Editorials Remembering Valley Forge
Editorial recalls Valley Forge as a pivotal turning point in the American Revolution. It notes Washington’s leadership despite supply shortages and disease, Baron von Steuben’s drills, and the 1778 Franco‑American alliance that followed. The park preserves Washington’s headquarters and entrenchments as a landmark.
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George Washington
Brandywine
Paoli
Germantown
Philadelphia
Washington
Valley Forge
Baron von Steuben
France
Valley Porge
New Jersey
State of
Pennsylvania
Rep Don Boys Attacks Liberals Over Anita Bryant NBC Stance
Indiana Rep Don Boys decries liberal hypocrisy and calls for a letter campaign to NBC at 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York protesting Anita Bryant leaving NBC commentator role for the Orange Bowl Parade. He urges supporters of Bryant's anti homosexuality stance to write to the network.
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Indiana
Don Boys
R-Greedwood
National Broadcasting Corporation
NBC
Anita Bryant
Miss Bryant
Empire and Crown Roil in 1970s Washington Headlines
A summary of global power moves and symbols of empire. Bokassa crowns himself emperor in Central Africa while the U.S. weighs aid cuts over human rights. The USSR falters in Africa as Somalia and Ethiopia clash. Egypt urges Soviet exit. The Hungarian crown remains in Fort Knox amid a mass political row and court battles over its return to Hungary.
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Washington
Jean-Bedel Bokassa
Napoleon Bonaparte
Bokassa I
Bokassa
Carter
U.S
Soviet Russia
U.S.B.R
Africa
Persian Gulf
Somalia
Ethiopia
Ogaden
Anwar Sedat
Middle East
Egypt
Soviet Union
Tripoli
Sadat
St. Stephen
Sylvester
Fort Knox
Austria
State Department
Hungary
Mary Qakar D-Ghioj
Cleveland
Budapest
Senate
Pacific Legal Foundation
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Defense reform under Carter would weaken military command
The article argues that reorganizing the Joint Chiefs of Staff would politicize defense policy. It claims military advice must remain linked to operational control, warning Congress not to dilute the Joint Chiefs’ authority. It criticizes plans to shift power to civilian advisors and accuses the administration of chasing change for its own sake.
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Anthony Harrigan
Carter
Department of Government
Defense Department
Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
Central Intelligence Agency
Joint Chiefs of Staff Organization
Friends of the Administration
Joint Chiefs of Command
Joint Chiefs
Congress
Jet Chiefs
Secretary of Defense
Defense
Kennedy
Johnson
Vietnam
Carter would likely spurn a black Vice President
The column argues Carter would give a firm no to a black running mate, citing black electorate size and past examples like Muskie's 1971 remark. It notes black Americans hold growing roles but remain numerically unable to lift a ticket, with past Democratic reactions to race on vp choices.
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Andrew Tully Washington
Jimmy Carter
Carter
John Kennedy
Richard Nixon
al Smith
Maine
Ed Muskie
Los
Angeles
Muskie
Watts
Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Birch Bayle
Henry Jackson
George McGovern
On The Right Jordan And The Blacks
William F Buckley Jr argues that Vernon Jordan and the National Urban League critique of conservative policy misreads racial economics. Buckley cites historical unemployment trends to claim federal programs mostly aid whites and inflame black voter attitudes, urging skepticism of drive for welfare, housing, and health bills.
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William F. Buckley
Equal Opportunity Division
National Urban League
New York
Vernon Jordan
Charles Cobb
William F. Buckley, Jr
Mrs. Jordan
Social Security
Hayek
Friedman
Jordan
Sage
John Stuart Bh
Buckley
Ivory
Bud Shuster A principled voice amid Congress crowd
Ralph de Toledano lauds Bud Shuster of Pennsylvania as a standout Republican in Congress. The piece credits his steadiness on transportation policy, stance against waste, and quiet effectiveness, contrasting him with louder ideologues and praising his persistence, even in minority.
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Ralph de Toledano
Copley
Washington
Congress
Melvin Laird
Michigan
Crag Hosmer
California
Gerald Ford
Bud Shuster
Pennsylvania
Sun District
Phetto
Shuster
House of Representatives
RCA
National Transportation Policy Study Commission
Philip Crane Ofllinois
Jack Kemp
New York
GOP
Republican Party
Bud Shusters
Will Rogers on Pilgrims and Provincetown Slander
Will Rogers jokes about Pilgrims and Indians and recalls Provincetown slogan claiming official landing site. It notes New England pressure to justify Plymouth Rock references and cites Provincetown Chamber of Commerce opinions.
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New England
America
Will Rogers
Plymouth Rock
Provincetown
Chamber of Commerce of
Bryan Sterling
Ise
The
Register and Tritone Syndicate
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Commissary Department
Transport Service
Continental Army
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York City
N.Y
Ogee
Jordan and the Blacks
Will - Rogers
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