TV boycott over violence and sex gains unlikely impact
Perspective on a four phase protest by the Church of God calling on members to abstain from TV for a week, aiming to press sponsors and networks to clean up programming. The author argues public desires are subconsciously shaped by advertising and TV, predicting limited lasting effect and suggesting broader abolition of television for concerned households.
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Church of God
Television coverage debates in U.S. Senate
A foreign journalist observes the Senate floor as Carter’s nomination of Paul Warnke to head the Arms Control Agency faces a heated vote. The piece notes senators like Muskie Kennedy Cranston and Goldwater, and reports on House TV experiments and concerns about public understanding of legislative process.
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U.S. Senate
Carter
Paul Warnkel
U.S. Arms Control Agency
Moscow
Senate
Edmund Muskie
Edward Kennedy
Alan Cranston
Barry Goldwater
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Warnke
Cust
White House
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Vladivostok
Leonid Brezhnev
Moscow shifts toward Israel in Middle East peacemaking push
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report Moscow subtly pressures Iraq to exit the rejectionist Arab front. The Kremlin seeks a more even handed role, courting Israel while souring on the PLO, with Brezhnev signaling a staged withdrawal from lands seized in 1967 and Moscow aiming for influence at Geneva.
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PLO
West Bank
Moscow
U.S
Geneva
Henry Kissinger
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Iraq
Hussein
Leonid Brezhnev
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Africa
Mediterranean
Moscow talks expose US missteps in new style diplomacy
The Brzezinski briefing reveals the Kennedy era analogy to Glassboro shows the United States tried changing negotiation rules midcourse. Carter administration, Vance proposals, and Vladivostok accords are contrasted, exposing self indulgence and dangerous cockiness in Moscow talks.
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Jimmy
Russia
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Brzezinski
Johnson
Kosygin
Glassboro
U.S
China
United States
Europe
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Carter
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Vance
Andrei Gromyko
Brezhnev
Ford Could Return To Politics Says Historian Opinion Grows
The piece argues former President Gerald R. Ford may seek a political comeback citing his role as GOP head and a desire to prevent others from taking control. It reflects on his presidency amid Watergate, inflation, and unemployment, praising his pardon of Nixon and foreign policy efforts.
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Ronald Reagan
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Howard Baker
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Spiro Agnew
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Jane Mitchell
United States
Nixon
Watergate
A Task of Persuasion in Trade Policy Debates
Washington analysis of Robert Strauss as the President's trade negotiator and Jimmy Carter's stance on free trade. The piece weighs political risk, shoe industry pressures, and liberal opposition while tracing historic echoes from 1934 to present doubts about tariffs and quotas. It highlights Strauss’s skill, congressional views, and the global push toward or away from free commerce.
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Robert Strauss
Strauss
Democratic National Committee
Jimmy Carter
Massachusetts
Carter
Gerald Ford
Charles Vanik
Ohio
Edward Kennedy
John
Frederick Dent
United States
Arthur Vandenberg
Cordell Hull
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