Crackdown on trade with Russia hints at hard policy shift
The Carter administration faces pressure over East West trade with the Communist world as Senate Majority Leader Byrd suggests economic warfare options. The commentary cites Soviet gains from Western tech and warns that U S aid and technology transfers have strengthened the Red military while offering few returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Carter
Congress
Senate
Robert Bryd
West Virginia
Russia
Byrd
Dornan
Capitol Hill
Costick
Fiat
Italy
Kama River
Detroit
Taft Hartley and coal strike showdown looms
The piece discusses President Carter likely invoking Taft Hartley to curb a coal miners strike. It warns of public health stakes and potential clashes as the 80 day cooling off period unfolds, recounts past Taft Hartley use, and urges cooler heads and national interest to prevail amid rising grassroots calls for economic self reliance. It closes with a Kennedy quote and a biblical verse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
United Mine Workers
Congress
Taft-Hartley
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Johnson
Truman
National Labor Relations Board
Freer market remedy in Kerner anniversary piece
Economist Walter Williams argues for a freer market to lift minorities, challenging minimum wage and union barriers. He cites licensing and regulatory costs as racially biased obstacles, contending that removing market restrictions could erase longstanding Negro problems within 20 to 30 years. Vernon Jordan and the Kerner Report are noted as out of step.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerner Commission
Walter E. Williams
Temple University
Establishment Press
Congressional Black Caucus
Vernon Jordan
Kerner
Williams
Policy Review
New York
Walter Williams
Civil defense policy debate leaves U S unsure
The Carter administration remains divided over a genuine civil defense program. ACDA seeks a limitation pact with the Soviet Union, while DCPA argues for a protection and recovery system affordable over several years. Soviet spending on civil defense exceeds US efforts, with shelters and hardened city protection viewed as feasible but costly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Soviet Union
Defense Civil Preparedness Agency
Acdadcpa
Congress
United States
U.S.S.R
ACDA
Paul Warnke
U.S
Clifford EF. McClain
DCPA
McClain
Middletown Ohio News Journal Subscription Rates
The Journal published daily by the News Journal in Middletown Ohio lists post office subscription rates. Details include per copy prices at newsstands, home delivery costs by carrier and motor route, Sunday and weekday charges, and mail options with annual rates for USA and outside USA. All subscriptions are payable in advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
News Journal, Incy
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
USA
U.sa
Letter criticizes Cincinnati Gas & Electric over coal supply and rate hikes
In a pointed letter to the editor the Armco Employees Independent Federation executive committee denounces Cincinnati Gas & Electric for claiming a 43-day coal reserve while urging voluntary curtailment. They argue reduced usage cuts revenue and prompts higher rates, calling the policy illogical and unfair to citizens. John W. Lafayette serves as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Armco Employees Independent Federation
John W. Lafayette
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pollyanna
Red China
Hua Kuo-feng
National People’s Congress
Taiwan
Red Chinese
Horn of Africa
Egypt
Sudans
Elwood Richardson Business Manager
Jim Mills
Red Sea
Ethiopia
Somali
Caribbean
Fidel Castro
Havana
Peking
Bob Dornan
California
Miles Costick
America
Gleason Works
Boeing
Lockheed
McDonnell Douglas
U.S. State Department
Sen
W.A. Siebenthaler Sr
Paul J. Day
Frank R. Myers
John F. Kennedy
John
Jeffrey Hart
Civil Defense
L. Edgar Prina
Copley News Service
the Journal
Dennis the Menace
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!