Visit To Peking frames Ford's Pacific Doctrine in Asia policy
President Ford spoke in Hawaii on the 34th anniversary of Pearl Harbor outlining a Pacific Doctrine that emphasizes normalization with China and a stake in Southeast Asia. He cited U S Japan ties postwar as a model, noted shifts in Indochina and Thailand withdrawals, and warned Moscow detente remains a concern.
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Ford
China
Indonesia
Philippines
Pacific
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Japan
United States
Vietnam
People's Republic of China
Southeast Asia
Western Pacific
Indochina
Thailand
Nixon
Kissinger
Moscow
Washington
Russia
Siberia
Central Asia
Asia
Peking
Peking Triangle
Fallout From HEW Rules Push Schools to Dumped Furniture
The article notes that rigid HEW rules force schools to dispose of usable furniture rather than send it to those in need. Officials say compliance is burdensome and fear the federal influence over local operations. The superintendent laments the situation and expresses sympathy for school authorities while railing at the federal policy.
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HEW
Health, Education & Welfare
Federal of
Bellatoorn
Sanford Struggles With Name Recognition In National Exposure
The piece notes Terry Sanford, a Democratic presidential candidate, faces low national name recognition. It cites a Today show segment where Lester Maddox misnames him as Terry Southern and asks about Carter and the unidentified candidate, implying Sanford’s whispered status beyond North Carolina.
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Terry Sanford
Sanford
North Carolina
NBC
Lester Maddox
Georgia
South
Jimmy Carter
Terry Southern
Black Elected Officials Reach Milestones and Gaps
A 1973 Joint Center survey shows 3,502 black public officers, 17 percent higher than a year earlier, yet only seven tenths of one percent of all offices. Blacks remain underrepresented in state and federal posts, with gains in cities like Los Angeles and Cleveland highlighting progress amid ongoing economic power dynamics.
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Joint Center For Political Studies
Joint Center
Ares
Thomas Bradley
Sam Yorty
Los Angeles
Carl Stokes
Cleveland
California
Colorado
Congress
House
Senate
Oscar DePriest
Chicago
Moynihan’s risky stance riles Moscow at U N
A provocative Washington column argues Pat Moynihan’s hard line on detente and Angola unsettles Moscow and unsettles U S diplomacy. It cites Kissinger cautioning about interventionist policy while warning of Soviet toeholds in Africa and Middle East, with Moynihan praised yet perilously exposed to bureaucratic pushback.
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Jong Pat Moynihan
United Nations
Pat
U.N
Ivor Richards
State Department
Ford
Kissinger
Moynihan
U.S.S.R
Moscow
Popular Movement For the Liberation of Angola
MPLA
Angola
Alfred T. Mahan
Red Sea
Cape of Good Hope
Walvis Bay
Europe
Dobrynin
Washington
Africa
Henry
Fogey Bottom
A. Z. Sobolev
Investia
Israel
Spotlight on Carl Albert as power seat demands health logs
Washington portrait of Speaker Carl Albert shows a compulsive daily routine and a detailed health log. He tracks fitness habits, nap times, and throat therapies while denying drinking problems amid whispers. His schedule runs from 5:30 a.m. to late receptions, balancing fatigue with a strict regimen.
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Washington
House
Carl Albert
Albert
Washington Street
Albert Uke
Bugtussie
Okla
Onnne
Fiie
Congress
China
Speaker
District of Columbia Fire Marshall
Mary
Passing Time In China in the Ford Visit
The Art Buchwald column humorously depicts President Ford and Kissinger in Beijing swapping lines about detente and a bare agenda. The spoof dialog imagines routines of television, budget work, leisure at the hotel, and plans for gin rummy, shopping, and meals as they note little substantive talking points.
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Washington
China
Ford
Peking
Henry Kissinger
Henry
White House
Remy
Mao Ts¢tung High School
Betty
New York City
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Ebony Magazine
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Maynard Jackson
de Seventes
Madame Onassis
Gore Vidal
Alan Abalron
Barron's Financial Weekly
Pat Moynihan
Helsinki
Middle East
Secretary of State
Hunrchew
Mau-ry
Senator Soaper
Art Buchwald
People’s Palace
Canton
Tim
Soviet Union
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