Bedding down with more Reds in Nixon era alarm
Belmont columnist denounces U S normalization with Cuba Vietnam and Red China as dangerous appeasement arguing that financiers and aid flow to Hanoi and Havana through UN and World Bank funding while Nixon era pledges and ongoing talks risk endorsing brutal regimes and expansion of communist influence worldwide.
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Red China
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U. S
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House of Representatives
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State Department
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China
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Rhodesia
Mozambique
Africa
Saigon
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Jimmy Carter
Friendly Panama people help relations despite canal dispute
The Daily Times notes strong people to people ties between the United States and Panama with American tourist numbers rising for a seventh straight year. Panama’s Government Tourist Bureau projects about 100,000 U S visitors in 1977, driven by perceived Panamanian friendliness despite ongoing canal negotiations.
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Panama Canal
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Panama
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Letters Brazen sell out of property and canal fears
A letter writer argues that the Carter administration plans a new Panama Canal Treaty that would allow continued U.S. control for a fixed period, not give away the canal. The letter questions supplier motives, cites Sol Linowitz and Andrew Young, and warns of Cuban involvement and a broader foreign policy sellout. It urges public letters to influence Congress before a perceived loss of national asset.
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Carter
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State Department
United States
William D. Blair, Jr
U.S
Alaska
Torrijos
Panama
Sol Linowitz
Allende
Chile
Andrew Young
U.N
Africa
Castro
Cyrus Vance
Jimmy
America
Sil
NASA funding clash spurs call to back new space probes
A House subcommittee cut funds for the Jupiter Orbiter Probe while the Senate leans toward restoring it, risking the Large Space Telescope. The writer urges Daily Times readers to lobby Congress for full NASA funding to back ambitious unmanned missions set for 1981 or 1992 launches.
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Daily Times
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What gives at Taylor Hospital
A reader argues the hospital provides high pay and benefits to the administrator while others are less favored. The writer calls for board explanation of pay, housing, and tax arrangements and questions the administrator’s roots and tenure.
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Taylor Hospital
Board of Managers
Bell Seeks Community View on Unemployment Benefits
County officials seek public input on extending unemployment compensation to municipal and school district employees. A council member says unemployed workers deserve benefits while asking constituents to advise on voting in favor of or against the federal proposal.
Did a woman save money pumping her own gas
A reader questions if the woman in a prior article truly saved money by pumping her own gas. He asks who checked fluids, notes cold weather, recounts service experiences, and blames policy and local road changes for business losses at a full service station. Ronald Williams Exdystone
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Commodore Barry Bridge
Concord Road
Ronald Willams
Exdystone
Letter to the editor challenges ERA rights for homemakers
A reader criticizes Helen Gunnis and the ERA, arguing the movement would strip homemakers of dignity. The letter claims two female roles exist and questions whether paid work equates to real work, insinuating Mrs Gunnis’s home life shaped her views.
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