Editorials 18 months and counting by Cohen
Washington editorial notes depict two high level bureau crats blaming Carter for government gridlock. They say White House politics curb decisive action, while Camp David and Sunday speeches reveal tension between policy activists and anti Washington rhetoric. They compare today to Watergate era circumspection and party pressure among middle managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Cohen
Washington
NEA
Jimmy Carter
White House
Georgia
Carter
Camp David
Hamilton Jordan
Stu Eizenstat
Democratic Party
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Knowing limitations is beginning of wisdom
AP Business Analyst John Cunniff reports on limits in the economy as Paul Volcker takes office. The piece notes large budget deficits during expansion, rising consumer credit, falling real wages, high debt and mortgage cashouts, and efforts by Carter, Volcker, Miller to curb inflation. It also mentions state spending restraints and a Philippine history fact panel.
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John Cunniff
NEW York
Paul Volcker
Federal Reserve Board
Carter
Washington
Morgan Guaranty Trust
Volcker
Fed
G. William Miller
the Treasury
California
Today in History August 9 1979 highlights and birthdays
On this date in history Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 and Gerald Ford became president. Notable events include the 1831 Albany to Schenectady steam locomotive run, 1842 Webster Ashburton Treaty, 1898 Spain accepts peace terms, 1902 Edward VII crowned, 1942 Gandhi detained, 1945 Nagasaki bomb, and the Beverly Hills Tate Folger murders. Birthdays include Sen. Herman Talmadge and Ted Simmons.
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Associated Press
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
United States
New York
Albany
Schenectady
Canada
Webster-Ashburton
Spain
Edward VII
England
Queen Victoria
Mohandas Gandhi
Japan
Nagasaki
Sharon Tate
Abigail Folger
Beverly Hills
Nixon
Lebanon
Sen
Herman Talmadge
Ted Simmon
St. Louis Cardinals
Clarence Darrow
Nationalists plotted letter bombs against US pro PRC supporters
A Senate report reveals Nationalist China's leaders proposed mailing letter bombs to prominent Americans favorable to the PRC. Chiang Ching-kuo blocked the plan but Taipeis intelligence drive shifted to covert US operations. Mei K'o-wang was replaced by Wang Hsilin as operations expanded through student agents and Chinese-American faculty. The piece also notes Big Oil concerns as Customs contemplates public gauging of oil imports, prompting Ed Metzenbaum to urge independent data.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
China
Senate
Taiwan
Peking
U.S
CIA
Dale van Atta
United States
The
National Security Bureau
Taipei
PRC
FBI
Chiang Chingkuo
Chiang
Mei K’o-wang
Taiwan Central Police College
Mei
China Development Corp
Connecticut Ave
Red Chinese
Wang Hsilin
Wang
Li‘zence
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Michael Glennon
George McGovern
D-S.d
U.S. Customs Service
Department OF Energy
DOE
Customs Service
Customs
Industry
American Petroleum Institute
Howard Metzenbaum
D-Ohio
Metzembaum
Treasury Department
Estes Case Becomes Political Turmoil in 1962 Texas Campaigns
A Pecos Independent account from April 12 1962 describes District Judge J H Starley’s temporary injunction barring several finance companies from disposing of Estes related records while Billie Sol Estes and Coleman McSpadden were exempted by stay orders. Attorney General Will Wilson planned a Pecos court of inquiry April 14 to probe possible anti trust violations. Reports detail testimonies, political fallout, and national attention as Wilson and Republicans push investigations into Estes grain storage operations and Agriculture Department ties amid election year rhetoric.
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Pecos
J.H. Starley
Billie Sol Estes
Coleman McSpadden
Will Wilson
F.H. Ryan
Wilson
Dallas
Neiman-Marcus
Estes
Department of Agriculture
Independent
USDA
Daily News
Roy Whittenburg
America
Moore, Jr
Moore
Commercial Credit Corporation
Texas
Wm. E. Morris
Thomas R. Hughes
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Morris
Department
Hughes
Republican National Committee
White House
Republican House
Agriculture Department
Agriculture and Conservation Stabilization Committee
Emory Jacobs
Jacobs
Capitol
Este
Washington
Edmundson
Oklahoma
Alice Morris
C.H. Mosely
Mosely
The
Lubbock
Washington News
Pecos Daily News
Federal General Accounting Office
House Government Operations Committee
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