Carter vows to veto major spending bills to curb federal outlays
President Carter signals a hard line on federal spending by threatening to veto two large appropriations bills. The contested measure includes a $61.3 billion Health, Education and Welfare budget, $1.4 billion above his request, as observers note the long arc of deficit spending may be tempered if he follows through.
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Jimmy Carter
Carter
House
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
Washington
Castro plotted 1969 frogman raid against Nixon at Key Biscayne
Jack Anderson and Les Whitten recount the 1969 Cuban plan to send underwater raiders to blow up Nixon’s winter home at Key Biscayne. Fidel Castro allegedly aimed to kill the president, while Lazaro Eddy Espinosa Bonet was expelled for security reasons after recruiting a Cuban American servant to aid the plot. The article links CIA plots against Castro and Kennedy retaliation, noting the plan was never carried out and detailing subsequent U.S. intelligence and political echoes.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Fidel Castro
U.S
Richard Nixon
Key Biscayne
Fla
White House
Castro
State Dept
United Nations
Lazaro Eddy-Espinosa Bonet
Espinosa Bonet
Nixon
Cuba
Miami
Florida
Nixon Compound
John F. Kennedy
CIA
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Senate Intelligence Committee
Dallas
CBS
Robert Morgan
D.-N.c
Senate
Bill Moyers
Lee Harvey Oswald
Carter
House
Federal Trade Commission
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Energy Administration
Dole Embraces White House Fever After Loss
The article notes Senator Robert Dole's post election surge in national visibility and speaking circuit activity. It cites his weekend travels to 20 states, fundraising efforts, and a plan to lead in Senate policy clashes while eyeing a 1980 presidential run and a trip to Jerusalem for a Zionist conference.
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Martha Angle
Robert Walters
Washington
NEA
Lastovember
Sen
Robert Dole
Dole
White House
Jimmy Carter
Senate
Carter
Vietnam
Cuba
Bob Dole
GOP
Bill Brock
Howard H. Baker Jr
House
John J. Rhodes
Jerusalem
Israel
Italy
Ireland
Vladivostok Talks Highlight Limits of SALT II Over Cruise Missiles
John Chamberlain reviews the Vladivostok meeting between Ford and Brezhnev, arguing SALT II is an agreement to agree hindered by cruise missiles. He notes verification impossibilities since missiles can launch from ships subs aircraft and stand-off carriers, and cites Dr. Lehman and Warnke on strategic challenges and European security concerns.
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John Chamberlain
Ford
Leonid Brezhnev
Vladivostok
Brezhnev
John F. Lehman, Jr
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Air Force Magazine
U.S
Lehman
Paul Warnke
Carter
Miss Clara Schmutz Retires After 30 Years at Santa Fe
Miss Clara Schmutz ends a three-decade tenure with the Santa Fe stores department marking a long service career. The Kansan notes her retirement as part of 30 years of employment milestone coverage.
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Clara Schmutz
Santa Fe
Gen
Dwight Eisenhower
Abilene
Margaret Kater
Vincent Gatz
Kansas 4-H
High Blood Pressure Is Not Nervous Tension Says Health Program
The National High Blood Pressure Education Program clarifies that high blood pressure and nervous tension are not the same. It notes that calm, easy going people can have high blood pressure and should be aware of risks.
Direct selling endures with evolving industry ethics
Don Oakley notes the switch from frontier peddling to car based direct sales within neighborhoods. The piece contrasts legitimate direct selling, led by firms like Amway, with pyramid schemes, detailing investment traps, product guarantees, ethics codes, and the shift from buyer beware to seller vigilance.
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Amway Corporation
Ada, Mich
Bonafide
Direct Selling Association
Question Box Seeks Answers On 12th and Main Signal
Readers ask why there is no left turn signal at the 12th and Main intersection. Howard Knox of Newton public works says the DOT controls the road and traffic is insufficient to justify a signal.
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12Th and Main
Kansas Department of Transportation
Howard Knox
Public Works
DOT
Knox
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Kansas
Gerald Ford
Rose Garden
Briar Patch
Bob Ole
Arkansas
Fred Fagan
Newton
Kansas Firemen’s Assn
Holton
Don Oakley
DSA
W. 6Th
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