Abel Retires From United Steelworkers Presidency
Lor with Wilbur Abel prepares to retire as president of the United Steelworkers on June 1. Abel, who defeated David J. McDonald in 1965, criticized union leadership as out of touch with rank and file and urged the push for a workers centered agenda while backing Lloyd McBride as his successor. The union, now 1.4 million strong, approved a three year contract on April 9, with Abel contributing to the negotiations. Abel formerly worked in a brickyard earning seven dollars weekly for a 12 hour day.
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United Steelworkers of America
Ed Sadlowski
Lor
Wilbur
J.W
Abel
McBride
Sadlowski
E.R.R
Exes
John Kennedy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kennedy - Weisner
J. Fred Bucy
Texas Instruments
Advisory Council
Bucy
Kennedy
Jackson
Charles River Gang
Rep
Morris Udall
Women Entering Workforce in Growing Numbers and Professions
The piece notes a rise in employed women from 19 million in 1951 to 39 million in 1976 with gains in law, medicine, finance, and management. Julia M. Walsh becomes the first woman on the American Stock Exchange and starts Julia M. Walsh & Sons, Inc., planning gradual ownership reduction.
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United States
Julia M. Walsh
American Stock Exchange
Harvard Business School
Julia M. Walsh & Sons, Inc
Knowing Whom To Follow
Mike Royko suggests the Chicago Police surveillance shift to watch crime figure Harry Aleman and his ally Butch Petrocelli, arguing past focus on Despres yielded little proof of crimes. He notes Aleman’s ties with some officers and hints at potential political voting behavior.
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Leon Despres
Despres
Chicago
Studs Terkel
Len O’connor
Sing Sing
Harry Aleman
Aleman
Butch Petrocelli
Taylor Street
Sam
Sambo) Cesario
Harry
Butch
Alderman Despres
Federal
Felicia
Audrey Hepburn
Fred
Linda Lovelace
Carter seeks broader foreign policy beyond alliance and anti communism
President Carter outlines a new global vision at Notre Dame urging a shift from fear of communism to engagement with Africa and Latin America. He defends human rights and decouples war and peace from global justice while pushing for clearer diplomacy and humane values in U S policy.
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Carter
United States
Atlantic Alliance
U.S
America
University of Notre Dame
Africa
Latin America
Middle East
Israel
Cuba
Planned Parenthood and the rise of the fully planned person
The piece imagines future society where parents design children with blueprints and gender kits, creating a class of fully planned people. It satirizes gender choice, careers, and family roles, predicting conflicts between parents and offspring and a surge in sex reassignment and lawsuits between doctors and lawyers.
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London
Rome
Washington, D.C
Washington Boulevard
Erica Jong
William Shakespeare
Humanity
Johns Hopkins
Two Beckley Women Named Officers in New River Convocation
In Beckley 25 years ago Mrs P B Barwood was named convocation chairman for three years and Mrs F L Banks became secretary of the New River Convocation for Episcopal churches. The report also notes student achievements at Washington and Lee University and district Key Club leadership.
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Beckley
New River
P. B. Barwood
F. L. Banks
Kennedy Takes Center Stage in OTA Power Play
Essay argues Ted Kennedy uses the Office of Technology Assessment to expand influence over science policy and domestic programs. It details a power shift, staff changes, and opposition from Rep. Marjorie Holt and critics who warn of partisan dominance and biased studies.
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Ted Kennedy
Office of
Technology Assessment
Congress
Defense Department
HEW
General Accounting Office
Congressional Budget Office
OTA
He Spa
House
Senate
Office of Technology Assesment
Kennedy
Emilio Daddar
Charles Iver
Wag
Advisory Council
Harold Brown
Secretary of Defense
Jerome Weisner
Acience
Massachusetts
Tip O’neill
Holt
House Committee On Science and Technology
Olin E
Tiger Teague
Office of Technology Assessment
White House
The Innocent Bystander on Pay TV Porn Scandal
A Chronicle excerpt relays a Wall Street Journal report on pay television firms boosting business with pornographic films. It cites a case from Allentown where a subscriber racked up 110 monthly dollars, illustrating the era's rising consumer exposure and a satirical take on domestic tensions over adult viewing.
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The
Wall Street, Journal
the Journal
Allentown
Fred Frisbee
Fred
Local Bank Directors Form Flood Relief Fund Group
In Raleigh a new organization was formed in the bank’s directors room to channel Mississippi flood relief contributions. Donations may be given to R. M. French, treasurer, to aid flood sufferers.
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Bank of Raleigh
R. M. French
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Lloyd McBride
Walsh
Walsh & Sons
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D.C
Savoy
New York Magazine
Business Week
Fortune
Judith Daniels
Daniels
Mike Royko
Clecaga Daily News
James) Rochford
Red Army
City Hall
Helen Thomas
UPI
Vietnam
Atlantic
U.N
Andrew Young
God
Raleigh Register
Mark Twain High School
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
James Lucas
Woodrow Wilson
West Virginia
Fairmont
Power
Arthur Hoppe c
Chronicle Publishing Co
John Wayne
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