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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1978
Page
4
The piece cites California voters facing Proposition 13 while recalling Reagan era tax limits and a 1.4 million HEW funded sex survey. Howard Jarvis leads a national crusade against government waste. It notes rising taxpayer anger and the power of the taxpayer bloc against payrolls and welfare.
Washington reports a new no nonsense policy dubbed flunking aimed at driving up achievement. Schools test high schoolers regularly and withhold promotion for those not keeping up while sharpening reading emphasis and pressuring parents to sign accountability contracts. Evidence shows declines in flunked students from 13 000 to 3 000 over two years.
The Carter era inconsistency strains U S Latin American relations as the United States flounders over Cuba human rights probes. OAS debates dissolve, amid concerns Latin delegates fear being targeted, revealing a broader pattern of cross purposes and ambiguous resolutions without clear direction.
The June 19 testimony before the House International Relations Committee shows Cyrus Vance signaling no new confrontation with the Soviet bloc and openness to negotiations with Angola's Cuban-backed regime. He criticizes overly harsh Cuba comments and warns that Africa policy must avoid escalation, echoing Truman era missteps and suggesting Brzezinski and Vance elements clash with Carter's rhetoric.
The article lauds Japan South Korea and Taiwan as booming economies countering Red China. It notes Japan's trade surplus, U S competition losses, and Japanese firms dominating radios cars and steel. It highlights South Korea's industrial rebound and Taiwan rising to prosperity aided by exports shipbuilding and high productivity.
Swiss authorities push an ambitious civil defense program with underground bunkers and a hospital to shelter the entire population by 2000. In Ostermundigen and Bern, vast shelters for hundreds of residents, rescue crews, and equipment are built behind red doors. The plan costs about 3 billion dollars, with residents paying part and the rest funded by government bodies.
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