Justice Department backs California on Bakke ruling
The Justice Department supports striking down fixed minority quota admissions while urging the Supreme Court to avoid broad rulings on programs that consider race. It cautions a landmark decision, praising restraint, and backs upholding the California Supreme Court. The piece notes the need to balance race as a factor without endorsing quotas.
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Justice Department
California Supreme Court
Justice Brief
U.S. Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Justice
Supreme Court
Alphabet soup signals rising movement conservatives in Washington
In ten minutes with Rep. Mickey Edwards, numerous acronyms show a new vitality among movement conservatives. Groups like CSFC NCPAC CC CVF CFTR RSC SSC CRYP RAVCO CRBA and ACU align to boost conservative causes. Their cooperation alarms Carter’s allies as they push for policy wins and fundraising tactics.
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Washington
Mickey Edwards
R.okla
CFTR
RSC
SSC
CRYP
RAVCO
CRBA
ACU
CSFC
NCPAC
National Conservative Political Action Committee
CVF
Committee For the Republic
Senate
RAYCO
Richard A. Viguery Co
Committee For the Right To Bear
American Conservation Union
Conservatives' Rise and Carter Policy Stir Washington Debate
A political overview discusses movement conservatism and its impact on Jimmy Carter’s agenda. It cites Jeffrey Bell’s Human Events article linking GOP gains to Carter energy policy criticism, with references to Kemp, Cunningham, Livingston and regional impacts in Louisiana and Texas as Bell argues conservatism may doom Carter.
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Teddy Kennedy
Carter Energy
Senate
Jeffrey Bell
Reagan
U.S. Senate
New Jersey
Jimmy Carter
Jack Kemp
R.c.-N.y
Seattle
Kemp
Jack Kennedy
Cunningham
Bob Livingston
Ron Fancheux
Louisiana
Livingston
West
Southland
Louisana
Texas
Andy Young
Washington
Mr. Bell
Big John and the 20th Century Train Ride
A narrator recalls riding with Big John, a former railroad worker, on The Twentieth Century from Grand Central to Buffalo. The trip includes hotel, breakfast rye, and a wary, nervous mood as Big John confronts unfamiliar crowds and critics during a book luncheon.
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Grand Central
Harlem
Hudson River
Big John
Buffalo
Big John and the dais at a cocktail bar
Jim Bishop recounts a chaotic luncheon with Big John as critics praise his dais presence. The speaker recalls the tension as Big John seeks a bathroom, disrupts the crowd, and exits through a back door. The narrator and Century back to New York end the frazzled day with laughter and rueful chats about Chicago.
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Big John
Jesus
New York
Harmon
Chicago
America Needs To Be Stricter On Arab Issue
In a piece on Middle East tensions as the U N assembly opens, the author weighs looming war fears against a view of staged peace making. He praises Begin and Dayan for firm leadership, notes Saudi power, and argues the United States can stay firm without caving to Arab demands on Israel or the PLO.
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Jimmy Carter
America
New York City
U.N. Assembly
Middle East
Geneva
Israel
Ephraim Severa
Lloyd DeMause
Carter
DeMause
PLO
West Bank
Labor Alliance
Menahem Begin
Moshe Dayan
David Ben-Gurion
Begin
Dayan
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Khadafy
Jordan
Modar Badran
Paris
United States
Bible Thought For Today Sing for the Lord’s deeds
A devotional note cites Isaiah 44 23 praising God as creator. The brief urges all creation to sing His praises and reminds believers they are part of that creation and to join in praise.
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God
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University of California
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Copley
Ritmetic
Ravco’s
Richard A. Viguery
John Chamberlain
King Features Syndicate
Harrisburg
Jim Bishop
Dad
Stephen F. Bentley
Ted Ralston
Wm. H. Sullivan
James T. Gentry
Alfred Wallace
Moneger
Dunagin
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