Fatal Wrong Way Driving Study Urges Ramp Design Changes
A Texas study by the State Highway Department with Texas Transportation Institute at A&M notes wrong way crashes are fatal 15 times more often than other collisions. It recommends exit ramp design changes, eliminate two way access roads, and cloverleaf interchanges to deter wrong way driving, plus using red signals for wrong way and white for correct. Positive signs indicating correct lane or turning point are favored over do not enter.
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State Highway Department
Texas Transportaion Institute of Texas
A&m University
Senate moves to strip Mundt of key committees
The action, unprecedented in modern history, removes three important committee assignments from Kat E Mundt of South Dakota, a veteran senator immobilized by a stroke since November 1967. The move, aimed at allowing junior successors to take over, reflects a shift toward practical governance over tradition.
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Senate Republicans
Senate
Letters and News Snippets Raise Tax, Labor and Justice Issues
In reply to a February letter, the writer opposes quoting the Bible out of context and expresses admiration for long hair on men. A discussion on antitrust principles to big nation follows. A column cites alleged abuses by unions and federal programs, arguing higher taxes and reduced federal spending would be needed. Three news items note Benavides sentencing, Kunstler barred from Kansas case, and Gonzalez probing poverty funds.
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D. Jones
Paul
A. H. ‘Tacquard
Timmy
Afl-Cio
VAW
Lorigshoremen
Teamsters
U.S. District Court
George Templar
William Kunstler
Gay Liberation Front
University of Kansas
Kunstler
Kansas
Readers Letters From The Mailbox Address Notice
Letter guidelines explain Welcome letters printed if names and addresses are identifiable. Short pieces preferred and edited. Akomymou’s correspondence will be filed with form letters and carbon copies. Names printed in full if possible, initials accepted sometimes. The address given is The Light Mailbox 161 San Antonio Texas 78291.
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Akomymou
Hox
San Antonio
Texag
New Tax Debate Hinted In Front Page Wordings
The letter claims the front page article Reyalt Against Property Tax Growing is an advance sheet aimed at preparing the country for a new tax. It predicts a Value Added Tax as the next step and argues income tax repeal would let states levy their own taxes and keep revenue locally.
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Reyalt
Washington, D.C
Pruning a College Budget
John P. Roche argues that colleges face budget cuts across private and public funding. He notes the growth of administration and bureaucratic staff, and how A higher education finance shifts blame to faculty while administrators defend tenure and program priorities, leaving teaching quality at risk.
Silber Attacks Tenure And Calls For Budget Checks
John Silber of Boston University attacks tenure as protecting loafers and questions motives. He urges faculty to demand active involvement in retrenchment, reading budgets like SEC examiners, while noting waste in administration and a Carnegie grant that funds coordinators and evaluators rather than teaching.
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John Silber
Boston University
Silber
Securities and Exchange Commission
Smithfield
Carnegie Corporation
The
State University of New York
State University
Health Talk on throat lump fears and lung surgery facts
Dr Lesten Coleman answers Mrs N S about a morning lump in the throat. He explains lingual tonsils and post nasal drip as common non serious causes, and notes complete ENT exam to rule out sinus infection or allergy. He also answers Miss E R on pneumonectomy and lobectomy, stating patients often function normally with breathing capacity suitable for daily tasks and moderate activity. He closes with asthma and astigmatism questions, finding no strong link to cataract or glaucoma and stressing early corrective glasses and exercises.
The Two Israels of Golda Meir
William Buckley interviews Golda Meir in Jerusalem about Israel and the world Jewish community. Meir explains the tension between state protocol and urging Jews worldwide to recognize threats from U S military shifts and post Vietnam attitudes.
What is Israel and what it means to be Jewish
The piece surveys how Israel’s founders framed the state as more than a nation, a homeland and sanctuary for Jews, while noting modern Israelis act from self interest and power realities. It questions whether Israel is a just society, a test of human will, or a conventional state, with varied views on national identity and purpose.
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Israel
Jerusalem
Rome
S. Y. Agnon
Amos Elon
Elon
Murray Kempton
North Vietnam
Socialism Debate Reflections On Israel’s Civic Faith
The piece notes that founders were largely Socialists but socialism is not a fighting faith in Israel. Peres praises freedom over equality, while the country remains a statist garrison state. Kibbutz spirit wanes, attracting fewer youths, and religious ideals never dominated civil church authority.
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Shimon Peres
Theorld
Freeam
Israel
Goa
Pilgrims and Shrines Across Faiths at Bethlehem and Jerusalem
A reflective note on Israel as home to sacred sites and shared devotion. Observes pilgrims from around the world visiting the Western Wall and Church of the Nativity cave in Bethlehem. Recounts a moment with American women singing and recalling spiritual roots linked to Judaeo Christian heritage.
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Israel
Church of the Nativity
Whittaker Chambers
Bethlehem
David
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Wften
Howard H. Watson
Joh G. Benavides
Kincaid
Tudge Benavides
Henry
Gonzalez
Washington
General Accounting Office
WM. S. Britton
Small Society
Brickman
By Beckman
John P. Rocheolleges
Adinistration
ROCHE
Assairs Tenure
Albany
Lesten Coleman
Mrs. N.S
E. R
I. L
Golda Meir
William F.buckley
United States
Mrs. Meir
Buckley
George Clark
Olga
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