Editorials warn treaties threaten canal control and national security
The piece warns that the Panama Canal treaties would hand over the canal to Panamanian dictator Torrijos, backed by a multimillion-dollar propaganda drive. It argues such a move endangers U.S. strategic security, invites communist influence, and risks economic stability, urging Senate vigilance against special interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Pekene Kr Fe
United States
Panama Canal Zone
U.S
Canal
Free World
Sol Linowitz
Fie
Lorrijos
Canal Zone
Americas
United States Senate
Senate
Reading Back to Basics in Education Reform
In this excerpt a parent recounts classroom dynamics and the push for objective based learning. He recalls inservice training on pupil diagnosis and references administrators and teachers using educationese while discussing parental involvement and collaboration with Miss Sawyer. He notes a shift toward structured classes and team teaching amid debates on birth control coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mys
Sawyer
Wesleys
Laverne
Shirley
Miss Sawyer
Field Enterprises, Inc
Capital fare Indochina today
Andrew Tully argues that US ground troops in Vietnam were a mistake though advisers may have made geopolitical sense. He chastises the peace crowd for cheering Communist gains and laments the brutality reported on the Vietnam Cambodia border, linking Soviet and Chinese influence to regional chaos and civilian suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Tully
Washington
United States
Indochina
Congress
Vietnam - Cambodia
Paradise
Joe
Cambodia
Dismiss one third of federal workers claim raises fire debate
A Los Angeles Times syndicated column criticizes government waste and incompetence. It cites a Byington statement claiming a third of federal employees are a disaster, while noting civil service tenure rules hinder firing. The piece highlights distorted translations during a Polish trip and a Chicago appeals court ruling on off duty drug possession. It mocks Interior Department surveys and spending, arguing miscounts in hunting and fishing license figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Han
John Byington
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Poland
State Department
Stephen Seymore
Chicago
Interior Department
United States
Fish and Game Departments
Interior
Hey
Byington
Los Angeles Times
Carter low mood fear mirrors national psyche
A columnist argues that New York City mood reflects a broader national anxiety about the economy. He blames the Carter administration for go-go economics, calls for increased energy production, and critiques financial leaders and liberal pundits for delaying truthful economic assessment. He recalls past budgets and warns of continued recession and fiscal mismanagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Widener
New York City
White House
Capitol Hill
Agronsky
Paul Duke
Carter
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Treasury
Klumenthal
Jack Anderson
New York Times
John Lindsay
New York
Lindsay
Nelson Rockefeller
Rocky
New York State
Congress
Jimmy Carter
Mondale
U.S
Eisenhower
George Humphrey
Plains
Georgia
LSA
Atlantic Richfield backs government planning and land use controls
The Atlantic Richfield company advocates national economic planning and federal land use controls in a soft sold brochure. Critics warn such steps erode private property rights and favor a regulated, corporate state economy, contradicting free enterprise.
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Anthony Harrigan
Atlantic Richfield
Bradshaw
Americas
Congress
Texas
Egon Fausch
Tausch
L.G Rogers
Los Angeles
Rogers
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Ntor
Charles W Laughlin
Scott
Bartor
Anderson
Mari
Capital
Lenin, Stalin, Mao & Co
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Southeast Asia
Soviet Union
Red China
Pekin
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Red
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Cuba
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Will Rogers
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