Senate Leadership Change After November Elections
The upcoming Senate leadership will shift as both majority and minority leaders face new successors. Democrats may retain control, with Robert Byrd seeking the majority post and Edmund Muskie as liberal candidate, while Republicans see John Tower likely opposing Michigan’s Robert Griffin. Outcome hinges on November results and shapes Senate white house cooperation.
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White House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Congress
Sen
Scott
Sen. Mansfield
Vietnam
Mansfield
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Edmund Muskie
Maine
John Tower
Texas
Griffin
New Power In Africa Shapes Rhodesia and South Africa
Analysis argues that Angola's Popular Movement victory, backed by Russia and Cuba, tightens Soviet influence across southern Africa. Rhodesia's Ian Smith regime faces isolation. South Africa weighs racial policy amid rising black majorities and Moscow’s growing regional role, signaling less peaceful transitions ahead. The piece warns Washington and London over shifting power and past colonial legacies in the Congo and Kenya.
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Angola
Russia
Cuba
Rhodesia
South Africa
Ian Smith
Mozambique
Africa
United States
Great Britain
Belgian Congo
Kenya
Arab Unity: The Odd Couple in the Middle East
An analysis of Arab unity efforts focusing on the Syria Jordan rapprochement and the proposed United Arab States federation. The piece traces past pan Arabist attempts from Nasser era to the 1960s, the likely dominance of Syria in a Jordan Syria federation, and possible effects on Egypt and Israeli security.
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Henry Kissinger
Leonid Brezhnev
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Jordan
Syria
Syrain
Hafez al-Assad
United Arab States
China
South Africa
Angola
Hussein
Assad
United States
Britain
France
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
Port Said
Egypt
United Arab Republic
Iraq
Arab Union
CIA Falcons Gift to Arab Sheiks Sparks Smuggling Case
Washington reports CIA operatives trapped rare falcons in Alaska and arranged exports to Middle East sheiks, a practice that intersects with legal limits. Anthony G. Angelos plotted to smuggle peregrine and gyr falcons to Abu Dhabi, was caught selling two contraband birds, and pleaded guilty to migratory bird violations.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Alaska
CIA
Middle East
U.S
CEA
Chicago
Anthony G. Angelos
Sheik Zayid
Abu Dhabi
Angelos
United States
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Agem Larry Hood
United Arb Emirates
Baltimore
New York City
Athens
United Arab Emirates
State Dept
Angelos Yretly
Department
Hood
Mass politics after McGovern era prompts rethink
A Massachusetts columnist argues that voters did not change but analysts misread 1972. He cites data showing student influence and regional loyalty to Kennedy era figures, and predicts a fragmented race with Udall potentially signaling shifts toward a coalition approach.
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Massachusetts
Commonwealth
George McGovern
Boston Herald
Nixon
McGovern
Vietnam
Letter to Sen Morgan From North Carolina FBI Agents
North Carolina chapter of the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI, representing 133 members, writes to Senator Robert Morgan denouncing his negative remarks about the FBI. The letter defends J. Edgar Hoover, praises FBI integrity, and urges public, nonpartisan evaluation of FBI performance and trust in institutions.
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Robert Morgan
North Carolina
The
Society of Former Special Agents of
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Inc
Bear
Morgan
Society of
Greensboro
FBI
America
J. Edgar Hoover
Mr. Hoover
FBI Ny
Bureau
Hoover
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
Yat
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