J P Stevens Union Pact Signals Change in Labor Stance
The agreement between J P Stevens, the nation's largest textile maker, and the Amalga mated Textile and Clothing Workers Union ends boycotts and marks a shift toward organizing in southern mills. The piece also highlights ongoing discrimination on Capitol Hill with low female representation and pay gaps, noting 12 percent of Senate aides are women and restaurant staff lobbying for unionization needs Senate action due to Congress's NLRA exemption.
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J.P. Stevens
Amalgamated Textile and Clothing Workers Union of America
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Senate
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The Media Vote in the Reagan Carter Election
The piece argues that external factors like foreign politics barely swayed voters while television's live coverage shaped the outcome. It questions whether premature calls and biographies influenced late voters on the West Coast and calls for studies on media impact to inform future elections.
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Iran
Cuba
George Bush
China
Ayatollah Khomeini
Fidel Castro
Deng Xiaoping
New York
Washington
Reagan
Carter's luck ends as Reagan victory reshapes Senate
The piece argues the 1980 election marked a broad conservative shift led by Reagan. It credits Carter with notable liberal steps, notes voter disillusion, and highlights a sweeping Republican win in the Senate, the rise of rightward lawmakers, and fears of future political disappointment amid a divided nation.
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Carter
Iran
Jimmy Carter
Morris Udall
Birch Bayh
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Washington
Jesse Helms Senate
Nicaragua
Zimbabwe
Supreme Court
Senator Kennedy
Edward Heath
BBC
Heath
Henry A. Kissinger
Allen
Kissinger
Reagan's choices test if era tilts toward tradition or reform
Reagan faces decisive cabinet and adviser picks that could mirror Nixon Ford era or shift Toward new paths. Choices include dumping Allen and Van Cleave, selecting a treasury secretary from Wall Street or an iconoclast, and potentially naming Henry M Jackson as secretary of state. Lehrman stands out as a bold supply side proponent.
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Allen
van Cleave
Treasury
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Ford
James Schlesinger
Lew Lehrman
Yale
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The
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David Stockman
Michigan
Jesse Helms
North Carolina
Henry M. Jackson
Bill Simon
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Street church forms in Cedar Rapids to aid the poor
A Cedar Rapids letter describes a new "street church" movement where diverse young Christians pledge wealth time and love to feed the hungry clothe the naked visit the sick and awaken sleeping churches. They seek to evangelize the city and proclaim the great final harvest while warning of societal fears and overpopulation.
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Cedar Rapids
Christ
the Street Church
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