Editorials Challenge for Youth in California Conservation Corps
An editorial endorses the California Conservation Corps CCC as a youth program offering hands on work at Bolsa Chica and across California. It outlines roles from trail building to disaster relief, training in first aid fire fighting ecology and tool use, pay scales 260 to 335 monthly plus a week’s vacation, and three base centers with plans for more. It notes 40 percent women 28 percent minorities and eligibility not including probation or parolees. It invites applications from state departments and writes to Sacramento for forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolsa Chica
Coast Highway
California Conservation Corps
Cccs
CCC
California
CCG
San Diego
Santa Barbara
Fort MacArthur
Los Alamitos Air Station
Roe Development
Motor Vehicles
Parks and Recreation
Fish and Game, and Water Resources
Capitol Ave
Sacramento
Calif
INS Threatens Deportation Over Paper Route Job
An INS office in Omaha orders Nicaran student Fred Blanford to quit his $9 a week Des Moines Register paper route or face deportation. Blanford, 20, enrolled as a Hamburg High School junior with help from Rev. Charles Kirtley after meeting in Nicaragua. Congress pressed for more time, but the case highlights concerns about foreign nationals taking local low wage jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Iowa
Fred Blanford
Des Moines Register
Charles Kirtley
First Baptist Church of
Hamburg
Nicaragua
Blanford
Kirlley
INS
I NS
Dick Schaffhausen
The
Register
Should ERA be given an extension
National debate on extending the ERA deadline shifts to Congress. House hearings consider delaying the March 22, 1978 deadline, with supporters calling it an insurance policy while opponents call it changing rules. Debate centers on state reversals, legality, and potential court challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capital Hill
ERA
Congress
House
Elizabeth Holtzman
N Y
Senate
Supreme Court
PRA
Barbara C. Jordan
Texas
Justice Department
Eleanor Smeal
National Organization For Women
Holtzman
Phylis Schlafly
Stop Era
Robert McClory
Carter in Trouble and the One Term Question
The piece argues Carter is in trouble due to his own actions and lack of presidential presence. It cites polls and party divisions while noting external factors like Begin’s election and Communist resurgence. Critics say Carter lacks a strong presidential image but may improve with experience. the 1980 race hinges on his status in 1977 and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Mr. Carter
Baloney
Carter
House
Senate
Omen
Texas
Steelmen
Ohio
Mr. Begin
Israel
France
Italy
James Earl Carter
Our Republic
Oneral
Capp Ends Li'l Abner Career Sadie Hawkins Day Fades
Comic creator Richard L Capp announces Sadie Hawkins Day will be observed no more in Dogpatch as Li'l Abner ends after 40 years. The final strip will run November 13 with no successor artist planned. Capp cites failing health and reflects on the strip's cultural impact and iconic characters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rt Capp
Dogpatch
Capp
Mammy
Pappy Yokum
Daisy Mae
Hairless
Joe
Lonesome Polecat
Joe Buspik
Moonbeam McSwine
T. Cornpone
Appalachia
Ozarks
Sadie Hawkins
Sam
Abner
Taying
Aon
Lehmon
Cambridge
Mass
John Kenneth Galbraith
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cit
Derek
Christopher Buchanan
Congressional Quarterly
Indiana
McClory
Virginia
M. Caldwell Butler
R-Va
Butler
Time Magazine
Jimmy
Meg Greenfield
Newsweek
Mr. Caster
White House
United States
Gerald Ford
James
Richard L
Creatorial Research Repo
Kent State
National Guard
Dick Tracy
Father
Peanuts
Doonesbury
Comicswise
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!