We Are Strangers To Each Other In Elections Worldwide
An op ed contrasts national elections in India and France with American practice. It notes Indira Gandhi’s losses and French municipal gains for the left while predicting consequences for Giscard d Estaing, stressing international misunderstanding of electoral outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
France
Indira Gandhi
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
America
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Gandhi
Congress
Great Britain
Paris
Giscard
Italy
Atlantic
Kremlin
Steve Kimsey
Sperry & Hutchinson
Ambucs
Raleigh
Burlington
Thomasville
High Point
Blake Farlow
Jaycee
Floral Garden Park
Robert A. Culler
YMCA
International Services Division
National Ymca
Harry Hauser
George A. Covington
Worth Bowman
Maryfield
John Corpenings
Paul Ingle
N. Rotary
Wickliff
D. B. Carrick
Carrick
U S Shifts On Rhodesia Chrome Policy After Stockpile Review
The United States reverses a Byrd Amendment era stance and halts Rhodesia chrome imports. Despite sanctions history, the nation cites a four year chrome stockpile and new ore sources reducing Rhodesia's strategic importance while condemning Ian Smith's regime. Chrome’s military and industrial uses underpin the policy shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodesia
United Nations
Ian Smith
U.S
U.N
Northwest drought chills Seattle as rainfall proves insufficient
March rain finally came but was too light to ease the drought gripping the Pacific Northwest. Hydropower reliance, dry rivers, and forecasts of continued shortages threaten electricity, agriculture, and timber, with discussions on cloud seeding, reservoirs, and water rights.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Snoqualmie Pass
Cascade Range
Pacific
Olympic Peninsula
Puget Sound
Washington
Lloyd Meeds
D-Wash
House Interior Subcommittee On Water and Power Resources
Jason King
Dixy Lee Ray
Columist
High Point Woman's Club Builds New Home by May
The High Point Woman's Club plans a debt-free headquarters on Johnson Street near Oak Hollow Lake, aiming to open by May 1 after raising 50 000 dollars. Members praise community support for a facility reflecting the city’s progress and civic enrichment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Clara I. Cox
Pillar
H. M. Taylor
C. G. Mackintosh
A. Pat Brown
Harold C. Davis
CIA leaks spark Capitol Hill clashes over secrecy
The Washington Merry-Go-Round reports on Turner pressing Bell to criminalize leaks and Inouye steering away from old scandals while a Kennedy assassination inquiry lingers. It cites a CIA push to shield past actions and widen jail terms for leakers, as Carter seeks tighter access controls and a national debate on secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Hill
Senate
Daniel Inouye
Hawaii
CIA
Inouye
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Congress
Charles Bennett
D.-Pla
Carter
You Can't Fool History by Cautious Carter Card
Capitol Viewpoint argues President Carter cannot please everyone and may be judged by symbolic reforms more than substance. It notes curbing pomp and etiquette as a path toward Lincoln's idea of government by the people, while cautioning that true history remains elusive and not all can be satisfied.
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CIA
Abraham Lincoln
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Mr. Carter
Lincoln
Jimmy
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Union of South Africa
Howard Hardesty, Jr
Continental Oil
Holt McPherson
Little Red School House
Ray School
Woman's Club
N. Main
David A. Dowdy
Main Drug Company
S. Main
David Dowdy
R. V. Moss
Stansfield Turner
Griffin Bell
Turner
House
Warren Commission
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Salvador Allende
Chile
FBI
Secret Service
Eartha Kitt
White House
H. R. Haldeman
Jordan
Hussein
New York City
San Francisco
Howard Hughes
KGB
Southeast Asia
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Capitol Viewpoint
By Don Oakley
Richard Nixon
Fuehrer
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