City eyes Stonewall Ave closure. two residents join five viewers
City Council named five viewers, including John L. Kater and Lee A. Ebert, to assess the impact of closing a Stonewall Ave segment near South Stewart Street. They must report by Feb. 2 on traffic, parking, and emergency access, with public input considered as part of a trial, nonpermanent study.
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Stonewall Ave
John L. Kater
Latane St
Lee A. Ebert
Stonewall
Joel E. Stowe
James W. Kincaid
A. Ryland Conner
Stonewall Avenue
Stewart Street
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Stewart and
Lee Sts
City
W. Cork St
Stewart St
Cork St
Cork
Academy Lane
Hospital
U.N. Targets a Global Anti Terrorism Treaty
The United Nations shows rare cooperation to draft a treaty against hostage taking and terrorism. A 35 nation drafting panel was endorsed by 100 plus countries in the Group of 77 with West Germany leading sponsorship. Aiming for universal adoption, the treaty is not expected before late 1978, leaving terrorists time to operate.
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United Nations
U.N
General Assembly
Group of 77
Soviet Union
Vienna
Elephants in tutus spark debate on unisex textbooks
A Washington Post account notes California's textbook selection committee removed tutus from illustrations amid pressure from women's groups. The column argues unisex trends distort family roles and cites changes in Holt and Macmillan editions, praising traditional depictions and criticizing forced equality in education.
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Washington
Silver Burdette Company
California
Washington Post
California Textbook Selection Committee
John H Williamson
Silver Burdette
Noel Epstein
Post
Macmillan
Pros and Cons of a Tax Cut in Carter Economic Debate
Congressional Quarterly weighs options from a general tax cut to expanded jobs programs under President elect Carter. advisers split on speed versus long term revenue impact with figures like Bert Lance Andrew Brimmer Barber Conable Ullman Meany Burns weighing stimulus, revenues and political risk.
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Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Jimmy Carter
House
Carter
Congress
Thomas B
Bert) Lance
Office of Management and Budget
OMB
Lance
Andrew F. Brimmer
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury
William E. Simon
Barber B. Conable Jr
New York
Ways and Means
al Ullman
Oregon
Ullman
Organized Labor
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Federal Reserve
Arthur F. Burns
Ultman
President's Council of Economic Advisors
Union push tests Carter Meany ties with armed forces
AFGE begins recruiting organizers at Ft. Dix and McGuire Air Force Base as a national drive to unionize the military faces White House and Pentagon scrutiny. Rumsfeld and Joint Chiefs warn against such unions while Senate and House committees prepare hearings on a ban.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
George Meany
Georgia
American Federation of Government Employees
Meany
Afl-Cio
New Jersey
AFGE
Ft. Dix
Army
McGuire Air Force Base
Ford
Donald Rumsfeld
Defense Department
George S. Brown
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Carter
White House
Pentagon
Armed Services Committees
Senate
House
Mississippi
John C. Stennis
South Carolina
Strom Thurmond
Robin Beard
Tennessee
Beard
Marine Reserve
Abortion and Birth Control Debate Letters from Capon Bridge
A reader from Capon Bridge WV strong advocates anti abortion views and supports birth control education. He argues abortion contravenes God’s word, birth control reduces unwanted births, and condemns killing of any form. He urges publication to aid distressed youths.
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the Star
Fairfax County
Virginia
Board of Education
Junior A. Stother
Capon Bridge
W.va
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Kater
Ebert
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
West Germany
By James J. Kilpatrick
Williamson
Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Father
Unisex
United States
By Frank van der Linden
Rumsfeld
House Appropriations Committee
Texas
George Mahon
Millington Naval Base
Brown
Iter
Thomas T
Lewis H. Ebert
Douglas
O'Connell
Eugene P. Miller Reed
Bole
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