Gun control urged as vital for civilized society
A Chronicle-Telegram editorial urges strict gun control including a ban on cheap handguns, mandatory permits and ten day cooling off, and penalties for gun crimes. It argues Second Amendment misunderstandings are common and calls federal action, enforcement, and ongoing public pressure to pass and enforce laws.
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U.S
Congress
Chronicle-Telegram
United States
National Rifle Association
National Guard
Lester Adelson
Cuyahoga County
Bureaucracy and reformers clash in 1976 Washington debate
In 1976 Washington, critics attack a growing federal machine while some officials push safeguards. The piece highlights bureaucrats who expanded agencies since 1980 plus costly perks for postal, military, and other sectors. It notes reform-minded figures like Hyman Rickover and Maj. Gen. H. P. Smith, and recounts a North Pole junket costing taxpayers over 32 thousand dollars.
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Washington
King George
George Wallace
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
H. P. Smith
Air Force
North Pole
Canada
Labrador
Greenland
Smith
Gen. Smith
U.S. European Command
Why do presidential candidates run and never rest
Washington column ponders why candidates endure exhausting campaigns across frigid New Hampshire to sunny Florida. It notes leaders tire quickly, risk health, and still chase the White House, with examples from Nixon to Eisenhower and Kennedy era. The piece suggests the presidency seems a perpetual campaign.
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Washington
New Hampshire
Florida
Adlai Stevenson
White House
John Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
William Jennings Bryan
Sargent Shriver
Shriver
Gerald Ford
Pennsylvania Avenue
Nixon
California
Eisenhower
Denver
Palm Springs
Gettysburg
Augusta
Kennedy
Cape Cod
Palm Beach
Truman
Key West
Independence
Washington focus on primaries and politics
A Washington focus piece discusses Sen. Humphrey's view that Ford could win if unemployment declines, plus the Labor Department's improving index. It weighs Democratic and Republican contenders, possible nominating strategies, Mondale's critique of the primary system, and calls for reform. Also covers World Athletics politics and Davis Cup issues amid political discrimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert
Sen
Humphrey
Ford
Labor Department
Reagan
Rockefeller
Commerce
Elliot Richardson
Charles Percy
John Connally
United States
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
U. S
Radio Free Europe
Innsbruck
Europe
Radio Moscow
International Olympic Committee
U.S. Tennis Association
Self restraint and discipline for a civilized society
The essay argues that true discipline stems from self restraint and mutual respect rather than corporal punishment. It links personal discipline to societal order, urging recognition of others rights, courtesy, and forbearance, and cites the Arab oil embargo as a lesson on finite resources. It ends noting that reliance on state power alone cannot sustain civilization.
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Mark Twain
U.S
Edmund Brown Jr
California
Brotherhood of Man
Humanists
Lieve
John Stuart Mill
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