Ford suspends ruling on father son and mother daughter school events
The Ford administration halted a Civil Rights Office decision banning school sponsorship of father son and mother daughter events citing Title IX concerns. HEW will not enforce during review and will advise schools to proceed with such activities. President Nixon?
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U.S. Office of Civil Rights
Ford
Ron Nessen
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Congress
Nelsen
Office of Civil Rights
Scottsdale, Ariz
F. David Mathews
Supreme Court limits gag orders in pretrial media reporting
The U S Supreme Court unanimously struck down a Nebraska judge's pretrial gag order on reporting in a mass murder case, strengthening press freedom. It warned such orders should be rare and only as a last resort to protect fair trial rights, and it reserved future rulings on pretrial hearing bans. The piece stresses media responsibility to report factually and without bias.
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U .S. Supreme Court
Nebraska
Hugh Stuart
North Platte
Neb
Sutherland, Neb
Stuart
High Court
The
Star
Pro Con Ceiling on Road Funds For States
In Washington the House rejected its own budget guidelines and voted to lift a 7.2 billion ceiling on highway funds for fiscal 1977, a move backed by highway interests and opposed by budget watchdogs and some members. The Senate kept the ceiling, a compromise will be needed. Proponents warn removal risks inflation and undermines the new budget process while opponents decry congressional impoundment and potential delays to highway programs and mass transit funding.
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Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Congressional
House
Appropriations
Ford Administration
Congress
Senate
John J. McFall
D. Calif
House Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee
McFall
White House
Brock Adams
D Wash
House Budget Committee
Adams
James J. Howard
DNJ
Howard
Bella S. Abzug
New York City
Carter Era Dems Face Quiet Convention With Uncertain Veep
A critique of the 1976 Democratic National Convention describes a unified front for Carter, who leads delegates toward an unknown running mate. It recalls past party struggles and notes Carter will choose the VP, with debate over whether to open the nomination to the convention.
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New York
White House
United States
Carter
Muskie
Mondale
Glenn
Stevenson
Jackson
Ship of State
Veep
Lyndon B. Johnson
Herbert H. Humphrey
Adlai Stevenson
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Sen
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Prisoners of War in Winchester 1776 Route for Later Internment
The 1776 arrival of Scottish and other prisoners in Winchester set a precedent for later wartime relocations. Notably Col Jacob Ellegood, a suspected enemy agent, was moved from Richmond to Winchester then to Petersburg, with paroled limits and strict surveillance, highlighting early civil containment during conflict.
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Winchester
West Coast
Lewis N. Barton
Frederick County
James Campbell
William and
Norman McLeod
Col
Jacob Ellegood
Virginia
Richmond
Colliegood
Pages
Hanover County
Col. Syme
Ellegood
Lord Dunmore
Virginia Council
Col. Ellegood
Jacob Eliegood
Hanover
Col. Kennedy
Elisha White
Thomas Edmunds
Elegood
Petersburg
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Presidential candidates and born again faith in 1980s letters
A Letter to the Editor argues Ford Reagan and Carter share a born again Christian faith. It stresses the running mate choice should reflect a public witness to their Lord and to God in whom they trust.
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the Star
Ford
Reagan
Carter
Jesus Christ
Christain
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Eugene P. Mille
Winchester Evening Star
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Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy
People's Party
Plains
Chicago Coliseum
Illinois
Frank 0. Lowden
Leonard Wood
Ohio
Warren G. Harding
Jim Wadsworth
Sinclair Weeks
Bill Borah
Idaho
Medill McCormick
Harding
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Irvine Lenroot
Oregon
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Boston
Coolidge
Cal
Laura Virginia Hale
Cuthbert Harrison
Fauquier County
William Pickett
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