State legislatures loom large in post election redistricting
Editorial notes that state legislatures, not Congress, will determine district boundaries after the 1980 census. It argues redistricting can shift power, cites GOP struggles since 1966, and highlights key states like New York Illinois Michigan and Florida, whose balance could affect the House. The piece stresses the national impact of about 7,500 state legislators.
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Congress
House of Representatives
Washington Post
William Brock
Colorado
Idaho
South Dakota
Wyoming
Arizona
Indiana
Kansas
Maine
New Hampshire
New York
North Dakota
Vermont
GOP
Illinois
Michigan
Florida
Federal Reserve plan seen as comprehensive by Strauss
Robert S. Strauss, the President's inflation counselor, defends a White House Federal Reserve plan as total and comprehensive despite recession fears. He notes higher rates may curb inflation and believes the plan could restore dollar confidence, even as home lending tightens and S&Ls face rolling over 9.8 percent certificates, risking a housing downturn.
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John Cunniff
Dallas
Robert S. Strauss
Washington
White House
Federal Reserve
Savings and Loan Associations
Kenneth Thygerson
U.S. League of Savings Associations
Strauss
Tions
Tam
Today in History Nov 7 1978 Highlights
On this date in 1917 the Bolsheviks overthrew the Kerensky regime and Lenin became head of government. Other notes include 1659 France Spain boundary fixed, 1811 Tippecanoe defeat, 1885 CPR completion, 1942 N Africa invasion, 1944 FDR fourth term, 1956 Suez cease fire. Birthdays: Billy Graham 60, Joan Sutherland 52, Joni Mitchell 35.
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Kerensky
Russia
Nikola Lenin
Pyrenees
France
Spain
Tippecanoe
Indiana
North Africa
Franklin Roosevelt
Egypt
Czechoslovakia
United States
Hilarion Capucci
Rome
Israel
Evangelist Billy Graham
Joan Sutherland
Joni Mitchell
Somoza Faces Sandinistas Backed by Anti-Somozos Rebels
Washington columnist Jack Anderson reports on Anastasio Somoza's portrayal of the Sandinista National Liberation Front as left-wing Cuban-trained terrorists, while noting U S concerns. Reporter Bob Sherman finds the Sandinistas are a broad politico military coalition favoring a democratic provisional government and opposing Somoza. They distrust U S support and push for a blockade and stronger action to remove the dictator.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Anastasio Somoza
Central America
Somoza
United States
Somozas
Carter
State Department
Rebles
Bob Sherman
Sandinista National Liberation Front
Managua
Proletariat
Cuba
Israel
U.S
Cotton Inc Boss Salary Under Scrutiny In Washington
Washington fielding a federal probe into whether a Cotton Inc board member diverted 60,000 from a cotton promotion fund to aid CEO J. Dukes Wooters Jr. The FBIlike inquiry follows a 50 percent pay cut forced by Congress and flags in 1972 1974 1976 funding patterns and luxury benefits tied to Wooters tenure.
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Washington
NEA
Cotton Inc
National Agricultural Organization
J. Dukes Wooters Jr
Congress
Cotton Inc. Board of Directors
Wooters
Raleigh
N.C
New York City
Harvard Club
New York
New Canaan
Conn Country Club
Silvio O. Conte
R-Mass
Conte
Agriculture Department
The
Cotton Board
North Carolina
Paul Findley
R-Ill
Secretary of Agriculture
Findley
J.G. Boswell Co
Los Angeles
Agricultural Department
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