Neutron bomb debate ends on armor and tanks clash
The piece argues that 40,000 Soviet tanks give a Warsaw Pact advantage in Europe while a neutron bomb could negate armor by killing crews inside advancing tanks. It contends SALT talks risk stalemate if tanks and neutron weapons are ignored and notes Brezhnev’s concern over newer arms and cruise missiles.
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Arasheehs and
Simonyan
Europe
Warsaw Pact
NATO
U.S
Carpathian Mountains
English Channel
Careful debate over Carnegie report on undergraduate curriculum
The Carnegie Foundation report criticizes general education as poorly defined and diluted by options. It urges defining aims around abilities to tackle new subjects, understand world problems, and value quality of life while leaving content to curriculum engineers. It calls for stronger academic values such as factual respect, civility, and openness to differing views.
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Carnegie Foundation
The
Foundation
Clark Kerr
Council On Policy Studies In Higher Education
Carnegie
Ovid
Abolish Compulsory Attendance Says SUNY Scholar
Roger Sipher of the State University of New York argues in a bold editorial that compulsory attendance should be abolished and only students committed to learning attend. He contends removing resistant youths would free schools to provide quality education to the motivated, while raising questions about cost and social consequences.
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Brezhnev
Pravda
Raif Simonyan
New York
Roger R. Sullivan
Palo Alto
Calif
Roger Sipher
State University of New York
N.Y. Times
Sipher
A teary farewell to a dumped dog
A reader recalls finding a big Collie mix left to starve for days, cared for a month, and must surrender the pet to a shelter. The letter condemns animal dumping and pleads for owners to consider homeless pets and the suffering of animals. Signed by T JoAnne from 600 S Main St.
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Our Country
T. JoAnne Lakes
S. Main St
Japan's large 1977 trade surplus sparks debate and concern
Edward Neilan reports that Japan will post an about eight billion dollar trade surplus with the United States for 1977, nearly double last year's, fueling worries over a rapidly rising yen. Tokyo blames US corporate structure labor unions and oil prices while Tokyo economists advocate more Japanese investment in the US. Americans accuse Japan of protectionism as Washington supported Japan's postwar rebound. The piece contrasts US concerns with Japanese views and recalls Toyota price differences between Yokohama and Torrance in the 1960s.
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Copley News Service
United States
Japan
Tokyo
New York
Washington
Japan, Inc
Domestic market gaps and cross border car trade tensions
National exchange clashes with Japan over car pricing and imports. The piece argues the United States enjoys lower car prices than Japan and that Japan subsidizes exports while erecting barriers to American goods. It highlights industrial winners and investment openness in Japan while noting mutual reliance.
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Pacific
Mazda
United States
Japan
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