Equality by bus: desegregation through busing faces tests
The U S Commission on Civil Rights endorses busing as a path to desegregation despite disruption and white flight. It urges Congress to fund desegregation and repeal prohibitions on federal school transport funds while stressing that true equality means quality education for all, not mere racial balance.
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Boston
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Supreme Court
Denver
Louisville
Tampa
Ven
Comission
Arthur S. Flemming
Flemming
Congress
United States
America
Campaign rhetoric descends into disgraceful mudslinging
Editorial rails at the 1980 presidential race laboring to a national moment of mockery and misstatements. It cites Carter and Ford gaffes and mischaracterizations about taxes religion and foreign policy, urging readers to doubt public statements and seek steadier leadership.
Carter backs small business expansion in campaign push
The National Small Business Association reports both Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford pledged support for expanding the independent small business sector. Carter proposed using statistical yardsticks to measure growth while Ford urged government restraint and customer focus.
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Ins
Jimmy Carter
Agriculture
Earl Butz
Gerald Ford
Soviet Union
Europe
Ford
Carter
John Cunniff
New York
The
National Small Business Association
Stewart
Harry Truman
Tough
NSBA
History highlights and space skin protection notes
On this date in history 1918 Germany accepted US terms to end World War I. Births include Sir Christopher Wren and Maria Theresa. Hoover died in 1964. Nixon firings in 1973. Today’s space item notes a zinc oxide skin protector for the Viking landers withstands minus 200 F, Martian dust and UV.
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Associated Press
Germany
U.S
Sir Christopher Wren
Wiltshire
England
Maria Theresa
Austria
Hungary
Bohemia
Moscow
Middle East
Herbert Hoover
New York City
Jacqueline Kennedy
Aristotle Onassis
Skorpios
Ionian Sea
Richard M. Nixon
Archibald Cox
William Ruckelshaus
Elliott
Douglas Jerrole
France
Bethelehm
Viking Lander
New Jersey Zinc Co
Gulf & Western Natural Resources Group
Outer
Space
Viking I
Viking
Dole pressures White House over milk subsidies in Watergate era
Evidence from 1971 memos shows Sen. Robert Dole, then GOP national chairman, urged Haldeman and Colson to advance a $2 million milk money deal for Nixon reelection. Dole's role, though, faced denials as NSA tapes reveal meetings and pushes to reverse milk price rulings.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Watergate
Sen
Robert Dole
GOP
Nixon White House
Dole
White House
Nixon
Treasury
John Connally
H.R
Bob
Haldeman
Chuck Colson
Republican National
Colson
John Dean
Agriculture
Clifford Hardin
Bob Dole Hardin
John Ehrlichman
House Judiciary Committee
Marc Smolensky
Theat Dole
Walter Mondale
D-Minn
Mondale
Know Your Lawmakers Senators And Representatives Listed
A compiled roll of Texas and federal lawmakers includes Senators John Tower and Lloyd Bentsen Jr. in Washington, D C, and Representatives Richard C White Bob Krueger in the U S House with district offices in El Paso Odessa Del Rio New Braunfels San Angelo and San Antonio. In Austin the 25th District Senator Pete Snelson and 69th District Representative Dick Slack are noted along with Education Commissioner M L Brockette and the Texas Education Agency address. Woodrow W Bean of El Paso is said to represent Pecos and can be written to at the same Austin address.
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Washington
John Tower
Senate
D.C
Lloyd Bentsen, Jr
Richard C. White
Rayburn
el Paso
Odessa
Bob Krueger
Cannon
House
del Rio
New Braunfels
San Angelo
San Antonio
Austin
W.E
Pete’’ Snelson
Capital Building
Texas
Dick Slack
Pecos
5Th & Cypress
State Board of Education
M.L. Brockette
Texas Education Agency
E. 11Th St
Woodrow W. Bean
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Don Oakley
Ord
Averell Harriman
Leonid Brezhnev
O’ferrall Pauly
Texas Press Association
Milton Stewart
Truman
Merry
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