Senate Rules Committee Shrugs Off Public Phone Records
Virginia's Rules Committee shields state paid phone logs after Attorney General Miller urged full disclosure. A Norfolk senator charged over $1,000 in a February spree highlighted calls and charges, prompting calls for open records and possible legal action to curb alleged misuse.
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Virginia
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Senate
Richmond
Cabell Venable
Peter K. Babalas
Norfolk
Assembly
Babalas
Senate Rules Committee
Willard Moody
Portsmouth
John Warren Cook
Moody's
Moody
General Assembly
Indira Gandhi’s India Seen as Slipping Toward Total Power
A critical view portrays Indira Gandhi as the center of a widening web of authority through constitutional amendments. The piece accuses her of shaping an almost totalitarian regime and sacrificing parliamentary democracy for Communist alignment and Soviet prestige.
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Indira Gandhi
India
Soviet Union
Peace Corps
What Would It Take to Back Ford, Evans Asks
M Stanton Evans argues conservatives should demand concrete policy changes from President Ford to win their support. He cites the Canal Zone approach, Kissinger’s Rhodesia stance, and SALT concessions as areas needing reversal to satisfy GOP conservatives.
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Ford
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Kansas City
Reagan
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Jimmy Carter
Nessor Rockefeller
Sen
Robert Dole
Panama
Canal Zone
Southern
Africa
Loken
Henry Kissinger
Rhodesia
Kissinger
Mozambique
Mone
U.S
Carter and Ford debated foreign policy in a nuanced script
Holmes Alexander comments on Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford, noting the old producers versus consumers tension in policy. He critiques the Democratic platform as vague on detente and foreign action, cites the line on Angola, and questions Carter’s international stance amid a tense political sea.
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Jimmy Carter
Ford
Carter
Patrick Henry
Napoleon
Latin America
Ford Prosperity
Navy
Jimmy
Ieee
Ussr
Nixon-Ford
Yalta
Bay of Pigs
Berlin Wall
Kissinger
Angola
Democratic Party
The Cotton Wool Syndrome and Upholstered Fire Safety
Washington writes on the cotton wool syndrome as a moral fault blamed on smokers and upholstery makers. It details Expert Studies and a Proposed Standard for cigarette ignition resistance, predicting cost rises, fabric bans, and fewer choices for buyers. It contrasts government fuzziness with risk, touting Carter’s political forecast amid other local notes.
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Washington
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Furniture Action Council
Jimmy Carters Traveling Con Game
Carter shown shrinking poll lead in Georgia as Lifeletter exposes contradictions on abortion. Column cites Carter quotes and Foreword in Women in Need, arguing his stance lacks personal opposition to abortion and questions integrity, noting changes on policy and a Twain quote about honesty.
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Jimmy Carter
Pizins
Georgia
Carter
Gallup
Gerald Ford
Lifeletter
National Catholic News Service
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
James Trussell, Jr
Robert A. Hatcher
Macmillan
Jimmy Trussell
Bob Hatcher
Columbia Journalism Review
Phil Stanford
Xhosas and Zulus in South Africa apartheid realities
Washington correspondent recalls Durban hospital for blacks and the racial barriers threading every day life. He describes tribal rivalries, white rule, and the uneasy belief that racial equality could spark chaos, noting little apartheid alongside big apartheid and the dangers seen by South Africans.
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Zulia
Shell
America
Soweto
South Africa
Iftke
United Party
Montgomery
Ala
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Mark Twain
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