Plight Of Age in Rural America Faces Silent Suffering
A report outlines 5.5 million rural elderly facing poverty and isolation. It notes migration drained young residents, underfunded rural programs, and urban bias in federal aid with hearings in Denver and a Senate committee stance on aging.
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Senate
Denver
Com
Mittee
Jack Kossofsky
National Council On the Aging
Ossofsky
Aaron E. Henry
National Center On Black Aging
E.R.R
Carter Seizes Energy Crisis as Historic Mission
A week of bold action by President Carter shifts focus to energy policy and national duty. He presents a humane, cooperative leadership style, courting Congress and the press, while facing tax debates, waste reduction, and strategic arms talks as he strides to define a new presidential role amid controversy.
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Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Department of Government
Washington
Middle East
South Korea
Philippines
Angola
Zaire
Havana
Nixon
Ford
Thought For Today Reflection on Wealth and Transience
A devotional line echoes James 1 11 about the sun scorching and grass withering and a rich man fading amid pursuits. It emphasizes worldly wealth losing substance compared to enduring values.
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James 1
China Uses Crusoe Tale to Push Military Modernization
Peking Radio used Daniel Defoe's Crusoe tale to argue that China must accelerate defense spending and weapon development. The broadcasts critique Mao era limits and the Gang of Four while citing the need for capable weapons and modern forces to deter aggression. Hua Kuo-feng's slower pace is noted but not definitively opposed.
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Japan
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Hua Kuo - Feng
Hua
Spain Faces Communist Question as Suarez Pushes Reform
Cautious optimism surrounds Spain's move to legalize the Communist party, backed by Premier Suarez and King Juan Carlos, while Manuel Fraga Condemns the step and warns of risks. Carrillo signals a Western democratic convergence, stressing coalition participation and U.S. bases, amid doubts on a future coalition and fears of a military backlash.
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Juan Carlos
Manuel Fraga Iribarne
Whan Suarez
Fraga
Fernando Santiago Y Diaz de Mendevil
Popular Alliance
Jose Maria de Arenza
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Russia
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Tam
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U.S.A
NATO
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
County committee named to aid price stabilization efforts
Mayor George B. Chambers appointed a Raleigh County price stabilization information committee. John Smith serves as chairman with members Edward Foster Chris Sarandon T E Bazzarre D Devasher K G Libs Larkin Philpott W C Larrimore and D D Holliday.
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George B. Chambers
Raleigh
John Smith
Edward Foster
Chris Sarandon
T. E. Bazzarre
D. Devasher
K. G. Libs
Larkin Philpott
W. C. Larrimore
D. D. Holliday
Mrs. MacDowell Performs at Beckley Club Recital
Mrs Edward MacDowell appeared with the Monday Music Club in Beckley for a lecture and piano recital of her late husband’s works at the central school auditorium. An 80th birthday dinner honored J W Harper at his Reservoir Road home with Harper joking he feels like a 16 year old in the crowd.
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Monday Music Club
Beckley
Central School
J. W. Harper
Reservoir Road
J. W
Sharpie contractor and hit and run tale pop up
A collection of quick wits and tales from a Monday Fellow column includes a rival called a sharpie who would lie to profit, a hit and run driver with a license number linked to a couple's ages, a Broadwaylifer avoiding creditors, and jokes about medical pains and marriage conversations.
Nun Reunites Gifted Bill With Its Donor
A young nun gave away a $100 bill to a shady man after receiving it from her parents. The next day the man returned with a bundle of twenty $100 bills, saying Godspeed paid twenty to one. The incident appears as a moral anecdote in a collection of quips.
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Godspeed
The Innocent Bystander The War Effort
Arthur Hoppe’s satirical column recounts Horatio Alger style factory owner Horatio J. Alger who halts dune buggy production to save energy under wartime austerity. He rejects comforts, ends his plant and home devices, and after a misadventure discovers oil while his neighbor Milton Haberdash is killed.
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Pearl Harbor
Ident Carter
Horatio Alger
Horatio Alger Dune Buggy Corp
Horatio
America
George
Scott
Milton Haberdash
Haberdash
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