US faces terrorism risk and needs coordinated plan
In wake of Aldo Moro's murder experts warn the United States must prepare for a possible kidnapping or terrorist attack. Multiple agencies lack unified authority and leadership, with FBI and Defense short on ready personnel. An interagency council exists but excludes the FBI and may not meet in a crisis. President Carter and Congress are urged to act promptly.
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United States
Defense Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
State Department
Washington, D.C
Interagency Group
FBI
Council
Jimmy Carter
Congress
Moro
Italy
Christian Democratic Party
Red Brigades
U.S
PTA Debate Over Desegregation Policy Proposals
The Chicago region PTA proposes replacing a policy that enforces state desegregation laws with one calling for more state funds to aid districts in desegregation. The change aims to dilute antisegregation aims while Chicago schools face pressure to desegregate and a board with a history of avoidance.
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PTA
Chicago
Chicago School Board
Downstate
Dunfeys buys grand hotels to restore elegance in an era of uniform motels
The Dunfey chain purchases historic properties like the Parker House in Boston and the Ambassador East in Chicago, restoring their faded grandeur amid a trend toward uniform motel chains. The piece contrasts grand hotels with modern fast food motels and notes desegregation concerns in education and PTA policy debates.
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Ramadas
Dunfey’s
Parker House
Boston
Ambassador East
Chicago
Governor Thompson and the $5 unpaid parking ticket
A meter maid ticketed Governor James Thompson for parking in a no-parking zone. The chauffeur refused to pay until challenged. City officials say the fine would double after seven days, but only the original $5 was paid when the governor’s rep paid a visit ten days after issuance. Officials note the cashier was reluctant to seek the extra amount.
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James Thompson
Springfield
Thompson
Webster's goal was to use language to unify the nation
Noah Webster aimed to Americanize English by compiling a national dictionary. He labored from 1783 to 1828, producing a 2000 page work that shifted usage toward American norms, organized meanings chronologically, and shaped the young nation’s linguistic identity.
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Webster
Tom Tiede
John Morgan
Henry Cockeram
United States
West Hartford
Conn
Yale
Jefferson
America
Amherst
Ghetto Legacy in Early America and Lost Roanoke Hope
Ronald Sanders surveys racial prejudice from colonial roots to the Roanoke venture. He questions whether early English efforts might have forged a true equal partnership among whites blacks and Indians, instead of ghettos, and ponders whether a vanished Lost Colony altered American history.
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Ronald Sanders
Kerner Commission
America
Venice
Jamestown
Plymouth
Harlem
Lower East Side
New England
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Walter Raleigh
Drake
West
Roanoke
United Cae Ce
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Roanoke Island
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Pamlico Sound
John White
Thomas Hariot
Cambridge
White
Hariot
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