Editorial Promises and Tax Cuts in Job Debate
The editorial attacks Carter’s embrace of the Humphrey Hawkins Bill as empty rhetoric, arguing it offers goals without tools to reduce unemployment. It praises Republican tax cuts aimed at boosting hiring, inner-city job incentives, and a broad program to create jobs for nearly seven million unemployed. The piece warns slogans won’t solve unemployment without concrete measures.
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Carter
White House
S Snate
Senate
Republicans
Indiana lawmaker charges DOJ violated pardon funding ban
Rep John T Myers says the Department of Justice may have used funds for President Carter's Vietnam era draft evader pardon in possible breach of his amendment. The GAO advised him of indications of violations after May 4 and is asked to monitor compliance and audit DOJ activity, with potential large government savings if corrected.
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John T Myers
U Department of Justice
Carter
Rep. Myers
Justice Department
General Accounting Office
GAO
Indiana
Department of Justice
Ken
Myers
At wit's end New status symbols
Erma Bombeck notes changing status symbols from large homes and doctors to game show contestants and money. She jokes about how formality fades, youth and poverty glamorize, and asks if high status now hinges on wealth from game shows or a spouse with money, ending with a quip about needing ten dollars.
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Wit’s End
Erma Bombeck
Evelyn Wood
Suror
Jan
Field Enterprises, Inc
Unclear fragmentary article from Anderson Herald
Fragmentary text shows names and numbers with indecipherable context about monetary amounts 26 528 and dates 82 84. Unable to determine a coherent event or person outcome from the garbled OCR.
Efficiency expert report on London symphony concert
A spoof efficiency report shared by the Los Angeles Times in 1978 mocks work study practices at a Royal Festival Hall concert. It suggests reducing oboes and violins, consolidating parts, amplifying sound, and shortening the two hour program to twenty minutes, with possible venue changes if revenues drop.
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Paul Harvey
U.S
Royal Festival Hall
London
Albert Hall
Los Angeles Times ‘Syndicate
Saudi Arabia and Korea draw military roles in mixed policy stride
A 1978 McNaught Syndicate critique surveys South Korea sending paramilitary labor to Saudi bases as Washington backs Carter era moves. It questions the Nixon doctrine echoes and links Korean, Philippine, and Cuban labor to Middle East military modernization, noting Iran's Shah and broader regional tensions.
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Pyeevee Washin
Saudi Arabia
South Korea
Carter
Korea
Park
Red North
Persian Gulf
Philippine Commonwealth
Italy
United States
Mussolini
Cuba
Castro
Fone
Washington
Iran
Russia
Persia
Mideast
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Why Carter's trip puzzles a wary reader
A reflective critique questions President Carter’s nine day, six nation journey. It explores media stunt elements and strategic aims, noting Brzezinski’s cosmic rationale, the unfinished theme of the trip, and critics’ view that the President seeks to project a fresh American image while facing skepticism over motives and costs.
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Washington
Carter
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Jimmy Carter
Brzezinski
Poland
Europe
Iran
India
Saudi Arabia
France
Arc de Triomphe
Normany Beachheads
Belgium
NATO
Nixon
Ford
Peking
Moscow
West Germany
Luxembourg
South Korea
North Korea
Japan
Burns and the Fed
George Meany Senator William Proxmire and other inflation wary leaders pressed for a Fed chairman aligned with policy aims. Arthur Burns, since 1970, valued independence from White House and Congress, earning Carter's support. his successor could pivot toward business interests with G William Miller as nominee, signaling a middle path while preserving policy independence.
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Arthur Burns
George Meany
William Proxmire
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
White House
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Carter
Carter White House
Burns
Henry Reuss
House Banking Committee
Congress
Hill
William Miller
W.E. Miller
Textron, Inc
Boston Federal Reserve Bank
Miller
Fed
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