Survey and Prospects of Federal Election Commission
Money anxious candidates rely on subsidies from the Federal Election Commission as it faces a March 1 deadline and possible dissolution after a Supreme Court ruling requires presidential appointment. Congress debates rewriting election law amid factional blocks while Ford and leaders seek to avoid lapse. Speaker Albert resists presidential appointment.
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Commission As Federal
Sidy
Election Commission
Supreme Court
Commission
Congress
FEC
Ford
House
Carl Albert
Spying as Common Sense in National Security Debate
The text argues against anti espionage sentiment, defending intelligence gathering as a normal national practice. It asserts all nations spy, cautions against dismantling agencies like the CIA, and emphasizes espionage as essential to security comparable to armed forces. It defends ongoing programs and criticizes purity advocates.
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Strategic Air Command
Congress
California drought fuels call for rainmaker remedy
The drought in southern California since July 1, 1975, with temperatures near 80 degrees and only 6.5 inches of rainfall expected, has left lands parched and harming agriculture, skiing, wildlife, and cattle. The piece urges seeking divine aid, recalling past successes when prayers were answered.
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Pacific
California
Alos
Russia's Poor Harvest and Fading Five Year Plans
The piece notes that Soviet five year plans, once seen as decisive, are losing force as many targets fail. By 1975 agriculture fell 9.7 percent since 1973 due to poor grain harvests, while consumer goods declined though heavy industry and military production rose. The author asserts misalignment with 1971 objectives.
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Soviet Union
Many Perils Of Being A Patriot Moynihan Resigns
John Chamberlain comments on Daniel Moynihan resigning as US representative at the United Nations and demands the New York Times disclose the leak source of a classified cable about the UN General Assembly. He argues Moynihan’s stance reflects duty to country and Western values amid partisan pressures and past antiwar precedents.
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United Nations
Daniel Moynihan
New York Times
UN General Assembly
Moynihan
Lindbergh image as Nazi foe myth exposed by diaries
The piece cites Yale archives and Anne Morrow Lindbergh's diaries to counter claims that Lindbergh was pro Nazi or anti Semitic. It notes Smith memoir corroborated by Lindbergh's wife and describes diplomatic maneuvers around Goering, plus Roosevelt's opposition to Lindbergh serving after Pearl Harbor and related anti Japanese raids. It also references Buckley's Saving the Queen and CIA reputations debates, framing loyalty and patriotism as enduring tensions.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Harold Ickes
Lindbergh
Yale University
Col
Truman Smith
Berlin
Smith
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Germany
France
Russia
Czechoslovakia
U.S
Europe
Hugh Wilson
Hermann Goering
Kay Smith
Goering
State Department
Wilson
Machiavelli
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Pacific
Daniel Moynihan
William FP. Buckley
CIA
Harry Trutman
Bill Buckley
Frank Church
Otis Pike
Bill
England
Rockefeller Commission
Anne Lindbergh
Supreme Court reshapes campaign reform law ruling
The Court voided most independent expenditure limits while upholding direct contribution caps under the 1974 act. It asserts advocacy independent of candidates is protected by the First Amendment, stressing that political speech requires access to funding and that large donations influence behavior. The decision reshapes how money and speech interact in federal elections.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Federal Elections Commission
Congress
Texpress
Mom
Pin-Stickers Plot to Shape Politics with Wax Figures
An eccentric inventor, Dr. Omnibus, describes using pins in wax likenesses of Ford Reagan Wallace and Carter to influence voters. He aims to destabilize Ford and Reagan while noting past campaigns and Merlin prophecies guiding his tactic. The interview reveals a surreal, satirical view of political manipulation.
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Washington
Dr. Omnibus
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
George Wallace
Jimmy Carter
Gov. Wallace
Ford
Omnibus
Reagan
California
Embattled Philosophies on Ford and Demagogues Ahead
Washington column analyzes Gerald Ford’s approach to elections, contrasting Hoover and Roosevelt, and notes Democratic critics label his policies as do nothing while he promotes deregulation and long term growth. It reports on Sparkman’s foreign policy forum, chiding Ford’s perceived racial and economic stances.
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Washington, D.C
Gerald Ford
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Ford
Roosevelt
Congress
Mc Ford
Nero
Henry Rasputin
Washington
Sparkman
Foreign Relations
George Meany
Richard Hatcher
Cleveland
Hatcher
U.S
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South Africa
Krupp
Germany
Futher
Abe Beame
New York
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