Honcsty
Empty pipe dream second column on a costly Alaska oil line
A Montana based consortium promotes an All American Pipeline to ship 709000 barrels daily from a Seattle harbor to Minnesota. Analysts say Alaska North Slope output will peak around 1980 85 then fall to 200000 barrels daily by 1995. Demand on West Coast would exceed 930000 barrels daily next year, making the plan economically questionable and potentially a costly empty pipeline if approved.
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Billings
Mont
Nea
Northern Tier Pipeline Co
United States
U.S. Steel Corp
Westinghouse Electric Co
Burlington Northern Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Seattle
Minnesota
Midwest
Fedaeat
Northern Tier
Prudhoe Bay
Alaska
Gulf Coast
Panama Canal
Cape Horn
South America
North Slope
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Senate Energy Committee
Jackson
Indonesia
Middle East
Pacific Northwest
Montana
Washington
Illinois
Michigan
Indiana
Carter
Harden era troubles threaten Carter White House image
The report links Richard Harden to possible improper intervention in a libel case and details his role in Carter era finance and audits. It notes Pollack’s denial of White House involvement while describing Harden as part of the president’s inner circle. Separately, Foggy Bottom delays hinder Nicaragua aid, pushing Managua toward East Germany and the Soviet bloc.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
White House
Richard Harden
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Hamilton Jordan
Harden
Robert Vesco
Carter White House
Federal Election Commission
Carter
Georgia-Florida-Alabama Peanut Association
GFA
Young Harden
Internal Revenue Service
D.H. Harden
Albany
Gaite Sigh
Arden
Pollack
Att
Rney
Sally Ann Denton
Hardens
Vesco
United States
Nicaragua
Cuba
Somoza
Communist Bloc
State Department
Department
Congress
East Germany
Soviet Union
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Arte Ners
Ben Sargent
Marathon
Athens
Ulysses St. Grant
West Point
By Roger Bollen
Ferndock Publishers
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