Editorial Correspondence at the Shoreham Faces Union Picket Line
News editors at the American Society of Newspaper Editors annual convention confront a union picket and political pressure as candidates decide whether to attend. Carter Udall and Jackson skip, citing labor concerns. Humphrey speaks at luncheon while others rely on phone interviews. The episode raises questions about union influence, press access, and the 1976 campaign.
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Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Shoreham
Ronald Reagan
George Wallace
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Morris Udall
Henry Jackson
Hubert Humphrey
National Broadcasting Company
NBC
Pennsylvania
Rep
Udall
Len Humphrey
Carter
Jackson
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Sunday Enterprise
Spokane
Sen. Jackson
Minnesota
Measuring Unemployment And The BLS Rate Debate
The article explains how the unemployment rate is calculated by the BLS from a large monthly survey and how disputes arise over who counts as employed or unemployed. It notes economists and labor leaders push for broader definitions, while a political year limits changes. President Ford supports the current system as unemployment trends decline.
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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
United States
Ford
Ethics Committee Targets Newsman in Leak Probe
Washington ethics panel revives with ex FBI agents to probe who leaked the CIA report to Dan Schorr. The piece names House Ethics Chair John Flynt as a suspect, detailing alleged leaks of military plans, a GAO dam study, and Ford Motor Company payments. Flynt defends, cites rides, and says he saw no conflict.
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Washington
House Ethics Committee
FBI
House
CIA
Dan Schorr
John Flynt
D-Ga
Army
Flynt
General Accounting Office
Spewrell Bluff
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Talmadge
Ford Motor Company
Congress
Henry Ford II
Bensim Ford
Tis
Beech Aircraft
Atlanta Gas Light
Beech
St. Simon’s Island
Augusta
Atlanta
Africa
Wye Island
Rockwell International
Carter
GAO
Ford
Kissinger and Sonnenfeldt on a foggy foreign policy
The piece critiques Kissinger and State Department counsellor Helmut Sonnenfeldt after a London meeting leak. It argues their views reflect an appeasement mindset and urges caution about calls for an organic relationship with the Soviet Union. It questions the feasibility of multiple foreign policies even in an election year.
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Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
State Department
Helmut Sonnenfeldt
London
Middle East
Greece
Turkey
Cyprus
Ees
Reagan
Menry
Atlantic
Sonnenfeldt
Soviet Union
Wwe
Cliveden
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Fort
Milwaukee
Europe
The Final Days revisited Nixon and Watergate politics
Sidney Zion reviews Woodward and Bernstein’s The Final Days, arguing the book exposes how both parties hid lessons of Watergate. He notes Carter and Ford eras misplayed issues, laments secrecy and press gag orders, and urges readers to demand accountability and constitutional rights amid waning public interest.
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Sidney Zion
North American
Alliance
NEW York
Woodward
Bernstein
Newsweek
Nixon
Watergate
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Henry Jackson
Mo Udall
New York Post
Jack Kennedy
Woodstein
Willy Sutton
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Ethics
Military Appropriations
Fort McPherson
Journal
Israel
Syria
Egypt
New York Times
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Sloe Palooka
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
Jerry Ford
U.S
Cuba
Vietnam
Cambodia
Las
Pike Committee
Federal
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