Inflation as focus shifts in Humphrey Hawkins debate
The piece notes Republicans push to target a 3 percent inflation goal while aiming to cut unemployment to 4 percent within five years. It covers a March House vote rejecting the 3 percent inflation target, a Labor Department 1.1 percent February wholesale price rise, and public polls showing inflation as a greater concern than unemployment. It references the WIN button and political responses from Ford’s era.
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Labor Department
Uncle Sam
Ford
Publish or perish debate over UNI professor’s promotion
At a Des Moines Board of Regents meeting the panel denied Dr. Charles Quirk of UNI a promotion to full professor, upholding the dean’s emphasis on research and publishing over teaching and community service. Regents debate centered on balancing teaching merit with scholarly output, with calls for more flexibility but not enough to overturn the dean’s decision.
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University of Northern Iowa
Iowa Board of Regents
Des Moines
Regents
Percy Harris
Cedar Rapids
Charles Quirk
UNI
Harris
Quirk
Carter accused of cover up in drug file tampering claims
Letter writer alleges President Carter and top aides obstructed justice by tampering with government files. Claims come from sources connected with Congress and former DEA personnel. Calls for immediate congressional investigation into the alleged operation and cover up.
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Jimmy Carter
Congress
Drug Enforcement Administration
DEA files purge linked to Omar Torrijos scandal
The memo reports storage removal and shredding of incriminating Omar Torrijos references under Deputy DEA Director Gordon Fink. Bill Link oversaw the operation. Peter Bensinger briefed the president. Files moved, later returned, shielding Torrijos tied to drug trafficking. Critics accuse Carter of whitewash and media complicity.
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Ama
Gordon Fink
DEA
Intelligence
Omar Torrijos
Bill Link
Peter Bensinger
Sen. Dole
Torrijos
Policy debate in quiet start among Israelis
In Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Easter Week mood shifts from hope to doubt as Israel faces Lebanon war, US and UN tensions, and a generation asking what life holds amid constant conflict. Young Israelis, wary politicians, and a wary Labor Party balance loyalty and doubt about Begin’s policies and peace prospects.
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Jerusalem
Sadat
Egypt
Lebanon
Israel
United States
United Nations
Begin
Washington
Carter
White House
Labor Party
Defense
Shimon Peres
Tel Aviv
Back to Work Order Sparks Miner and Judge Rift
Letter condemns Judge Aubrey Robinson for refusing to extend a back to work order and questions Sen. Culver's Panama Canal treaty vote. The writer argues Americans built the canal, paid for it, and support it, citing Lincoln's “government of the people by the people for the people.”
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Aubrey Robinson
John Culver
Abraham Lincoln
Sen. Culver
Panama
Carter tax plan draws broad support but fairness questioned
A Harris poll of 1510 adults finds 55 percent approve the president’s tax package and 46 percent see it as fairer. Major provisions include cutting business entertainment deductions and office lunch write offs, with strong support for ending first class travel deductions and the tax deferral on profits earned abroad. Public backing for some tax-cut measures remains sizable, though overall passage this year appears unlikely.
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Carter
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Senate
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