A Ticklish Probe Tests Congress Over South Korea Influence
Editorial notes the ongoing investigation into South Korea influence operations in Washington linked to Tongsun Park and former Rep. Richard Hanna. Hanna faces bribery, mail fraud, conspiracy, and foreign agent charges as DOJ and Ethics Committee pursue replies. Park's immunity and return to testify complicate efforts amid partisan tensions.
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Congress
South Korea
Washington
Richard T. Hanna
D-Calif
District of Columbia
Hanna
Tongsun Park
Department of Justice
Park
Washington Post
United States
Britain
Philip Loccavara
Ethics Committee
John J. Flynt Jr
D-Ga
Flynt
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Locavara
Hancho Kim
Korean Central Intelligence Agency
House
Jaworski
Wit and Wisdom on Witty Woes and Wares
A humorous column riffing on common life frictions and paradoxes. It playfully skewers warranties, aging cars, dieting, shopping, parenting, and everyday misfortunes with wry observations credited to Erma Bombeck style humor and light social critique.
In Washington On the wrong foot
Washington columnist Ron Hendren notes President Carter’s abroad trip fares poorly amid haste and missteps. He cites misjudged Middle East remarks, a translation slip in Poland, and an NBC microphone incident as evidence of bad luck and weak diplomacy. The piece portrays Carter as lacking planning, seeking few outside advisers, and harming his Washington standing.
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Ron Hendren
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Menahem Begin
Anwar Sadat
Poland
NBC
Carter
Congress
West Side rat bounty hunt mocks Chicago’s cleanup effort
In West Side Chicago a bounty of one dollar per dead rat is offered by Alderman Frank Steinberk as rats outnumber residents. The city relies on 26 sanitation crews while Farina notes even 700 crews would not suffice. Rat bites rose 60 percent over six years as rodents probe closer to people, with Bangkok noted as a contrasting approach.
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Paul Harvey
West Side
Chicago
Frank Steinberk
22Nd Ward
Alderman Steinberk
Department of Streets and Sanitation
Louis Farina
W Laughlin
Anderson
Indiana
Carner
Culling the sheep by Holmes Alexander
Washington columnist Holmes Alexander criticizes perennial presidential candidates and the political herd. He cites Mark Twain and H. L. Mencken, laments the rise of deficit politics, and calls for curbing grandiose ambitions from figures like Ford Carter Reagan and others, imagining mercy killings for failed aspirants.
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Holmes Alexander
Washington, D.C
Adlai Stevenson
Ford
Mark Twain
Puddinhead Wilson
Puddinhead
Stevenson
H. L. Mencken
Williams Jennings Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Adlai
Mencken
Jerry Brown
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
Bob Doyle
Howard Baker
America
Congress
Alf Landon
Harpers
California
S. E. Hayakawa
Hayakawa
Lewis Lapham
Menckens
Bryan
Teddy Roosevelt
Wilson
Happy Land
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Deficit Financing And A Warned 1978 Crisis
ALICE WIDENER argues that U S deficits force government borrowing and risk higher taxes or money printing, with foreigners and underdeveloped nations bearing the burden. She cites Irwin Perry on foreign central bank support and predicts double digit inflation and higher interest rates by 1978, cautioning Americans to reassess attitudes and credit risks. The Anderson Herald invites reader letters up to 200 words for publication, with editorial rights reserved.
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Alice Widener
New York City
United States
U.S. Treasury
Irwin Perry
Herzfeld & Stern
U.S
Mr. Perry
Perry
Jimmy Carter
Herbert Hoover
The
Anderson Herald
P.O. Box
Anderson
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Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Jackson Street
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Harriet W Toner
Jane Toner Scott
Robert E Jackson
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