GOP senators sense blood as leadership fights heat up
Editorial notes the 96th Congress will start in January with Senate Republicans in heated contests for five leadership posts. Incumbent Minority Leader Howard Baker Jr. has no challenger yet, while moderates stand between liberals and conservatives in races for Whip, Policy Committee Chair, Conference Chair, Conference Secretary, and Campaign Committee. The Democrats hold the real power in the Senate.
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Senate
Howard H. Baker Jr
Rtenn
GOP
White House
Harrison Schmitt
New Mexico
Ted Stevens
Alaska
John C. Danforth
Missouri
John Tower
Texas
Robert Packwood
Oregon
James McClure
Idaho
John H. Cahfee
Rhode Island
Jake Garn
Utah
John Heinz III
Pennsylvania
Orrin Hatch
Opinions on recession timing split among forecasters
AP Business Analyst notes conflicting views on recession risk in 1979. Some indicators show strength with rising October employment and high personal income, while others warn of a delayed yet stronger downturn. Analysts caution against assuming bright skies guarantee growth.
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John Cunniff
New York
National Association of Purchasing Mangement
E.F. Andrews
Alleghency Ludium Industries
Conference Board
Ues
Henry Kaufman
Salomon Brothers
Baker weighs 1980 bid amid New Hampshire trip
Minority Leader Baker will visit New Hampshire on December 1 to raise funds for Gordon Humphrey. Reagan and Ford were invited but declined. Baker weighs a presidential bid but will await Senate re-election and leadership status before broader campaigning.
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New Hampshire
GOP
Gordon Humphrey
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
Senate
Washington
This Day in History December 5 1978 Highlights
Key events on this date include Polk announcing California gold discovery, Colum bus reaching Santo Domingo in 1492, Phi Beta Kappa founded in 1776, Van Buren born in 1782, Prohibition ending in 1933, Soviet US space pact in 1962, and Rome strike ten years earlier. Births include Sen Strom Thurmond and ex Army Secretary Stanley Resor. Thought for today reflects Jane Austen.
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James Polk
California
American West
Christopher Columbus
Santo Domingo
America
Phi Beta Kappa
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg
Rome
United States
Romania
Washington
Nicolae Ceausescu
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Stanley Resor
Jane Austen
Japanese Express Hikari Superexpress Trains Link Tokyo Osaka
Japan's Hikari trains cover 320.1 miles between Tokyo and Osaka in 3 hours 10 minutes at 101.1 mph average. The Tokyo Nagoya leg spans 212.4 miles in 2 hours 1 minute.
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Japan
Tokyo
Osaka
Nagoya
Just Musin by Alton Hughes Armstrong’s Mule Skinnin Legend
Charley Armstrong born 1879 in Gainesville Texas earned fame as a top mule skinner known for long line work and earth moving. His career spanned Grandfalls Pecos Barstow Monahans Fort Stockton and Pecos with fresno teams rail work highway projects and a family construction firm C E Armstrong and Sons shaping Texas infrastructure.
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Charles Edgar Armstrong
West Texas
Charley
Gainesville
Texas
John Jefferson
Mary Susie Armstrong
John Jefferson Armstrong
Tennessee
Mary Susie DeArman
Peoria
Hill County
Jim
Charles Edgar
John
Mary Susie
Jonas DeArman
L.R. Snelson
Georgia
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Enid
Lawton
Fresno
Gadie Bellzora Brown
Audubon
Wise County
Bowie
Gadie B
Lonoke
Arkansas
John Sylvester Brown
Bellore Elizabeth Savage
Grandfalls
Gadie
Ward County
Snelsons
Monahans
Texas and Pacific
San Patricio County
Fort Stockton
New Mexico
Pecos
Armstrongs
el Paso
Pecos-Barstow
Barstow
Armstrong
Texas Highway Department
Jim Ferguson
U.S. 80
Highway Department
Webb
D.H
C.E. Armstrong and Sons
Kermit
Odessa
Seagraves
T&nm Railroad
Winkler County
Monahans-Kermit
Carter Lance affair threats to widen political fallout
Washington scrutiny intensifies over President Carter and Bert Lance as federal grand juries in Atlanta probe a dubious $1 million loan to the Carter peanut business and Lance's banking practices. The probe, SEC involvement, and Billy Carter's testimony are shaping a rising campaign issue for 1980.
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Washington
Carter
Bert Lance
Justice Department
Atlanta
Lance
National Bank of Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Bert
Carter Peanut
Billy Carter
Billy
White House
Carter-Lance
Bell and Howell Schools
BHS
Bell and Howell
Les Dunlap
David Ansley
Federal Office of Education
Uncle Sam
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