Panama Canal Debate Echoes Across Campaign
The column argues over Ford and Reagan on Panama Canal policy, noting Torrijos influence, the 1903 treaty terms granting U S perpetual use, and how threats of riots shape discourse. It asserts U S ownership would persist regardless of Latin American instability and questions Ford about withdrawing Canal stability.
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Canal Zone
U.S
Alaska
Omar Torrijos
State Department
Mike Gravel
Gen. Torrijos
Teddy Roosevelt
United States
Republic of Panama
Washington
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Torrijos
Panama
Latin America
Castro
Gerald Ford
Final Viet Nam victory credited to invasion not VC forces
Gen. Van Tien Dung’s account portrays a North Vietnamese driven conquest over 1973 peace with 30,000 troops and 12 000 miles of roads. Washington’s aid cuts and Watergate era politics are blamed as factors weakening Saigon and exposing the fall of the republic.
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South Vietnam
van Tien Dung
Gen. Dung
Saigon
Dung
Washington, D.C
United States
Nguyen van Thieu
Nixon
Hanoi
U.S
Wordplay and slips of the tongue through history
A collection of humorous misstatements and malapropisms from public figures and broadcasters. The anecdotes span Col Eustis, Moe’s station, Rev Spooner, and others, illustrating how language misfires produce comic or awkward moments.
What’s Wrong With Americans in the 1970s Primaries
Max Lerner, a tough minded liberal and Brandeis professor, writes on the ungovernable presidency, the primaries’ speed toward Carter, voters’ paradoxes, and the faltering world standing of the United States as he joins the Constitution editorial page.
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Hubert Humphrey
Jimmy Carter
Max Lerner
Constitution
Hubert Humphrey and the last chance for a presidential run
The piece compares major candidates and the toll of campaigning, focusing on Hubert Humphrey as the mature figure facing a brutal path to national leadership. It muses on what sets leaders apart and what Carter and other contenders must overcome, noting the personal cost of public pursuit.
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Wilson
Wilkie
Truman
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
McGovern
Ford
Carter
Birch Bayh
Lloyd Bentsen
Terry Sanford
Fred Harris
Sargent Shriver
Mo Udall
Frank Church
Scoop Jackson
Jimmy Carter
Jack Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Oklahoma GOP Convention Trip Postponed by Ford
President Ford will not attend the Oklahoma state Republican convention citing ongoing battles with Reagan in Texas. House Speaker Carl Albert took an overseas Easter recess trip, with no London stop to pick up any Magna Carta. Governor Boren proposes an $800 raise for teachers, higher than the $500 initially planned, reducing the gap to $300 per year.
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Ronald Reagan
Ford Administration
Panama Canal
Reagan
Ford
Oklahoma
Texas
Carl Albert
London
Boren
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