Ford budget plan tied to tax cut stirs political debate
President Ford proposes a 28 billion tax cut linked to spending cuts while facing Democratic criticism. He warns deficits may hit 70 billion and 1977 outlays near 423 billion, with most spending on entitlements beyond control. Expect a modest tax cut with congressional restraint measures.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
al Ullman
Oregon
Gress
Congress
Tough Stance Suggested On Hostage Prison Crisis
Gov. David Boren warned rebels at Granite State Reformatory to punish or burn for harming hostages, a hard line echoed as necessary to deter inmate violence. Florida officials bill a hypnotist to rehabilitate convicts, aiming to reduce recidivism and keep ex inmates in society.
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David Boren
Granite State Reformatory
Oklahoma
U.S. Supreme Court
Florida
South Africa May Move Toward Detente With Africa
The Vorster government holds to apartheid but moves to ease tensions with neighboring black nations. Zambia’s Kaunda backs detente as talks with Rhodesia seek greater black representation. OAU stalls South Africa talks over Rhodesia and Southwest Africa, while Transkei schedules its 1976 independence as Xhosa homeland petals toward sovereignty.
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South Africa
B. John Vorster
Kenneth Kaunda
Zambia
Vorster
Rhodesia
Organization of African Unity
South African Liberation Movement
Dar-es-Salaam
Southwest Africa
Transkei
Kaiser Matanzima
Transkei independence sparks liberal critique of apartheid policy
John Chamberlain contrasts Organization of African Unity positions with South Africa’s move to grant Transkei its own army. He argues this endorses apartheid geopolitically and forewarns of militants’ potential guerrilla tactics. The piece also notes contrasting liberal reactions to Kaunda and Muhammad Ali.
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Organization of African Unity
North
Transkei
South Africa
Portuguese Angola
Gam
Muhammad Ali
Playboy
Ali
America
United States
Book becomes moral outrage item of the season
The essay labels Susan Brownmiller's Against Our Will as the season’s moral outrage, arguing her rape theory of history elevates the book as the defining feminist work. It critiques her view that civilization rests on rape and that all men share complicity, predicting public sparring and media spectacle.
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Susan Brownmiller
Brownmiller
Omega
Germaine Greer
Gloria Steinem
Kate Millett
Babe Didrikson
Charles Reich
Squeaky Fromme
Redwoods
Schlesinger urged to heed public opinion on defense cuts
An editor's note frames James Schlesinger as out of step with voters as polls show strong support for cutting federal spending while he pushes a 97.9 billion dollar Pentagon budget. A columnist cites reader responses favoring cuts, contrasting with Schlesinger's stance on detente and arms spending.
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James Schlesinger
Defense
Schlesinger
Congress
Pentagon
Washington
Ford
Kissinger
Mahon backs Pentagon budget cut amid reader poll push
Andrew Tully notes Rep. George Mahon, long-time defense ally, supports trimming the Pentagon budget to 90.2 billion while Schlesinger accuses the House Appropriations Committee of political calculations. Mahon says voters demand responsive spending in a nation facing a deficit and rising debt.
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George Mahon
Texas
House Appropriations Committee
Mahon
Pentagon
Schlesinger
Sage
Lubbock
Defense Department
U.S
Congress
Oklahoma prison inmates plan Christmas packages in July
Granite Reformatory inmates scheme to send Christmas gifts wrapped in plain brown paper during July. The resignation of the state capitol police chief opens a vacancy for Governor Boren to fill with a seasoned official in his mid twenties. The state Democratic Party faces debt, but Boren pushes to tighten finances.
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Washington
Harry Truman
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Boondocks
Old Dean
Truman
Granite
State Capitol
Boren
Democratic Party
Changing Times at the Filling Station
The editor notes a child’s carefree view of the open school and recession fears, calling it the best part of the day. The piece ends with a wry line about Fuller Employment and a stubborn nonworker.
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