The New Campaign Technique Targeting Foley
Bill Hall describes a proposed high spend invisible campaign against Congressman Tom Foley in the Fifth District. Republican leaders commission a $50,000 study to plan a voter contact program using personalized letters and door visits, aided by computer personalization and polling to attack Foley’s record without heavy TV advertising. The piece warns this mechanical campaign blends mob psychology with technology to influence voters regardless of candidates.
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Washington
Tom Foley
Foley
Fifth
House Agriculture Committee
Sternal
Idaho First
Williams and Associates
Great Falls
Montana
Jack Cunningham
Transportation
Brock Adams
Cunningham
Etter
Tribune
Lad Hamilton
Newsweek Magazine
Hamilton
L.H
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Breeder Reactor Issue Haunts Congress After Clinton River Halt
The article notes the fast breeder reactor debate will return to Congress and the White House despite President Carter halting the Clinch River project in Tennessee. The piece questions whether the President has ever supported the fast breeder reactor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Pope
United Press International
New York
Congress
White House
Carter
Clinch River
Tennessee
Portugal shifts away from revolutionary era as reform spans
In Lisbon the government enforces a crackdown on illegal sidewalk parking and wall graffiti as it trims leftist power and stabilizes the economy. Soares defends reforms while outside aid from the US, Europe, and Japan boosts coffers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat Gibson
United Press International
Lisbon
Portugal
Mario Soares
Alvaro Cunhal
Dunhal
Soares
Southern Wheat Belt
United States
Europe
Japan
New Look At Strip Mining
Interior Department begins a six month review of surface mining to assess environmental economic and social impacts and to decide which federally owned tracts may be mined. The study responds to Carter administration pressure to expand coal production as environmental groups push back and Congress seeks recovery of strip mined land.
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Alice Z. Cuneo
United Press International
Washington
Interior Department
Department
California
Congress
Ford
Carter
Tse
Court of Appeals ruling on hitchhiking sparks critique
An opinion by Justice Lynn D Compton joined by three others questions a rape conviction reversal and argues the court’s stance on hitchhiking reveals sexual bias. The piece condemns the notion that a hitchhiker’s conduct might invite abuse while warning against unequal legal application.
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Los Angeles
Times
Ihde
Lynn D. ‘Compton
Wisconsin
Court of Appeals
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W.B. Beisel
Babcock & Wilcox
Nuclear Equipment
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Carl Walshe
Atomic Industrial Forum
Walshe
U.S
Walske
Geneva
Bonner County
Hattie Derr
Clarksfork
Idaho
Senate
Barzilla Clark
Red Cross
Midas Inn
Sandpoint
Page
van Curler
Pine Street
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Bonner County Historical Society
Dally
Pend Oreille Printers, Inc
Church Street
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Pete Thompson
Mike Daten
Herb Offermann
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