Abortion Views Shape Ford Carter Vote Row
The piece discusses bullet voting over abortion stances, noting Jimmy Carter’s personal opposition but continued legal abortion rights. Catholic bishops oppose Carter, while Dr Mildred Jefferson argues the pro life movement spans religions. The piece mentions Robert Dole courting the pro life vote and Massachusetts Catholic voters.
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Mildred Jefferson
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Robert Dole
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Arafat The Man And The Myth By Kiernan
Washington The new Kiernan book portrays Yasir Arafat as a born loser who rose through violent groups, misrepresented by the media. It claims Arafat hid a controversial past, is not Palestinian by birth, and built power via bomb making and assassination. The piece questions Lebanon Syria and U S reactions, and notes unrelated political items on gun laws and voter turnout.
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United Nations
Lebanon
Yasir
Arafat
Kiernan
Bor Raham al Qudwa al-Husayni
Cairo
Gaza
Civil defense budget eyed amid deterrence debate
A survey argues that 1977 military spending of 104.3 billion largely ignores civil defense, with 82.5 million planned for next year. It notes Soviet dispersal and evacuation planning while praising U S upgrades to preparedness and continuity plans under GSA.
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United States
Congressional Research Service
Library of Congress
Soviet Union
China
West
U.S
Federal Preparedness Agency
General Services Administration
Return to Geneva Now for Middle East Peace Talks
The article urges reconvening the Geneva conference on the Middle East, noting past Kissinger talks, PLO decline in Lebanon, Israel’s strengthened military, and a push for including the Palestinians at the table while urging a resumption of Geneva negotiations under U N auspices.
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Arafat
Old City
Fira
United Nations
Henry Kissinger
Israel
Lebanon
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Egypt
Syria
International Institute For Strategic Studies
London
Shemon Peres
Middle East
Debates, voters, and a cartoonish chorus of opinions
The piece riffs on post debate chatter about a renamed song I Blew My Mind in San Francisco. It notes a voter praising a line on an issue but forgetting details. It mentions a diagram of an Interstate interchange to spur turnout and mocks political ethics talk.
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Massachusetts
Spoksmen
Wid
Louisiana
Jimmy Carter
Afl-Cyo
White House
San Francisco
Carter Faces Californias Split Vote In 45 Electors
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report that Carter struggles in California as Cesar Chavez mobilizes farm workers and liberals to back Proposition 14. Ed G. Brown operatives arrive while Jerry Ford gains Republican unity, yet Carter risks losing the state and the presidency.
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Ford
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Jimmy Carter
Cesar Chavez
Carter
Chavez
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Jerry) Brown
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Republican National
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Warren Beatty
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State Assembly
Howard Berman
Jerry Brown
Plains
Joe Beeman
Between the wars era in Lash book on Roosevelt and Churchill
Holmes Alexander reviews Joseph Lash's Roosevelt and Churchill 193041 arguing the U S risks slipping into a between the wars mood. He notes isolationism lingering from World War II and compares Ford and Carter eras, Churchill’s influence, and postwar disarmament plans amid a cautious public mood.
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W. W. Norton
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France
Britain
Roosevelt
USA
Saigon
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Canada
U.S
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