Italian politics and CIA funding stir US fears of a Communist victory
The piece argues the CIA paid anti Communist Italian leaders with secret funds, provoking Ford’s outrage and fueling fear that another election could boost the Communist Party in Italy. It notes that Italian Communists may gain power not as Kremlin puppets but as a response to domestic problems.
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CIA
Italy
Communist Party
Mussolini
Christian Democrats
Washington
Kissinger
France
Spain
Portugal
Europe
America
Ussr
Moscow
West
Kremlin
United States
Portugal avoids doom as crisis ends without bloodshed
An editorial argues Portugal sidestepped a November civil-military crisis after dissident paratroopers seized bases. It contrasts Portugal with Russia's 1917 revolution, praises the centrist government and democratic forces, and suggests lessons learned to prevent a repeat of history.
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Lenin
Russia
Portugal
Angola
Ford ties future to private enterprise in union address
In the State of the Union, President Ford argues for reduced federal control and a pivot to private enterprise while critics warn the shift risks higher unemployment and sustained inequities. He defends gradual change and fiscal restraint as remedies to inflation and recession.
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John Cunniff
NEW York (Ap
Ford
This Day In History January Twenty Third
This day’s historical notes include Nixon declaring a Vietnam cease fire start date January 27 in 1978. Other items mention Henry VIII as King of Ireland in 1942 and Truman’s era events with Roosevelt in 1932.
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Associated Press
Richard Nixon
Henry VIII
Ireland
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Tripoli
Franklin Roosevelt
North Korea
U.S. Navy
Pueblo
Israel
West Bank
Suez Canal
Egypt
Vietnam
U.S. Marine
United States
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Charlotte of
Luxembourg
Jeanne Moreau
Sir Winston Churchill
George Washington
Cambridge, Mass
Zarb Narrowly Avoided Veto Over Oil Policy Bill
Washington Merry-Go-Round reports Energy Czar Frank Zarb came close to resigning after a threatened Ford veto of the oil policy bill. Zarb lobbied vigorously, rode Air Force One to press the President, and saw the measure signed on December 22 amid strong GOP opposition.
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Washington
Frank Zarb
John Dunlop
Ford
Zarb
Capital Hill
Congress
White House
John Hill
Eric Zausner
James McClure
Idaho
Hill
John Tower
R-Tex
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Texas Press Association
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Senate
Austin
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Pete’’ Snelson
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Texas
Dick Slack
Pecos
5Th & Cypress
State Board of Education
M.C. Brockette
Texas Education Agency
11Th St
Ben R. Howell
el Paso
Bancorotto
Jack Anderson
Merry
California
Florida
Joseph Swartz
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
National Farmworkers Information Clearing House
NFIC
Agribus
House Agriculture Committee
Rep
W.R. Poage
Throckmorton County
Tex
Simpatico
del Ray
Fla
Amos
Jake Hoople
Zans
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