Editorial on the shah and Islamic world’s future
The shah's departure unsettles Mideast stability as Ayatollah Khomeini denounces the regime and calls Iranians to withhold cooperation. Across Islamic nations, traditional faith remains a potent force shaping modernization and resistance to rapid reform, with rulers wary of provoking renewed religious mobilization. Military and political leaders alike face balancing modernization with cultural pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Graff
Mideast
Iran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Islamic Republic
Central Asia
Morocco
Atlantic
Arabian Peninsula
Libya
Qaddafi
Iraq
Syria
Algeria
Jordan
Best efforts spark doubts on budget and policy aims
AP analysis notes that bold government and business efforts often backfire. President Carter’s lean budget draws criticism as unfair during a time of high deficits and inflation, while wage price controls, deregulation, and consumer buying patterns raise questions about effectiveness. The piece also questions definitions of small business and unemployment as efforts collide with outcomes.
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John Cunniff
NEW York
Carter
This Day in History January 24 Highlights
On January 24 events include the California Gold Rush start in 1848 after a nugget was found at Coloma, the first Boy Scout troops in 1908, naval victory in 1915, Petrograd renamed Leningrad in 1924, Soviet Oder breach in 1945, Churchill death in 1965, antiwar protests in 1967, Franco Spain emergency 197? decade, five year Belgium dormitory fire 1960s, and a Soviet satellite reentry one year ago. Birthdays include Walter Stoessel and Maurice Couve de Murville.
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Associated Press
California
John Sutter
Coloma
Sierras
Sir Robert Baden-Powell
England
Dogger Bank
North Sea
Petrograd
Leningrad
Winston Churchill
London
South Vietnam
Nguyen Ky
New Zealand
Spain
Housden
Belgium
Canada
U.S
West Germany
Walter Stoessel
Maurice Couve de Murville
Carter abandons secrecy critique in favor of opaque diplomacy
Washington analyst argues Carter violated his own pledge for public notification and congressional participation by unilaterally recognizing China and dropping Nationalist China without debate. The piece contrasts past Carter rhetoric with current actions, calling the move a calculated political timetable.
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Washington
Nea
Jimmy Carter
White House
Carter
People’s Republic of China
China
Congress
Peking
Richard M. Nixon
Shanghai
Chicago Council On Foreign Relations
Henry M. Kissinger
Backroom Deals Shape Law Amid Budget Tug of War
Washington insiders reveal how a Carter administration pressure campaign led by Frank Moore nudged five senators toward deep cuts in the Rehabilitation Act, threatening an $80 million program for the blind and handicapped. The letter to the senators details the negotiated reductions and the president’s veto leverage. A separate dispatch profiles Yugoslav dissident Sava Bankovic, his 30 year prison ordeal, amnesty, and ongoing exile while recalling his protest against punitive treatment of religious beliefs.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Senate
Capitol
Congress
Carter
Oval Office
Capitol Hill
Frank Moore
Moore
Harrison Williams
D-N.j
Allan Cranston
D-Calif
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Robert Stafford
R-Vt
Jacob Ja
Howard Rosenberg
Independent Living Services
Marshal Tito
Soviet Union
West
Yugoslavia
Tito
Sava Bankovic
United States
Bankovic
Sremska Mitrovich
Sremski Karlovci
Ravanica
Edvard Kardelj
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Hoope
Amos
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