Reagan as foreign policy expert in a political spectacle
The column mocks Ronald Reagan’s sudden skill in foreign and military matters and argues his Panama Canal stance is more theater than policy. It notes Goldwater and Rockefeller opposition, cites Nixon era briefings, Kissinger’s past role, and questions his credibility and impact on the GOP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Reagan
Julie Andrews
Eliza Doolittle
My Fair Lady
Richard Nixon
United States
White House
San Clemente
Henry Kissinger
Sacramento
Reagan
Kissinger
Panama Canal
Pentagon
Ford
Ronnie
Texas
Panama
Barry Goldwater
Nelson Rockefeller
Sen. Goldwater
Meet the Press
Goldwater
Rockefeller
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Reagan
Congress
Republican Party
Miss Walters
Princess Margaret
Evening News
Marching won't wipe away misery in Boston
Reprinted from The New York Times. Opinion argues that Boston’s desegregation policy and forced busing cause misery, white flight, and a $33 million deficit. It charges federal courts and local officials with eroding the family unit, urging an end to forced busing and praising traditional family roles led by the church. Louise Day Hicks is cited as Boston City Council president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Federal
W. Arthur Garrity Jr
Church
Louise Day Hicks
Walters Million Dollar News Deal Sparks Debate
A 1976 column questions Barbara Walters’s reported one million dollar ABC contract for evening news, exploring what “other privileges” could mean, the fairness of pay among journalists, potential consequences for co anchors, and whether ratings bonuses could justify the amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Walters
NBC
ABC
Miss Walters
Bob Woodward
Carl Bernstein
Nixon
Rockefellers
Barbara Walterses
Erection of a board fence marks near completion at Woolworth store
Alterations progress at the Cone Building face a near finish while Union Street work proceeds slowly due to poor weather. Vermont officials including John Clement and agents Eddy Burke Cone Pelsue oversee activities in Bennington, Clarendon, Arlington, and Rutland.
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Woolworth
Cone Building
Union Street
John Clement
Rutland
Historical Records Survey
Vermont
Henry H. Eddy
Clarendon
John A. Burke
Bennington
Clarence Cone
Virginia Pelsue
Arlington
George D. Aiken
Roaring Branch
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Aiken
Army Corps of Engineers
Washington
Bennington County Humane Society
Shaftsbury
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Wee Jimmy
Alaska
Canal Zone
United States Territory
Gadsden Purchase
Louisiana Purchase
Latin America
Secretary of Defense
Schlesinger
Oliphant
Brattleboro
New York Times
By Melvin Maddocks
Peter Piper
Harry Reasoner
Ibrahim Kuduma
New York
Los Angeles
Reasoner
Christian Science Publishing Society
John M. Mahoney
Bendi
Fort Devens
Mass
Army Signal Corps
Harold M. Wilson
North Pownal
Charles Kokoras
Donald C. Hicks
Greater
Jean Henry
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Pennsylvania
Honduras
Wothers
Margaret Smith
Napier
Crazy Horse
Lenox, Mass
And
Bennington, Vermont
Lenox
Jewelers
Beaates
Main ST
Bennington, VT
Tata
H. Greenberg
Main Street
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