Carter Blazes Path to Stronger Vice Presidency for Mondale
President Carter moves Mondale toward a formal working role with a White House office and close international engagements. He aims to make the Vice President a working chief of staff while keeping Mondale busy with administrative tasks and foreign travel in early months.
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Walter Mondale
Jimny Carter
White House
F.B.I
I.B.M
Tinkerbelle
the Roses
Maine Chiefs of Police refute assault claims in opinions
John J. Bernard Jr. and the Maine Chiefs of Police Association challenge recent statements that rising assaults on Maine officers result from provocation by the attacked officers. They cite UCR data and the Governor’s Advisory Committee, insisting assaults reflect broader disrespect for civil authority and that legal codes treat assaults on officers as crimes.
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Hidden Costs of Wood Heat Debate in Keene Pen
Dayton Duncan weighs the true price of wood burning versus oil and electric heat. He tallies one time purchases like sawn logs, stoves, pipes, and a used truck, plus yearly costs and labor. He estimates around 700 dollars annually, arguing a hundred dollars a year saving on heat is outweighed by effort and risk.
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Dayton Duncan
The
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Electric Company
Oil Company
Keene, W.H
Capital punishment gains us nothing
The writer argues against capital punishment after Gary Gilmore's execution. She questions deterrence, cites studies showing no homicide rate differences, notes recidivism among murderers, and argues no person has the right to take life. She asserts killing makes society morally equal to murderers and calls it the worst crime.
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Amy Levy
Gary Gilmore
Gilmore
Doorkeeper Fishbait Miller reveals Washington secrets
Washington insiders recall Fishbait Miller, 24 years House Doorkeeper, now writing a tell all memoir with ghostwriter Frances Spatz Leighton. He recalls Nixon lunches, Rayburn love rumors, Boykin escapades, alleged homosexuals on Capitol Hill, and Jackie Bouvier’s early political ties. Also notes John Mitchell tax liens and Abourezk backchannel oil price talks shaping Arab relations.
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Boykin
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D.-Mass
Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Fishball
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John Mitchell
Law and Order
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New York
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Cacheris
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I B M shadow falls across Carter Cabinet
William Safire argues IBM dominates Carter administration with multiple directors and advisers in key posts. He cites Vance Brown Harris Bell Kirbo Christopher Branscomb and others, analyzes conflicts of interest and political implications, and laments lack of scrutiny before inauguration.
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New York Times
Washington
Cyrus Vance
International Business Machines Corp
Harold Brown
Defense
I.B.M
Patricia Harris
Housing and Urban Development
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