GOP Convention Fracture Haunts Ford Reagan Battle for Unity
A high tension struggle on the GOP floor surfaces as Ford and Reagan clash over platform fights and conservative planks. Polls show split GOP leaders and many voters threaten to vote Carter if their nominee loses. Delegates hunt for support through lunches calls and White House invites as tensions mount in Kansas City.
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Ronald Reagan
Platform Committee
Robert Ray
Iowa
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Panama
Christian Science Monitor
New York Times
Jimmy Carter
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White House
Downey claims widespread cheating at West Point
Rep. Thomas Downey reports a two day West Point visit finding widespread “carefree cheating” among the 1977 cadet class. He estimates up to 400 may be implicated, says cheating degrades the Honor Code and moral character, and questions reforms and toleration clauses amid potential expulsions.
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West Point
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Congress
Moynihan's Challenge in New York Democratic Rifts
New York Democrats refuse to endorse Daniel Patrick Moynihan for the U.S. Senate amid hostility at the Statler Hilton. Black leaders oppose Moynihan over 1965 black family treaties, while labor and Buffalo leader Joe Crangle back him. O'Dwyer endorsement interplay with city hall politics tied to Beame and a 1977 city election.
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James Buckley
O’dwyer
Ramsey Clark
Bella
Manhattan
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Peter Edelman
Robert Kennedy
Boy Wonder
Carey
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Senate
Hubert Humphrey
Abraham Beame
City Hall
Sutton
Council
World News Reflections and Uplifting Political Roles
A 1926 Wall Street Journal excerpt contends South Africa faces a long racial conflict amid colonial collapse and UN limits. A 1936 Alaska mountain event notes a dust cloud misread as volcanic smoke after glacier pressure. Delegates at the Democratic convention in 1924 gain authority for women to sit with men in policy making, per Harriet Elliott.
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South Africa
Southern Africa
Wall Street Jour
Cordova
Alaska
Henry Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Harriet Elliott
University of North Carolina
Jerry Brown and the Liberal Suburbs Why He Wins
The piece analyzes why Jerry Brown appeals to liberal suburbs and academics more than Carter or Reagan. It argues Brown’s appeal rests on style and a countercultural music that signals continuity with established interests, appealing to Washington bureaucrats and elites while sounding outsider-ish.
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Jerry Brown
Brown
Carter
Maryland
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Potomac
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Humphrey
Birch Bayh
Mo Udall
Jackson
Gene McCarthy
Kennedy
Bay of Pigs
Vietnam
Volkswagen
Dozen Democrats In Trouble
Article argues the Democratic majority abused power for years and faces investigative scrutiny. It cites Wayne Hays push for committee control of office allowances and benefits, automatic cost of living raises, expanded budgets for newsletters, and staff imbalances as examples shaping incumbency advantages.
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Senate
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U.S
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Hays
House Administration Committee
Hays Committee
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Rariz
Democratic Caucus
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Burton
Rhodes
Carl Albert
Tip
O'Neill
Gale McGee
Albert
Hays, O'Neill
Monroe News-Star Publisher Details and Policy Note
The Monroe News-Star is published weekday afternoons by News Star-World Publishing Corp of Monroe Louisiana. Officers include Chairman Robert Ewing Brown and several vice presidents and directors. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and operates with postal and advertising arrangements across multiple cities. The edition pledges impartial news and independent stance.
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News Star-World Publishing Corporation
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Olive Streets
Monroe
Robert Ewing Brown
Mildred Hunt Ewing
Edmund Graves Brown Jr
Robert Ewing Jr
Patricia Ewing Hendrick
Cather Ewng Jenton
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Tommin Hunter Grown
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John A. Hendrick
T. Muller Jackson, Jr
David J. Garrett, Jr
Dex Ray Hill
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