Editorial: Challenge of mental illness in America
The piece cites President’s Commission findings that 20 to 32 million Americans suffer severe emotional distress and may need care, with some arguing up to 47 million diagnosable disturbances. It cautions against stigmatizing neighbors and notes rising costs, urging mental health coverage within national health insurance while debating reform Scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission On Mental Health
National Institute of Mental Health
Commission
Thomas W. Bryant
Carter Administration
Are fans ready for FANS to organize sports fans
The piece questions Ralph Nader's plan to form Fight to Advance the Nation's Sports FANS for $9. It notes fans are diverse and loyal yet unsure how to unite. It critiques using consumer activism to influence sports and doubts a Washington acronym can speak for fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Nader
Sports Fans of
America
Fight
Washington
New York Mets
Tom Seaver
Cincinnati
Domestic steelmakers lose out to foreigners
AP analysis quotes U.S. Steel chairman Edgar B. Speer saying below cost pricing by foreign exporters hurts American industry. He highlights 20 million tons of imports equal to 100,000 domestic jobs, decries weak U.S. enforcement, and calls for quotas and better regulatory application. Speer also argues environmental rules and government pricing affect the steel industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cunniff
Pittsburgh
Edgar B. Speer
U.S. Steel Corp
Speer
White House
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Advo
American Iron and Steel Institute
United States
U.S
Today in History Highlights and Events Across Years
On this date October 19, 1771 to 1977, Yorktown surrender ends Revolution, Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow, Adrianople siege, Guadalcanal bombing, Suez withdrawal talks, MLK arrest at a Atlanta sit in, Brooklyn College clash, Heinrich Boll Nobel Prize, UN veto on arms to South Africa, and Japan steel market shifts. Also quotes Speer on U S steel competitiveness and anti pollution issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Yorktown
Napoleon Bonaparte
Moscow
Adrianople
Guadalcanal
Britain
Egypt
Suez Canal Zone
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
New York
Brooklyn College
Heinrich Boll
United Nations Security Council
France
United States
South Africa
Bureaucratic squabble slows Carter energy drive
President Carter urged conservation in cars and homes but federal agencies clash over how to cut energy use. Minutes from a closed meeting show Defense, VA, and NASA resisting FEA guidelines, with Col. Miley leading the loudest protests over meters and plans. ERDA contracting for electric cars pits firms with insider ties against rules. Protesters threaten GAO action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Carter
Federal Energy Administration
New Energy Department
Defense Department
Pentagon
Col. J.F. Miley
Defense
FEA
Veterans Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Transportation Department
Miley
General Services Administration
Col
Energy Research and Development Administration
South Coast Technology
Eva-Chloride
South Coast
EVA Corp
Cleveland
U.S
ERDA
Battronic Truck Corp
Valerie Strauss
General Accounting Office
GOP Governors Conference in the White Mountains a wakeup call
Breathing room fades for the GOP as only 12 governors remain from 32 seven years earlier. The conference frames a bid to win statehouses ahead of 36 gubernatorial races and push back against reapportionment and district drawing that could end the party's influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bretton Woods
N.H
NEA
White Mountains
Republican Party
Supreme Court
GOP
Congress
GOP National Committee
Dick Thaxton
Republican Governors Association
John Connally
National Party
Republican National Committee
Connally
New Hampshire
Bill Brock
National Committee
New York
California
Georgia
Alabama
Arkansas
West
Jay Hammond
Alaska
Ford
Oregon
Colorado
Wyoming
Arizona
Idaho
New Mexico
South Dakota
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Pecos Enterprise
Ken Dulaney
Martha Angle and
Robert Walters
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