Convention business hints at vice presidential selections
The piece notes Carter delaying his VP choice until after his nomination while the Democratic platform forms with little dissent. It also mentions a confused Republican race near the 1130 delegate threshold and possible delays in platform work after a candidate is chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Mr. Reagan
South
Far West
East
Middle West
Gerald Ford
Istory
Millard Fillmore
Analysis: Olympics Image vs Reality in Montreal
The article argues Montreal's 1976 Olympics will proceed despite union and cost issues. It questions amateurism claims, noting some nations pay athletes while others limit participation for contracts. Yet it praises pageantry and skill, while doubting whether the event meets the historical sense of an Olympic spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Soviet Union
Employment bill is not new in its aims
The Humphrey Hawkins full employment bill seeks to cut unemployment to 3 percent in four years and then hire the unemployed if goals fail. The piece argues that drastic monetary expansion raises rates and taxes, paying the unemployed through public works merely creates unproductive jobs and worsens private employment.
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Paul Harvey
Los Angeles Times
Congress
Sen
Humphrey
New York City
Hawkins
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Policy for Letters To The Journal
The Journal outlines that letters must be signed with a street address and optional town. They should not exceed 300 words and are preferred to be typed on one side of the paper. The Journal supports free expression of ideas and welcomes letters to the department, though views are not necessarily endorsed by The Journal.
Washington ethics and Kuwait trip notes in eight years
The House Ethics Committee probes Rep Wayne Hays and Rep John Young amid efforts to whitewash. Journalists report pressure on Schorr's source and a Kuwait trip plan for Speaker Carl Albert with embassy cables advising wording and press handling. Presidential odds list Mondale as likely running mate choice and Reagan favored in GOP race with wide field of candidates.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
House Ethics Committee
Wayne Hays
Ohio
John Young
Texas
Daniel Schorr
FBI
Schorr
John Flynt
D.ga
James Johnson
R.cole
Bob Owens
Johnson
Albert
Carl Albert
Kuwait
U.S
Saudi Arabia
Ghoneim
Iraq
Gulf
Persian Gulf
Las Vegas
Jimm
Greek Snyder
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy
Walter Mondale
D.minn
Frank Church
D.idaho
Noise and death struggle define Ford Reagan clash
Washington analyst William V. Shannon describes the Ford Reagan contest as a death struggle driven by regional factions. He argues Northeastern moderates, Midwest business leaders, Sunbelt entrepreneurs, and old versus new wealth shape loyalties and threaten Ford's presidency.
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William V. Shannon
Washington
Ford
Reagan
Northeast
Middle West
Nelson Rockefeller
Clifford Case
Charles Mathias
Charles Percy
Far West
Sunbelt
Texas
California
James Buckley
New York
Wna
Nixon
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Alta W. Foster
Biddeford
Saco
Journal
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W. Paul Casavant
Brian C. Thayer
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Hilton Hotel
GOK
Government of
Mondale
Church
Adlai Stevenson
Edmund Muskie
D.-Me
John Glenn
D.-Ohio
Peter Rodine
D.-N.j
Birch Bayh
D.-Ind
Henry Jackson
D.-Wash
Rotsee Minn
Ugh Carey
Michael Ukakis
Jer Brown
Calif
Mo Udall
D.-Ariz
Leonar Woodcock
Auto Workers
John Gilligan
Ohio Poret Oer 100-1; Sen. Alan Cranston, D.-Calif
Tom Bradley
Los Angeles
Paul Sarbanes
D.-Md
Pete Flaherty
Pittsburgh
Barbara Jordan
D.-Texas
Sarge Shriver
Lurie
Houston
Phoenix
Detroit
Southwest
Arizona
Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
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