Carter Opens Bold Foreign Push With Domestic Emphasis
As President Carter keeps a firm focus on domestic issues, his overseas outreach expands. He meets Lopez Portillo and Trudeau, and emissaries Linowitz and Bunker pursue a Panama Canal treaty while Vance, Young, and Mondale travel widely to Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Hopeful but cautious, diplomats urge concrete steps from Washington amid Africa’s fragility and Rhodesian stalemate.
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Carter
Lopez Portillo
Mexico
Pierre Trudeau
Canada
Sol Linowitz
Ellsworth Bunker
Panama
Cyrus Vance
Europe
Middle East
Clark Clifford
Cyprus
Walter Mondale
U.N
Andrew Young
Africa
Vietnam
Cuba
Mr. Carter
Oval Office
Mr. Young
Rhodesia
South Africa
U.S
Henry Kissinger
Dakar
Nairobi
Revised Pension Law Aims to Stop Benefit Duplication
Rep. Bob Wilson of San Diego led a push against pension benefit duplication under federal law. The current rule counts Social Security cost of living increases as income, reducing veterans and disability payments. House passed a bill last year but Senate blocked it. similar legislation is now sponsored to fix inequities.
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Bob Wilson
San Diego
Calif
Congress
House
Senate
Rowland Evans and Novak on a fresh look for Republicans
In a Galesburg visit Rep. Bob Michel signaled Republicans should reconsider opposing the labor backed repeal of Section 14(b) of the Taft Hartley Act. Conservative Republicans see a needed concession to organized labor as key, questioning the party’s long fight for right to work.
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Washington
Galesburg
Main Street
Bob Michel
Lllinois
Organized Labor
Michel
Afl-Cio
White House
House
Peoria
Congress
Political realignment over 14b fuels GOP labor split
The piece argues Republicans face a split with labor as Sunbelt interests push 14b. Northern Republicans chafe at Southern gratitude gaps, Carter’s ambivalence on repeal, and business elites hedging bets. It suggests conservatives must seek pro union stances to win broader support.
Liberal Imperialism and Carter in Wicker’s View
A critical take on Tom Wicker’s column Holding Freedom's Standard argues he pushes rhetorical force over policy. The piece questions whether Carter should voice support for human rights without concrete actions against the USSR or allied regimes.
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Carter
White House
Wicker
Unia
Washington
Chile
Philippines
Torrijos and the Panama Canal Fate in 2000 Window
In Panamas turbulent politics Charles Torrijos is portrayed as a rising figure linked to heavy loans and corruption. Analysts warn the Torrijos regime could bolster a military edge and threaten canal transfer terms while U.S. diplomacy struggles to balance aid, influence, and Panamanian nationalism. The negotiations face scrutiny from the U.S. Senate over the regimes leftist ties and economic strain.
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Panama
Cty
Torrijos
Omar Torrijas
Carter
U.S
State Department
Latin America
Diaz Herrera
Antonio Noriega
National Guard
Escobar Betancourt
Torcijos
Carter Dilemma on Shoe Tariff Quotas Faces April Decision
Washington readers see Jimmy Carter weigh a tariff quota plan on imports of hundreds of millions of shoes. AFL CIO leader Meany pushes stricter limits while the American Importers Association warns higher prices and lost jobs. The issue pits inflation fears against aid to low income families and a broader Latin American impact.
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Washington
United States
Jimmy Carter
Carter
U.S
George Meany
Afl-Cio
International Trade Commission
Meany
American Importers Association
Brazil
Taiwan
South Korea
Italy
Spain
AIA
Latin America
Meany & Co
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Carl T. Rowan
Rowland Evans and
Robert Novak
Republican Party
Ohio
California
Michels
Sunbelt
Arizona
Florida
Jeffrey Hart
Smithsonian
Tom Wicker
N.Y. Times
Ussr
Woodrow
Thos
Renry Kissinger
Middle’ East
Moscow
Trave
Pepsi
Charles Bartlett
Solomon
Tray
Danville
the Register Publishing Co., Inc
Union St
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