Quiet diplomacy clash shapes Carter Vance approach
Editorial argues Carter favors public human rights stance while Vance adopts quiet diplomacy. It notes Carter’s letters to Sakharov and dissident meetings, Vance’s planned Moscow talks and restraint on public human rights talk, and ties to Kissinger’s linkage strategy that aided Jewish emigration and Soviet concessions. It raises questions on limits of U S pressure and potential SALT outcomes.
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Henry Kissinger
Carter
Andrei Sakharov
Vance
CBS
United States
Russia
Sakharov
Vladimir Bukovsky
Moscow
Soviet Union
Ussr
Kissinger
Baltimore Sun
Jackson
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
U.S
Newspapers in Education gains nationwide classroom use
The NIC program started in 1966 and now includes about 350 newspapers in the United States and Canada. It reaches roughly 48,000 teachers and three million students across 17,600 schools, with 68 million daily copies used. The Conference in Atlanta will discuss new uses of newspapers as an updated daily textbook supporting reading, writing, and cross curricular learning.
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United States
Canada
Independent
Press-Telegram
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Atlanta
Handing Zaire to the Reds: U S Inaction in Katanga Invasion
Western experts warn that Mobutu’s regime faces collapse as Katangan forces backed by Angola and Cuba advance into Shaba. The United States risks no direct intervention amid congressional fear of aiding militarization and Soviet expansion, while Moscow’s role remains uncertain and diplomacy stalls.
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Zaire
Angola
U.S
Katanga
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Mobutu Sese Seko
Mobutu
Carter
Moscow
Mr. Carter
Henry Kissinger
Kremlin
Capitol Hill
Vietnam
Bonker
Vance
Shaba
FBI
Havana
Africa
Zambia
Tanzania
Mozambique
Lessons From India and France on Democracy and Power
The piece argues that Indian voters chose liberty and democracy over emergency rule as Indira Gandhi’s party faced defeat. It suggests a referendum in advance might have helped her sustain power but backfired. In France, local elections indicate center-right dominance fading and a potential left coalition, including Communists, challenging the long-standing Gaullist order.
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India
France
Indira Gandhi
Congress Party
Giscard d'Estaing
Charles de Gaulle
Italy
Republicans seek messiah to save the party in California
California Republican Assembly leader Paul Prieto laments the party's eroding image and shrinking Assembly presence since 1970. He calls for a revitalizing younger presidential candidate, discusses labor outreach, donor influence, and broader ideological shifts as he and colleagues chart survival strategies ahead of the April meeting in Los Angeles with figures like Gerald Ford and Jesse Unruh in attendance.
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Lincoln
California
Republican Assembly
Paul Vriolo
Prinla
Wirth
San Fernando
California Assembly
Prinle
Labor
Harty
Assembly
Tie
Republican Party
Jacob Javitz
K. NY
Ronald Reagan
Wroto
Gerald Ford
Reagan
Prigio
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