Vance Clarifies US Human Rights Policy Amid Critics
Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance, in a University of Georgia speech reportedly approved by the White House, promotes a pragmatic human rights stance. He warns against imposing values, urges realism, and endorses targeted diplomacy while maintaining US aims to advance rights where feasible.
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Clean Air Plans Challenge Carter Energy Goals
The piece critiques proposed Clean Air Act amendments by EPA head Douglas Castle. It argues the plan would hinder energy conservation, increasing coal use and delaying emission standards, with exemptions and penalties debated. Chamber of Commerce voices concern that stricter rules could render energy policy ineffective.
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Lindy Story Frames Carter Loss as a Committee Victory
The piece recaps Randy Stroud's How Jimmy Won noting Lindbergh's anniversary prompts a look at Carter’s 1976 campaign. It argues Carter’s outsider image self-inflicted defeats and implies he overestimated media victory and support from traditional Democrats while facing powerful party leaders in Washington.
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Lindbergh
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Ham Jordan
White House
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Buckley on Camelot and Cuba PR Memo from Schlesinger
A satire cites a secret memorandum by Sir Arthur Schlesinger to King John on handling PR during and after a Cuba engagement in 1961. It links the Bay of Pigs planning, evasive responses about CIA involvement, and possible diversionary actions against the Dominican Republic as part of a courtly critique of U S foreign policy and public messaging.
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