Call it the Male Chauvinist Amendment
Opinion piece arguing against the Equal Rights Amendment. The writer, once opposed, contemplates ratification but contends ERA would grant equal rights in law, potentially disrupting alimony, custody, draft, and employment rules. It labels ERA supporters as strident and questions the amendment’s interpretation and impact on American women and men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ERA
Indiana
Nebraska
Kentucky
Latin America
America
Causes of declining test scores blamed on teaching methods
A columnist rails at the wreckage of American high school competence. He blames weak early reading and spelling, ditched memorization, and the so called new math for falling college entrance test results, mocking officials and calling for stronger teaching in grades 1 to 3 and an end to misleading test culture.
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Death Valley
Janice Weinman
Massachusetts Department of Education
College Entrance Examination Board
Harold Howe
U.S
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Harold
Euclid
Syracuse
Royal Road
Daley era race stance haunts Bilandic leadership in Chicago
The piece examines how Daley's hard line on civil rights shapes interim Mayor Bilandic's response to federal court rulings on police race quotas and consent with discrimination probes. It notes the ongoing legal battles, federal findings of bias in hiring, and the risk of alienating black voters as Chicago politics confronts a shifting coalition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard J. Daley
Chicago
Michael Bilandic
Daley
Bilandic
United States District Court
Police Department
Gig
Democratic Party
Sharing
Prentice Marshall
Boston
Bilanche
Bilandhe
Demand answers on pay raises by senators
Readers urged to contact Senators Glenn and Metzenbaum and Rep Pease seeking a veto of a 28.9 percent pay raise to 57 500 dollars, plus support for Grassley to block. The letter requests positions on social security benefits and abolishing the quadrennial pay commission, urging alternatives to curb increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representative
Washington, D. C
Charles Grassley
Waste as National Fuel? A Letter to The Chronicle-Telegram
A reader urges using waste and excrement as a national fuel source to solve the energy crisis. They argue waste would be inexhaustible and cheap if conversion and distribution costs drop, potentially ending high gas and electric bills and reducing pollution worries. The letter questions coal dependence and transportation disruptions, and cites New York sewage issues as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Open letter protests congressional pay raises as looming robbery
An open missive to Senators Glenn and Metzenbaum and Representative Pease alleges a sweeping pay raise for 2,500 cabinet and subcabinet officials, federal judges, and members of Congress. It warns the cost to taxpayers could exceed 200 billion dollars yearly, cites increases from 44,600 to 57,500 for lawmakers and judges, and urges immediate action on House Resolution 145 and Senate Resolution 39 to oppose the raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Glenn
Howard Metzenbaum
James Allen
D-Ala
John Danforth
R-Mo
Ford
Carter
House of Congress
Senate
Washington, D.C
Don Pease
Ohio
Glenn and Metzenbaum
Rep
Pease
Congress
If War Is Declared Energy Crisis Thoughts From The Chronicle
A reader argues war would worsen the energy crisis, noting gas shutoffs could halt factory output and freeze homes. The letter urges mass solar heating and faster nuclear power development, arguing electricity from nuclear plants is safer than oil or gas, even with oil supply risks.
Correcting an Anderson column on oil spill liability
In a letter to the paper the writer admits misstating Jack Anderson's claim that the American Petroleum Institute lobbied to limit shipowner liability in tanker spills. He supports compensation programs, praises Anderson's energy worry, and agrees with energy conservation.
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Jack Anderson
American Petroleum Institute
Anderson
Correc
Mr. Anderson
Andersen
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