Rosalyn Carter Wins Higher Praise Than President
An Opinion Research Corp survey released last month shows Rosalyn Carter with a 64 percent job approval for her role as first lady versus 37 percent for President Carter. Disapproval stands at 18 percent for Rosalyn and 51 percent for the president, with 49 percent favoring her as a policy making partner and 45 percent opposing.
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Rosalyn Carter
Opinion Research Corp
Mrs Carter
Carter
Savings Widen Gap Behind Japan Yet Americans Reluctant to Save
AP reports savers in Japan set aside 25 percent of disposable income while Americans save about 4.5 percent, with sharply falling rates in the 1970s. Morgan Guaranty Trust finds pension funds erase the apparent gains, inflation and taxes turning even high interest into a net loss. The piece argues low savings curb investment, productivity, and living standards.
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John Cunniff
NEW York
Savings and Loan Associations
U.S
America
Japan
United States
France
Germany
Morgan Guaranty Trust
Today in History September 17 highlights
On this date in 1787 the U S Constitution was completed and signed by delegates at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Also noted are the Civil War Battle of Antietam in 1862, Major Bowes Amateur Hour debut in 1936, the 1939 Soviet invasion of Poland, the Noronic disaster in 1949, Vietnam air strikes in 1967, Jordan conflict in 1970, Nixon Vietnam troop withdrawal in 1969, Bouteflika at UN in 1975, Camp David peace framework in 1978, and a 1979- year context.
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Philadelphia
Maryland
Antietam
Major Bowes
Soviet Union
Poland
Great Lakes
Noronic
Toronto
North Vietnam
China
Jordan
King Hussein
Richard Nixon
Vietnam
Algeria
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
General Assembly of
The
United Nations
Camp David
Anwar Sadat
Menahem Begin
Middle East
Uranium cartel and oil clout shake Carter era policy
Washington column investigates a hidden uranium price fixing scheme led by Canada with State and Justice Department involvement. It cites sealed documents, pressure on US probes, and a Gulf Oil settlement. warns lawmakers to question Justice official John Shenefield amid broader energy and environmental policy clashes. It also notes dismissals over coal strip mining rules and sulfur dioxide standards, then prints satirical reader letters.
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van Andersoow
Washington
International Oil Cartel
Carter Administration
Congress
Justice Department
Canada
State Department
Alaska
Sally Ann Denton
Henry Kissinger
U.S
CIA
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
Atomic Energy
James Schlesinger
Paris
John Shenefield
Benjamin Civiletti
Shenefield
Gulf Oil
Gulf
Shonefield
Justice
White House
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
Environmental Protection Agency
Yale University
Institution For Social Policy Studies
Fred Briscoe
Loganville
Ga. A
Jimmy Carter
Fred Hammond
Menomine
Wis
Editorials On Winners Writing Rules In 1980 Caucus Clash
In a Kennedy Carter clash Maine and Massachusetts defy Democratic Party timing rules to hold caucuses and primaries before March 1. Kennedy prospects worry Carter allies as states like Alabama Florida Georgia may tilt the nominating battle. Exemptions for Iowa New Hampshire Minnesota show tensions and possible seating disputes depend on the nominee.
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Washington
NEA
Maine
Massachusetts
National Democratic Party
Edward M. Kennedy
Carter
Democratic National Committee
Kennedy
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Mississippi
Tennessee
National Partys Compliance Review Commission
Iowa
New Hampshire
Minnesota
DNC
New York
New York DNC bars uncommitted option on 1980 ballot
The DNC compliance panel voted to ban an uncommitted choice in the 1980 New York primary unless backers meet a 10 000 signature threshold like presidential hopefuls. The decision rejects appeals citing rule origins while noting Carter and Brown history.
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DNC
Compliance Review Commission
New York
Party Rules
California
Jerry Brown
Carter
Nonalignment summit tests Tito Castro clash over bloc future
Havana hosts nearly 100 nonaligned leaders as Soviet troops in Cuba fuel questions of neutrality. Tito and Castro clash over direction, with Tito at 87 and no clear successor, risking a shift toward Castro’s vision and undermining the bloc’s unity.
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Havana
Cuba
Washington
Moscow
Fidel Castro
Soviet Union
Josip Broz Tito
Tito
Castro
Yugoslavia
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Merry
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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Gamal Abdel Nasser
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