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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1978
Page
8
The Odessa American outlines its capsule policy advocating voluntary spending of earnings and opposing involuntary redistribution. It invites reproduction of editorials with proper credit, reflecting a libertarian stance on personal finance and public policy in the Permian Basin era.
The piece weighs Carter's unclear foreign policy at Naval Academy remarks arguing confrontation versus cooperation with the Soviet Union. It links three policy voices to a fragile stance amid fears of war while noting domestic tax revolt energizing political life and questioning motives behind any aggressive move. It parallels Wilson era tensions and cites Howard Jarvis and Moynihan on imperial governance and the state’s health.
In New York a critique notes the $130 billion yearly burden of federal regulations on the public, with 80 agencies employing 100,000 bureaucrats and costing billions in compliance. OSHA, EPA, and ERISA effects raise prices, slow innovation, and consume vast hours. regulators shift from industry specifics to broad result mandates, reducing industry expertise and tightening reach.
Secretary Vance signals a policy pivot away from confrontation with the Soviet Union over Africa. He testifies before Congress and speaks in Atlantic City, stressing peaceful resolutions in Angola and Ethiopia and rejecting mirror-imaging of Cuban and Soviet military presence. The move softens linkage with Brzezinski, hints at closer U.S. cooperation with African governments, and could ease U.S.-Soviet tensions while pursuing black majority rule in southern Africa.
The piece contrasts Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan with Red China, noting Japan's sustained trade surplus, Korea's rapid industrial rebound and vast Middle East contracts, and Taiwan's rise as a prosperous base for oil tankers and Zenith production, highlighting a disciplined work ethic and unfettered markets.
Theodor Mommsen’s Nobel Prize in Literature 1902 is noted alongside key Panama Canal history. Panama Republic formed November 3, 1908 after supporting revolt against Colombia. The United States backed the secession to secure a canal route and concluded the canal treaty on November 18, 191 The source references pivotal 1900s events driving independence and canal construction.
A stark critique declares Washington's alphabet agencies seize daily control of local life from Harlingen to Combes, Raymondville, and beyond. It warns that the U S Code of 196 volumes hides a vast, tightening regulatory web stretching from Potomac to the Rio Grande, altering personal and business life.
The newspaper invites timely constructive letters under 500 words bearing the writer’s signature home address and phone number. Only the name and hometown will be published. Personal attacks or slanderous remarks are not considered for publication.
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