Carter campaign maneuvers unfold with incumbency edge
Washington dispatch notes a brisk start to 1980 presidential maneuvering for Carter. Hamilton Jordan drafts reelection strategy but won’t be campaign manager. Tim Kraft, Anne Wexler, or Evan Dobelle favored as possible operatives. John White to helm DNC to keep party alignment with Carter amid potential primaries. Strategy centers on early primaries to deter late challenges.
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U S Steel backs Buy American push in 96th Congress
The American steel industry leans into Buy American legislation amid subsidized imports seen as stealing jobs and tax revenue. Bethlehem Steel notes illegal dumping and cites a Tennessee bridge bid showing local costs vs foreign steel, while states already favor domestic materials in public works.
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Tennessee Highway Department
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Tennessee
Tennesse
Today in History Jan 10 1979 and notable past events
On this date January 10, 1979, the year counts 355 days remaining. Highlights include UN General Assembly convening in 1946, Thomas Paine publishing Common Sense in 1776, France claiming Ivory Coast protectorate in 1889, League of Nations in 1920, Trotsky exiled in 1928, Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies in 1942, Sweden granting asylum to deserters in 1968, Sweden-North Vietnam relations in 1959, Kissinger energy talks in 1974, and two Soviet cosmonauts joining Salyut 6 crew in 1978. Birthday notes list Sherill Milnes and Ray Bolger. Thought by Theodore Dreiser cited.
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General Assembly
United Nations
London
Thomas Paine
France
Ivory Coast
Africa
League of Nations
Soviet Union
Leon Trotsky
Dutch Fast Indies
Sweden
Japan
North Vietnam
Henry Kissinger
Salyut 6
Sherill Milnes
Ray Bolger
Theodore Dreiser
Valium behind educational campaign raises ethics questions
Washington report details Roche Laboratories funding of a nationwide stress education program run by Health Learning Systems with Cornell University Medical College, while the tape heavily favors Valium and benzodiazepines. Critics caution about industry influence and underplayed risks of misuse. A Kurdish refugee story and Mexico City leftist coalition complete the roundup.
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Roche Laboratories
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Roche
National Institute On Drug Abuse
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Health Learning Systems
Bloomfield, N.J
Cornell University Medical College
Theodore Cooper
Edwin Newman
Cooper
Stephen Scheidt
HLS
Zimmerman
Virginia
Santa Claus
Talib al Khafaji
Carter
Henry Kissinger
Iran
Al-Khafaji
Iraq
Land of Freedom
United States
Two GOP Senate leadership contests loom at caucus
Only two of six leadership posts look likely to see contests as the 96th Congress nears. For secretary to the GOP Conference three candidates spar: John Chafee, William Roth, and Jake Garn. In the key race for the GOP Senatorial Campaign Committee chair, Orrin Hatch faces H. John Heinz III, with a potential third candidate testing the waters. Malcolm Wallop has been gauging support.
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R-R.i
William Roth
R-Del
Jake Garn
Utah
Orrin Hatch
H. John Heinz III
Pennsylvaia
Malcolm Wallop
R-Wyo
Trouble in Turkey tests democracy as sectarian violence erupts
The Turkish crisis widens with martial law in a third of the population as sectarian clashes between Shiites and Sunnis leave over a hundred dead. Prime Minister Ecevit warns the turmoil challenges national unity amid Kurdish tensions and regional instability.
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