Four Verses of the Star Spangled Banner Remembered and Debated
The article recalls Francis Scott Key with Fort McHenry in 1814 and notes all four verses exist on the page. It discusses the anthem’s difficulty to sing spanning an octave and a half and its reception, including views by Constance Allard. It ponders replacing the anthem and the public’s fluctuating interest.
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Francis Scott Key
Fort McHenry
Baltimore
Constance Allard
The Star Spangled Banner Full Poem Passages
Fragmented OCR text of the Star Spangled Banner with stanzas about the flag’s endurance and national ideals. References to dawn light, rockets, and battles appear with garbled phrasing and repetitions. Emphasizes liberty, unity, faith, and homeland.
Cabinet in disarray as Levi clashes with Ford aides
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report that Ford’s cabinet operates misaligned with the president’s security policy. Levi’s insistence on constitutional safeguards and judicial oversight on wiretaps angers officials across NSA CIA FBI Secret Service Pentagon and Treasury. Levi’s stance shapes policy while limiting cabinet cohesion and undermines the White House’s centralized control.
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Washington
Edward H. Levi
Ford
Treasury
William Simon
Puerto Rico
National Security Agency
CIA
FBI
Secret Service
Pentagon
Levi
Edward M. Kennedy
University of Chicago
Simon
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
George Bush
Reagan Abortion Plank Aims to Pull Catholic Vote in 1980 Race
Reagan's team believes a pro abortion platform can win Catholic and blue collar voters in the north aiding a first ballot path to 1 140 votes at Kansas City. Ford disputes the tally but Sears expects secret support from uncommitted delegates. Carter countered with Mondale choice seen to please liberals while Pope Catholics Skeptics tout Reagan as anti abortion and courting Catholics with a constitutional amendment.
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Washington
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Reagan
John Sears
California
Ford
Kansas City
Sears
Carter
Joseph L. Bernardin
Cincinnati
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Chicago
New York’ S
Terence Cooke
Madison Square Garden
Supreme Court
Ellen McCormack
Cardinal Cooke
Minnesota
Walter Mondale
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Mondale
Coal pipelines threaten railroads in western coal push
Congressional Quarterly reports a shift in energy logistics as coal slurry pipelines gain momentum. Railroads fight eminent domain attempts while promoters tout lower costs and future Western coal demand, with a pivotal House Interior Committee vote and a new Congress study awaited in 1977.
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Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Arizona
Nevada
West
National Energy
U.S
Wyoming
Montana
Utah
Arkansas
Western Coal
Congress
Louis W. Menk
Burlington Northern Inc
Northeast
John F. Seiberling
Ohio
Jennings
House Interior Committee
Office of Technology Assessment
95Th Congress
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