Church enters 1976 race with Nebraska primary test
Senator Frank Church of Idaho declares his bid for the Democratic nomination. He leverages hearings on CIA and FBI to stay in the news, then targets the Ford Administration and foreign policy with a cautious open posture. Church votes with the MCPL bloc on several defense measures, drawing criticism for seeming weak on national security.
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Frank Church
Idaho
Church
New York City
Senate
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FBI
Nebraska
Ford Administration
Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
China
Congress For Peace Through Law
MCPL
South Vietam
Symington
Department of Defense
U.S
MacGovertt
United States
Our Open Society And Its Survival
Holmes Alexander discusses U S policy on Israel Russia and America as the three major military spenders. He argues Israel survives by American funding and diplomacy, Russia seeks world supremacy, and Soviet manpower growth dampens ethnic Russian share. The piece critiques balance of power and future constraints on Washington.
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Washington, B.C
Israel
Russia
America
United States
State Department
Conservative critique of omnibus antitrust bill in Congress
James J. Kilpatrick argues the omnibus antitrust bill is flawed from its findings to its sweeping remedies. He criticizes powers granted to the Justice Department and FTC, the parens patriae approach, and secrecy threats, urging a vote against the measure to curb overreach by government and big entities.
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Washington
Congress
Philip Hact
Hugh Scott
Senate
Peter Rodine
House
Department of Justice
Hart
Department
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Justice Department
Parting Shots On Soviet Power and U S Military Spending
A long, idiosyncratic essay argues that superpower status is costly yet essential. It cites William T. Lee on defense spending, compares US and USSR military budgets, and questions SALT, grain trade, and coexistence with the Soviet Union as paths to peace.
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Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Ussr
Nixon
China
Russia
Ronald Reagan
Scoop Jackson Bellew
Vladivostok
Helsinki
Yalta
Bay of Pigs
Arthur Hartman
Rice University
Soviet Union
Reagan Critiques Social Security Funding in 1970s Debate
In early campaign exchanges Ronald Reagan questioned Social Security funding and potential private investments. Ford labeled the idea a back door to socialism while critics argue trust funds are flat debt instruments. Analysts warn of long term deficits and a Ponzi-like scheme, urging reform after the 1980s.
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Ronald Reagan
Ford Republicans
Reagan
Jerry Ford
New Hampshire
Ford
Huvers
John A. Schiff
Social Security Trust Fund
Schiff
Ponai
Charles Hull Wolfe
American Economic Foundation
Wolfe
Congress
Martin Feldstein
Harvard
John T. Flynn
Alan Courtney praised for radio wisdom and journalistic value
Ralph de Toledano extols Alan Courtney as a patient, well read radio host who engages deeply with guests, reads books, questions guests thoroughly, and facilitates listener participation. The piece lauds Courtney as essential to journalism and First Amendment vitality, contrasting with flashy TV.
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Alan Courtney
Miami
New York City
TV Guide
Patrick Buchanan
Bob Haldeman
Nixon
White House
United States
Alan
Wise Money
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Social Security
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