Teamsters Pension Reform and Central States Fund Crisis
Leaders of the Teamsters in La Costa discuss the $1.4 billion Central States Pension Fund under federal scrutiny and a pension board shakeup set to reduce trustees from the current eight eight and one unaffiliated to a ten member panel with President Fitzsimmons likely on it. The broader issue weighs pensions, regulation, and potential court action while ship subsidies and American merchant marine policy dominate San Diego talks.
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Teamsters Union
la Costa
California
Frank Fitzsimmons
Teamsters Plan
Teamsters
Teamsters Central States Pension Fund
Pension
Fitzsimimons
Union
Central States Pension Funds
Propeller Club
San Diego
Calif
U.S
Standby Job: Rockefeller Reflects On Vice Presidency
Vice President Nelson Rockefeller says the role is a standby equipment job not suited to an activist temperament. He notes his own zeal helped him engage leaders but argues the VP must be active ambitious patient and flexible, ready to subordinate personal views to the president, a demanding but open field for candidates.
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Nelson Rockefeller
Parting Shots and Promises in a Scrutiny Gap
A satirical sketch on price hikes for cigarettes and a father waiting for his children to complain about smoking costs. A congressman pledges to avoid character attacks, while observers note campaigners plan missteps. The spoof questions Gerald Ford’s helicopter mishap.
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Gerald Ford
Carter's Yugoslavia blunder raises foreign policy doubts
The piece argues Carter misstated Yugoslavia's status and warns that his inexperience shows in foreign policy. It notes Kissinger's televised critique and urges Carter to seek seasoned advisers beyond his inner circle to avoid dangerous missteps.
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Pord
Russia
Europe
Jimmy Carter
Yugoslavia
Kissinger
Carter
Henry Brandon
London Sunday Times
Ieraeli
Playboy
Allende
Chile
Taiwan
China
Michigan Tax Cap Proposal C Fights Teachers and Politics
Michigan voters consider Proposal C to cap state tax revenue as a share of personal income, backed by Taxpayers United of Michigan and Milton Friedman. Teachers’ $100,000 anti ballot campaign faces a 41 percent in favor poll, while Friedman argues a constitutional limit can curb inflation and shift burden to localities. The issue, tied to California reforms, could influence national fiscal policy and 49 other states.
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Michigan
Taxpayers United of Michigan
William F. Rickenbacker
National Tax Limitation Committee
George
California
Reagan
Milton Friedman
Friedman
Detroit Press Club
University of Chicago
U.S
Media Power in the 1976 Campaign Weighs In
A Washington Pest survey shows the press believes it wields excessive power in the election. It contrasts Walter Lippmann and James Reston with modern advocacy journalism, criticizes coverage focusing on trivia over issues, and notes the media's circus-like view of the Carter Ford contest.
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Washington
Uriah
Walter Lippmann
James Reston
Journalism School
Afl-Cio
Oval Office
Congress
Ford
Jimmy
James Earl Carter
Carter
Playboy
Poland
Romania
National Review
Jimmy Carter
Questions for the Editor on Governor Carter 1978
A letter asks for plausible answers before the November 2 1978 election. It questions Carter’s Georgia record creditability and surrounding advisers with left leaning and alleged Communist links. It also probes positions on the Taft Hartley Act section 14b and union influence over public employees.
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Carter
Georgia
Jody Powell
Lawrence Klein
Morris Dees
Hamilton Jordan
Senator Soaper Volkswagen aims to build cars in US
A satirical column notes Volkswagen will manufacture in the United States despite past resistance from American workers. It weighs political timing ahead of November and mocks predictions, self-improvement, a child’s plea for allowance, and a quip about the Ku Klux Klan’s convention, ending with a reflection on white sheets.
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Volkswagen
United States
Ku Klix Klan
Privacy versus crime prevention in U S policy
Washington column argues that overbroad privacy rhetoric could hamstring law enforcement, blocking surveillance and evidence gathering. It cites bills by Kastenmeier and Tunney, warns of dangerous groups evading scrutiny, and warns of rising crime if police cannot investigate without probable cause.
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Washington
Congress
Robert Kassenmeier
D+ Wisc
John Twney
Calif
Frank Carrington
William K. Lambie
Green Hill Publishers
Weather Underground
Symbionese Liberation Army
Manson Family
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Truman
Kansas City
Averell Harriman
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