Carter Faces Stormy Clashes With Congress Over Foreign Policy
Analysis notes Carter aims for cooperation with Capitol Hill yet warns some foreign policy decisions will remain his alone. Observers say a power struggle may grow as divisions emerge on detente with the Soviet Union, Middle East tensions, Cyprus, Rhodesia, and China Taiwan.
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Jimmy Carter
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Angola
Johnson
Nixon
Vietnam
Rhodesia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
War Powers Resolution
Hill
Soviet Union
Cyprus
China
Taiwan
Union of South Africa
Editorials Hopeful nod goes to nuclear energy
The editorial argues that despite six state votes against antinuclear measures the public may still lean toward continued nuclear development. A Council of Economic Priorities report questions nuclear cost advantages, noting plants run at 59 percent capacity versus 60 to 70 percent for coal. It predicts nuclear power could reach about 30 million households by next year, reducing oil dependence.
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Council of Economic Priorities
Council
Christmas bond buyer gets U S runaround
A woman buys a $25 savings bond as a Christmas gift and discovers the Social Security number requirement. The Treasury explains record keeping is the reason, but the donor can print the recipient’s number. The buyer ultimately cannot redeem the bond and exits with a final note to the effect that the rule is opaque and impractical.
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John Cunniff
New York
Uncle Sam
Scrooge
U.S. Treasury
Federal Reserve Bank
Liberty Street
Washington
Fed
Today in History December 15 1976
On this date in history, key events include the Bill of Rights taking effect in 1791, the 1836 destruction of the U S Patent Office by fire, the 1890 death of Sitting Bull, Verdun 1916, Prohibition act upholding 1919, Eichmann death sentence 1961, the Point Pleasant bridge collapse 1967, Walt Disney’s death 1991, and various regional military and political notes.
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Sitting Bull
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Verdun
U.S. Supreme Court
Adolf Fichmann
Jerusalem
Point Pleasant
W. V
Walt Disney
Indochina
Cambodia
Lebanon
George Washington
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware River
Oil price wars and a second passport scandal
Treasury Secretary William Simon recounts how the Shah of Iran and other oil powers pushed prices up in 1974 and how US pressure could have kept them in check. The report also details Bo Hi Pak’s double passports, visa fraud concerns, and a House subcommittee inquiry into immigration irregularities connected to the Moon group.
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Les Whitten
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Faisal
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Ford
Henry Kissinger
Shah
Kissinger
Persian Gulf
U.S
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Bo Hi Pak
Sun Myung Moon
Immigration Service
Joshua Filberg
D.pa
Pake
Pak
House
Seoul
Park
Honolulu
Edward Levi
Filberge
Bilberg
Col
Korean Cultural and Freedom Foundation
Letter to the Editor on humane remedy for abandoned dogs
A reader urges responsible pet return or surrender, noting that stray dogs left outside city limits face starvation or being killed. He warns against abandoning pets, suggests placing ads or contacting the City Dog Pound, and shares that a pound dog once cost him one dollar.
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Texas
City Dog Pound
City Pound
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