Freedom Versus Peace Call to Civic Involvement
A speaker argues that liberty requires action over complacency, urging citizens in small towns to engage in school and community matters, contact representatives, and demand reform. The piece contrasts peace as passivity with freedom as responsibility and participation, urging proactive civic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Heinlein
Shafter
Arvin
Lamont
Freedom
Sacramento
P.T.A
Ability Is Ageless in Emphasizing Older Workers
A 1978 proclamation urges conserving a great resource, older workers, noting 74 million Americans aged 40 or more face job prejudice. It cites functional ability, reduced sick leave and turnover as employer benefits and calls Employers to value experienced, reliable staff during National Employ the Older Worker Week from March 12 to 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Tax money funding welfare case of illegitimate births
Text discusses taxpayer costs from welfare for unmarried mothers, noting multiple illegitimate children and state expenses for prenatal care and medicine. Marlene Stucky recounts cases in Washington where costs exceeded thousands and future births may be funded by taxpayers. The piece urges contraception access and maternal financial responsibility, while lawmakers consider the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlene Stucky
Department of Social and Health Services
State of Washington
Miss Stucky
Wasco’s growth from Deweyville to a farming hub
Eugene Burmeister traces Wasco’s naming from William N. Benham and details its founding, irrigation struggles, and water systems. The Wasco Colony began in 1907 drawing hundreds of settlers, later prospering with irrigation, crops, oil discoveries, and flourishing nurseries shipping roses and fruit plants worldwide. By 1910 the Wasco School District formed, and today three elementary schools serve 1,500 students plus Wasco Union High.
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San
Kern County Board of Trade
M. A. Hartcraft
California Home Extension Association
Kern County Land Company
Tenneco West
Mutual Water Company
Los Hills
Wasco
Wasco Union High School
Goer truck fiasco and world grain crisis grip 1978 press
Washington reports warn world grain reliance and drought effects while Carter faces farm crisis and possible back to work order. The Goer amphibious truck fails tests, parts scarce, yet Army keeps faith amid costly delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Richmond
D-N.y
Carter
Army
The Nature of Government and Perspective
A teacher prompts ten year olds to write about a poor family. one girl’s tale reveals wealth in a family where everyone is “poor.” The piece serves as a metaphor for how legislators, surrounded by government workers and vested interests, view problems through regulation driven by their own environment.
Government Growth and Personal Freedom Debate
Richardson argues that government naturally expands as officials view themselves as social reformers backed by the public treasury. He warns that new agencies arise to address every inequity and urges voters to curb growth through frugal laws or spending limits to preserve personal and economic liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Political Practices Commission
Mesa
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Land of the
Free
Paul Harvey
Kern
By Eugene Burmeister
Jack Anderson
Joe Spea
Washington
United States
Bob Bergland
CIA
Argentina
Australia
Canada
Soviet Union
Senate Agriculture
Her
Man Talmadge
U.S
State Department
Brazil
Congress
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Chesapeake Bay
Fort Hood
Tex
Richardson Report
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