Carter Waffles On Guns Butter And Budget
An unsigned critique notes President Carter flips on defense boosts and social program cuts to appease factions. It traces promises of a 3 percent defense rise and a 2 billion welfare cut reversal, ending with a pledge to restore funds while inflation bites and the dollar weakens.
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Jimmy Carter
Carter
NAO
Europe
U.S
Office of Management and Budget
White House
Memphis
Ted Kennedy
Pentagon
NATO
Mr. Carter
Wade C. Harrison JR
Bradlley
Associated Press
Houston
Burro with Glider Wing Discovered Near Grand Canyon
Observers report a winged burro dead on the canyon floor. Investigators find the creature strapped with a handmade glider wing and a smiling child in a T shirt reading Pancho Kneivel.
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Grand Canyon
Pancho Kneivel
When Outsiders Misbehave In Iran and Beverly Hills siege
The piece describes widespread unrest in Iran with rioting in multiple towns amid oil worker strife and a threatened military response. In Beverly Hills the shah’s mother and sister faced a siege as students in the United States voiced anti shah sentiment. It notes the shah’s exile palace plans and past U.S. ties.
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Iran
Beverly Hills
Calif
Pentagon waste and inflated defense budget cited in call for restraint
The piece argues President Carter asks sacrifices while seeking over 530 billion for next year. It accuses the Pentagon of 70 percent cost overruns across 55 major weapons and 13 systems, urging deeper cuts and accountability to curb ill spent defense funds.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Army
Defense Department
U.S
Lyndon Johnson
China
Pentagon
Aiken paper announces circulation director and publish details
Rodger Ragan is named Circulation Director for the Aiken paper. The newspaper is published every afternoon Monday through Friday by Aiken Communications, Inc. at 124 Rutland Drive, Aiken South Carolina with post office box 456 and second class postage paid in Aiken, South Carolina.
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Aiken Communications, Inc
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S.C
Aiken, S.C
Winners and losers playing the China card
The piece argues Carter's 1979 pivot recognizing Beijing over Taipei shifts global leverage toward Communist China and weakens Taiwan. It warns of strategic and economic costs, noting Taiwan’s trade ties and security reliance, and questions American gains from the move. It contrasts U S views with Moscow and critiques the moral veneer of diplomacy.
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Carter
Taiwan
Taipei
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China
Nixon
Ford
U.S. Seventh Fleet
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