The Reagan Announcement and GOP Leadership Debate
Ronald Reagan yesterday announced his candidacy for President challenging incumbent Gerald Ford. The piece weighs Reagan’s prospects, liberal Republicans like Percy and Javits versus conservative shifts, and the risk of a GOP defeat in 1972 style trends if leadership does not change.
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Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Gerald Ford
Ford
Charles Percy
Iliois
McGovern
Percy
Mathias
Case
Javits
Congress
Betty Ford
Hartford
Sadat
Israel
Squeaky Fromme
Sarah Moore
Australia’s Whitlam Dismissal Sparks Labor Clash and Crisis
A conservative analysis warns that Australia’s 1975 constitutional crisis under Prime Minister Whitlam, the Senate stalemate over a 26 billion dollar budget, and the Governor General’s dismissal could caution the United States. It argues unions gain power, welfare expands, and economic chaos may ensue. The piece links these events to potential dangers for U.S. policy, urging caution against broad labor control and anti-democratic moves.
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Australia
New York City
Australian Senate
Gough Whitlam
Whitlam
House of Representatives
John Kerr
Queen Elizabeth
Senate
House
Labor Party
Federal debt crisis warned by Henderson survey findings
M Stanton Evans argues New York style overreach applies to the United States. Using Anderson accounting methods, he reveals federal liabilities vastly exceed official figures, totaling over a trillion dollars with Social Security and retirement obligations driving the insolvency. He warns long-term debt could reach $2.3 trillion, amortized over 30 years.
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Washington
New York City
United States
New York
Arthur Henderson Accounting Agency
Anderson
Why Make Things Easy For The KGB
John Chamberlain argues against easing U S computer sales to the Soviet Union. He warns that Intourist and IBM backed systems could enable KGB tracking of foreigners and Russians, potentially matching the intrusions critics fear from the CIA and FBI. He urges stopping such transactions to prevent aiding KGB operations.
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John Chamberlain
The
KGB
Intourist Bureau
Intourist
Thomas Cook
American Express Company
Soviet Union
IBM
Americans For Freedom
CIA
FBI
Russia
U.S
Honeywell
Univac
Control Data
Hewlett-Packard
Rhodesia’s tenth independence anniversary noted
A column marks Rhodesia completing ten years of independence on November 11 and critiques the UN General Assembly for condemning Zionism as racism. It cites the 72 to 33 vote with 32 abstentions and accuses Uganda and the Soviet Union of hypocrisy, calling the Assembly’s stance a blunder and double standard.
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FBI
KGB
Soviet Union
Hertz and
Avis
Moscow
Rhodesia
United Nations
UN” General Assembly
Israel
Uganda
UN sanctions on Rhodesia expose Western doubles
The piece condemns UN actions against Rhodesia as a lie and a breach of the Charter, charging hypocrisy from Britain and the United States. It argues sanctions failed to threaten Rhodesia, harmed no one, and persisted due to political posturing by one party states and Third World voices. The author urges Congress to withdraw from the sanctions for integrity and common sense.
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Rhodesia
Britain
London
United Nations
Harold Wilson
Salisbury
Republic
United States
Great Britain
Congress
Ford Face Change In Public Perception After Labor Day
The piece argues Gerald Ford’s political standing weakened after Labor Day as perceptions shift from incumbent aura to a challenged candidacy. Reagan remains active while Connally Baker and Percy gesture, with domestic and foreign contexts similar to August, yet public mood marks Ford as “another candidate” despite resources.
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Ford
New York
New York Times
Nelson Rockefeller
Ronald Reagan
Washington
Reagan
John Connally
Howard Baker
Charles Percy
Richard Nixon
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