Vice Presidents and Powers in the U S Government
The piece analyzes the constitutional limits on vice presidents and the absence of formal powers. It notes Franklin Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower framed the office as largely powerless, with the VP historically serving in the Senate or as a subordinate aide, and argues Carter’s Mondale role remains legally constrained though potentially expanding in crisis planning.
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Washington
Nelson Rockefeller
Walter Mondale
Rockefeller
Franklin Roosevelt
Senate
Thomas Marshall
Capitol Hill
Jimmy Carter
Mondale
Carter
Editorial on Carter pardon for Vietnam War exiles
The piece examines President Carter's pledge to issue a general pardon for self-exiled Vietnam war protesters. It argues the pardon may not heal divisions as many exiles seek amnesty, while American families still grieving see returnees as contentious. It notes exiles later became Canadian or Swedish citizens and questions post pardon advocacy.
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Jimmy Carter
Carter
United States
Canada
Sweden
Mr. Carter
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Cambodia
Investors embrace risk as market gains resume momentum
The piece discusses a shift from indexing toward active management as risk returns to favor. Crocker National Bank executives argue for selective investing while projecting S&P 500 earnings to rise, and a federal arts endowment announces fellowships totaling 990000 to 165 writers and creators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cunniff
New York
Standard & Poor
Woodward Kingman
Crocker National Bank
Crocker
Today in History December 29 1976
Events noted for this date include Japan renouncing the Washington Naval Treaty in 1934 and Andrew Johnson born in 1808. Texas admitted to the union in 1845. London bombed in 1940. The La Guardia blast in 1974 and other historical markers are listed. Actress Viveca Lindfors born today. Bicentennial note recalls Continental Congress discussions in Baltimore.
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Associated Press
Japan
United States
Britain
Andrew Johnson
Raleigh
N.C
Texas
Union
White House
London
Rhodesia
Venezuela
Cuba
Mediterranean
Malta
New York
la Guardia
Viveca Lindfors
American Continental Congress
Baltimore
World Almanac Q and A Quiz Report
The text presents a quiz from the World Almanac about presidential relatives and church origins. It states false for the Roosevelts’ cousin presidency and identifies Mona Lisa as La Gioconda and Mona Lisa as the painting by da Vinci. Two other items reference James Madison as sharing a great-grandfather with Zachary Taylor and Joseph Smith’s church founding year 1830.
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Mormon Church
Joseph Smith
Utah
New York
Missouri
Verdi
da Vinci
Dante
James Madison
Zachary Taylor
James Taylor
Energy chiefs push faulty claims in State of the Union drafts
The Washington column reports that ERDA head Robert Seamans sent draft energy passages to White House aide James Cannon, touting a liquid metal fast breeder reactor and fusion advances that GAO and internal memos question. It notes solar power plans may be many years away and quotes critics about overoptimistic projections. Separately, brief notes cover Yugoslav dissident Mihajlo Mihajlov, ICC investigation limits, and Marines discharge review meddling.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Ford
White House
Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDA
Robert Seamans
James Cannon
Jim
Seamans
Thomas Edison
Tennessee
Clinch River
General Accounting Office
Seaman
Roger LeGassie
GAO
LeGassie
Cannon
State of the Union
U.S
Russia
Chile
Mihajlo Mihajlov
Mihajlov
Josip Tito
Commerce Commission
ICC
T.H. Miller
Navy
Miller
Military
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Tom Tiede
Harry Truman
Richard Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
Arthur M. Schlesinger
Nixon
Ike
Spiro Agnew
Gerald Ford
Veep
CIA
Donald Young
John Tower
D.C
Lloyd Bentsen Jr
Richard C. White
Rayburn
del Rio
New Braunfels
San Angelo
San Antonio
Austin
W.E
Pete’’ Snelson
Capital Building
Dick Slack
Pecos
5Th & Cypress
State Board of Education
M.L. Brockette
Texas Education Agency
E. 11Th St
Woodrow W. Bean
el Paso
O’ferrall Pauly
Texas Press Association
the World Almanac
Roosevelts
The
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