Reagan defeats Santa Claus in North Carolina primary shock
Reagan boosts campaign with upset over Santa Claus in North Carolina while Carter leads Democrats with 54 percent of votes. Wallace and Jackson collect small shares as delegates are awarded proportionally. Helms backs Reagan, Holshouser aligned with Ford, race reshapes delegate prospects for both parties.
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Ford
Ronald Reagan
North Carolina
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
George C. Wallace
Henry Jackson
Carter
Sen
Jesse Helms
James Holshouser
Helms
Holshouser
Gene Anderson
Anderson
Senator Helms
U.S. Senate
America
Jackson
New York
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Udall
Wallace
Democratic Party
Treasury Seer Predicts Lower Inflation and Jobs Hope
Secretary William E. Simon forecasts inflation down to about 2 percent within two to three years amid a current 6 percent rate. He cites demand pressures easing later and aims for unemployment below 7 percent by late 1976, with February U.S. jobless rate at 7.6 percent and January CPI up 6.8 percent signaling a cautiously improving economy.
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Secretary of the Treasury
William E. Simon
Simon
Treasury
Alan Greenspan
Council of Economic Advisers
Poetics and Politics Prompt a Peculiar Portrait
A quirky musing on senators and literary agents, poets and unemployment, and a pugilistic metaphor about employment. A grandparent stays up late for adult shows while a veteran laments aging stylishly and a congressman touts responsible wastefulness.
Rhodesia and minority rule in African states debate
The writer argues majority rule in Rhodesia is unlikely and condemns white and black regimes across Africa. He cites Cuban and Soviet involvement in neighboring nations and criticizes International Morality for demanding majority rule, predicting further upheaval and repression under a Cuban backed regime.
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Tan Smith
Rhodesia
Mozambique
Beira
Smith
Central Africa
Samora Machel
Mobutu
Zaire
Angola
Agostinho Neto
Nigeria
Ghana
Tanzania
Uganda
Kenya
Congo
Malagasy Republic
Ian Smith
Africa
Fidel Castro
Adolf Hitler
John Vorster
What Price Safety by M Stanton Evans
Washington columnist M Stanton Evans critiques OSHA noting a small enabling law expanded into 800 pages of federal safety rules. He argues bureaucrats impose costly, burdensome regulations while actual worker safety gains remain unproven.
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Washington
Tuin
OSHA
Congress
Department of Labor
Federal Register
Dred Scott and Abortion Debates in Modern America
A broad, opinionated overview links the Dred Scott decision to modern abortion politics, noting constitutional changes and notable figures like Chief Justice Taney and Chief Justice Burger. It discusses public response, the Buckley Human Life Amendment, and the moral stakes in the 1970s political landscape. It also critiques OSHA costs and regulatory impact with references to Steven Smith and the ABA, while touching on cultural shifts and a speculative China angle.
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Dred Scott
Supreme Court
Burger
Wade
Bolton
James Buckley
Consay
Buckley
Wade-Bolton
Murray Weidenbaum
Washington University
St. Louis
OSHA
Robert Stewart Smith
Department of Labor
American Enterprise Institute
150Th St
Washington, D.C
Smith
National Assn
Simon's Warning on Jobs and Government Spending
William F Buckley Jr critiques the national debate as the 1975 primaries focus on Vietnam and social issues. He argues unemployment demands private sector jobs, rails against high government deficits and borrowing, and cites Simon's Joint Economic Committee testimony on capital markets, deficits, and the risk to private enterprise from the employer of last resort policy.
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Vietnam
Wisconsin
Udall
Harris
Wounded Knee
Norway
United States
America
George Meany
Epigone
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Joint Economic Committee of Congress
Simon
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Shotgun Schultz
Studgepump
Southern
M. Stanton Evans
Roger Taney
Census Bureau
Betty Ford
Congressional Committee
Joseph Witherspoon
Texas Law School
China
Arizona
Texas
Holmes Alexander
William F. Buckley Jr
Danville
the Register Publishing Co., Inc
Union St
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