Conservatives Hardline on Canal Treaty Split
Senators Helms and Thurmond vow to oppose any canal surrender while Carter backs negotiations led by Bunker and Linowitz for a Panama Canal treaty. The proposal shifts control to Panama in 23 years with a perpetual U.S. supervisory role to keep the canal open, a stance facing wary public opinion and partisan challenge.
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Strom Thurmond
Carter
Gerald Ford
Western Hemisphere
Ellsworth Bunker
Sol Linowitz
Republic of Panama
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Helms
Thurmond
Ronald Reagan
U.S
Mary McGrory
Vietnam
Panama
Morgan clears up 1977 General Assembly baby sitter duty claim
Rep. Jim Morgan says reports that the 1977 General Assembly planned to raise the minimum wage by broadly including baby sitters were incorrect. He explains the bill aimed to remove exclusions for theater ushers and attendants, not cover all sitters, and confirms the final effect differed from initial news accounts.
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Jim Morgan
General Assembly
Raleigh
Institute of Government
Legislative
Bill Status
Think Tanks Defined and Their Political Leanings
Readers are introduced to think tanks with a look at AEI and Brookings. The piece traces AEI’s 1943 founding, funding shifts, and conservative stance, alongside Brookings evolution into nonpartisan research. It notes political alignments, leadership changes, and the idea of government-in-exile labels for think tanks across parties.
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American Enterprise Institute For Public Policy Research
AEI
Business Week
The
New Republic
Lewis H. Brown
Johns Manville Corp
Congress
William J. Baroody Sr
L. Douglas Lee
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Brookings
Robert Calkins
Kermit Gordon
Baroody
Calkins
Gordon
White House
Charles L. Schultze
AEC
Rudolph Penner
Robert H. Bork
William J. Baroody Jr
Ford Administration
Ford
A Praise For Power Powell On The Burger Court Rise
The Supreme Court closed its October term June 29 with no shocks and Lewis F. Powell Jr. emerges as the intellectual anchor of the Burger Court. Powell, 69, born in Suffolk Virginia, built a career from Richmond corporate law to education boards and civic service before joining the Court in 1971. He writes 15 of 142 opinions this term, joins Rehnquist and Blackmun in major output, and shapes rulings on Arlington Heights Miami pupil paddling abortion and more with an orderly, restrained judicial philosophy.
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Lewis F. Powell Jr
Burger Court
Justice Powell
Peter V. Daniel
Virginia
Suffolk
Washington and Lee
Harvard
Richmond
City
State Board of Education
Powell
Nixon
Department of Defense
American Bar Association
Hugo Black
Burger
Rehnquist
Blackmun
Arlington Heights
Miami
Ohio
Congress
States
Richard Nixon
Lewis Powell
Regular Affair Tale Finds Humor in Secret Rendezvous
A columnist notes how a married couple maintains romance with weekly coded meetings. A husband and wife sneak to a motel while juggling kids, work, and nerves, sharing quiet affection before returning to ordinary life.
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the Sundance Kid
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Montsie
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