Edison Birthday and Global Trade Trends Highlight Historic Notes
The piece notes Thomas Edison’s February 11 birth anniversary and President Nixon’s proclamation of National Inventors Day. It contrasts Edison’s perseverance with modern demands, then shifts to Los Angeles County population shifts, birth rate decline, and suburban migration. It ends with UK Prime Minister Heath’s Washington visit for trade talks amid fears of US protectionism and a record US trade deficit.
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Nixon
Wizard of Light
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Britain
Edward Heath
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Snakes on vacant lots stir Burning Knolls residents
A Burning Knolls subdivision resident urges action to clear unmowed, vacant lots linking snake problems to public safety. She cites lack of contact with lot owners and urges ordinances like other county areas, plus broader health and air concerns from smoking in public places. She also supports boosting sheriff patrols and tax funding to add more deputies, praising Mauck and Richards while urging citizen pressure on officials.
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the Star
Burning Knolls
Michael Luby
Luby
Frederick County
Carroll Mauck
Harry Richards
I. Smith
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Hartke Balks at Search Rights Over Hijack Screenings
Washington senator Vance Hartke defies anti hijack screening arguing the constitutional right to be secure against unreasonable searches. He says his action defends liberty though FAA scrutiny increases and delays persist. Hartke plans harassment suits while criticizing FAA for paperwork and vested interests.
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Washington
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Hartke
United States
Congress
Federal Aviation Administration
Delta Airlines
Bland Memorial Music Scholarship Contest First Place Award
Sally Tucker Bell won first place in the Bland Memorial Music Scholarship Contest for a piano piece Albumlatt Opus 66. She is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Leslie M. Bell of South Stewart Street.
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Miss Bell
Leslie M. Bell
South Stewart Street
Christopher E. Grace
W. Whitlock Street
Albertis Harrison
Richmond
Virginia Council
Home as Source of National Spiritual Life
The speaker argues that fifty million US adults lack church connections and twenty million children lack religious instruction. He says Canada is better but not enough to avoid complacency and urges restoring sincere Christianity by making the home the primary teacher of faith, not the church. When adults embrace religion, children will follow.
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Arizona
Indianapolis
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Slevsky
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Canada
Buckley Reflects on the Senate in National Review
Senator James Lane Buckley of New York, two years in office, offers reflections on the Senate in National Review. He admires its potential yet notes bureaucratic limits, advocating a two year legislative cycle to allow more hearings and public education before votes. The piece portrays Buckley as modest and devoted to reform.
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Buckley
National Review
Senate
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Peice
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