Sunnyside adopts 12 month school term for all grades
Sunnyside School District will switch to a year round schedule starting July 1974 under the 45-15 plan. Nine week terms with three week vacations will keep students in class year round while boosting space use by 25 percent and reducing the need for double sessions and new schools.
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Six year presidential term proposal faces critical flaws
The Watergate era fuels debate over replacing the two four year terms with a single six year term. Proponents argue for fewer campaigns while critics warn of reduced accountability and delayed review of the president's record. The core issues include election finance, party renewal, and voter choice.
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Mike Mansfield
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Shadow of World War II still looms in 1973 reflections
ASA BUSTINELL recalls wartime memories and modern echoes from 1943 to 1973. He compares gas shortages, inflation, and cultural touchstones from Bob Hope to Sinatra and Hitler lore, noting aging icons like Bobby Riggs and Sam Snead, while pondering lasting effects of World War II.
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The Great Liddy Plan and Its Promised Yacht Ploy
A 1973 reminiscence recounts G Gordon Liddy proposing to hire call girls during the Democratic National Convention and anchor them on a Miami yacht to lure Democrats. John Mitchell vetoed the scheme as too costly, and others doubt its feasibility or appeal amid warnings it would outrage voters.
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Nixon and the Phase III Price Controls Debate
A 1975 column critiques the Phase III executive order and its failure to curb inflation. It argues the attempted voluntary restraint collapsed as prices surged, urges continued self discipline, and warns against letting controls become a narcotic before Phase IV in August.
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Nixon
Mark my words Why not believe
Columnist Jim Fiebig argues the Pascal Wager to readers, urging belief in God as the safer bet. He jokes about eternal life if correct and burial if wrong, then asks readers to stop sending religious books. Copymant 1973.
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