Carter shifts stance on military unionization with new directive
Editorial notes Carter administration approves a Brown directive permitting limited military unionization. It allows active and inactive union members under constraints, bars strikes, and aims to preempt broader legislation opposed by the Pentagon. lobbying targets the House Armed Services Committee to block Thurmond sponsored bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Defense
Harold Brown
Defense Department
Deanne Siemer
House Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Brown
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
House
Strom Thurmond
Partisan Bias and Vietnam War Policy Debate
A partisan critique argues that Democrat Congress supported Vietnam policy during Kennedy and Johnson, calls Nixon’s presidency a pivot point, claims press media influence and East Coast bias shaped coverage, and questions calls for probes into government actions with Democratic entanglements.
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John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Congress
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Vietnam
Will Rogers Says What Are You Going To Be When You Grow Up
The piece reflects on grown up ambitions and childlike questions about future careers. It notes a range of parental and educational pressures shaping kids dreams from doctor to rope walker and the folly of fixed paths. COPYRIGHT 1978 rELD ENTERPRISES INC.
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Atwit
Erma Bombeck
Manhattan
Welfare Abuse Sparks Former Washington Worker Resignation
Marlene Stucky, former Department of Social and Health Services employee in Washington, describes welfare abuses and argues for contraceptives access for females fourteen or older. She cites cases of unmarried mothers, illegitimate children, and ongoing taxpayer funded support, with costs reaching thousands and a fourth child planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itoes
Marlene Stucky
Department of Social and Health Services
State of Washington
Miss Stucky
of Washington
Departments of Social and Health Services
Los Angeles
Burns Plan for Wage Price Review Board in Carter Era
Washington report notes Arthur Burns plans to push a wage price review board as part of an incomes policy. The board would require notice of increases, allow suspensions, and advise the president. Inflation runs at 6.8 percent, with no drop expected. Carter faces built in pressures from new minimum wage and mounting costs.
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Cyandrew
Tully Washington
Carter
White House
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Burns
Nixon
Joint
Congressional Economic Committee
Review Board
Jimmy Carter
Congress
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Johnson
Somalian affairs and Soviet influence in Africa
The piece argues that Somalia under Barre has leaned toward the Soviet Union, with Soviet military advisors and hardware heavily involved. It discusses Mengistu and Ethiopia, oil routes, and Western indifference, contending the Soviet Union shapes regional power, while Cuba’s Africa role and U.S. inaction are critiqued.
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Dyvisnaanin
Somalia
Soviet Union
Barre
Shiopia
Ogaden
Ogasen
Chile
Peru
Ethiopia
Mengistu Mariam
Mengistu
M Quaddafi
Amin
Newsweek
Anaide
Arnaud
de Borengrave
Barts
Washington
Horn of Africa
U.S
Admiral Mahan
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
Suez
ERA Dead in Virginia Triggers Public Reform Debate
In Virginia, support for the Equal Rights Amendment collapses as activists face arrests for misconduct. Lawmakers consider revamping rape laws to remove marriage as a defense and criminalize coercive sexual pressure by those in authority, though critics fear it would hinder convictions and civil actions.
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Richmond
Virginia
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