Third Ford Carter Debate Fails To Deliver Knockout
Observers note a lack of thrills as Ford and Carter deliver blunt foreign policy stances and campaign rhetoric. The author questions whether public perception, not factual punch counts, determines a “winner” while criticizing the moderator and debating format.
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Carter
Max Frankel
Ford
Panama Canal
Warsaw Pact
Kremlin
Russia
Poland
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
League of Women Voters
Woolly Worm Forecasts Open at Appalachian State
The Bug Class at Appalachian State University calls for public help to collect woolly worms for seasonal weather study led by Dr. Sandra Glover. Last year the project suggested a mild winter. organizers urge participation to generate timely, practical prognostications.
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Appalachian State University
Sandra Glover
Dr. Glover
Center For
Boone
N.C
Projection of News The Cuban Connection
The piece traces U S Cuban ties from 1898 through 1975 and beyond, noting paternal influence, expropriations, Bay of Pigs, missiles, and shifting policy aims. It highlights Kissinger and Ford moves toward detente, the 1975 OAS vote to end travel and trade bans, and Cuba's Angola intervention. It also notes subsequent policy reversals and a Danish immigrant’s deportation case amid crime segments.
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Cuba
United States
Spain
Island
Caribbean
Fidel Castro
Soviet Union
Ford
United Nations
Henry A. Kissinger
Organization of American States
Castro
Southern Airways
Havana
Tad Szule
Szule
Alliance For Progress
Panama Canal
Latin America
Africa
Angola
Stule
U.S
Washington MERRY GO ROUND New Army SHORAD Nonperformer
The GAO classifies the SHORAD short range air defense system as troubled by inadequacies and high cost. Chaparral missiles show limited all weather use and low lethality, with ongoing attempts at fixes that may not yet be implemented. Roland program faces serious problems while the Army pursues more Chaparrals.
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Washington
Pentagon
Army
General Accounting Office
Europe
GAO
Navy
Ford veto override leaves HEW bill in spotlight
The Ford veto of the Labor HEW appropriations bill failed to hold as the Senate and House overrode, prompting a city adjournment and debate on fiscal restraint. The piece contrasts proposed $413.1 billion outlays with $362.5 billion in revenue, predicting a $50.6 billion deficit and noting modest savings from reducing elevator operators. It cites President Ford’s veto message against election-year spending and highlights Congress's larger-than-request figures, including education for the handicapped and food stamp programs, with strong emphasis on accountability and taxpayer burden.
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Jerry Ford
Ford
Congress
Capitol Hill
Sun Congress
Dewey Bartlett
Oklahoma
Senate
Senator Bartlett
Legislative Branch
The Rose Garden Proposal in the Carter Ford Row
The Art Buchwald column imagines Jimmy Carter building a private Rose Garden in Plains Georgia to simulate the White House garden. It sketches staged visits, signing bills, and vetoes as a satirical method to counter Ford’s publicity and speed up the election decision.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Jerry Ford
White House
Ford
Rose Garden
Mr. Carter
Secret Service
Mrs. Carter
Miss Lillian
Amy
Carter Sons
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Gerald Ford
Florida
Tom
Thad
Sua McCready
New York
New Army
Treasury Department
Federal Register
Treasury
David Lefeve
Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith
IBM
John Webster
Gas Employees Political Action Fund
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
House
Art Buchwald
Americus Fertilizer and Feed Company of
Georgia
Americus Fertilizer and Feed Company
Plains Ga
Georgia Power and Electric Company
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