Carter Sees Optimism for 1978 In Domestic and Foreign Policy
President Carter expresses optimism for 1978, predicting a SALT agreement and a nuclear test ban with the Soviet Union, ratification of the Panama Canal treaties, Middle East peace progress, and solid economic recovery. He notes expected unemployment improvement but possible inflation upticks, and aims to boost Democratic candidates in the November elections while facing criticism over insider status and policy moves.
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Helen Thomas Upi White Howe
Washington
Carter
Soviet Union
Middle East
Altough
Teigher
White House
Kilpatrick decries affirmative action and public works quotas
The Washington Star Syndicate commentary argues that the Public Works Employment Act of 1977 imposes racial quotas, forcing 10 percent minority contracts and exempting bid merit. Kilpatrick condemns the policy as racial discrimination and warns of undermining equality and merit.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Lan
Sujet Colts
Alan Bakke
Fifth Circuit
Kaiser Aluminum “Corporation
Kaiser
Pennsylvania
Third Circuit
Commerce Department
New_York
Willy-Nilly
Washington Star Syndicate, Inc
Pursuit of excellence at black colleges
Black private colleges join to raise reading writing and math standards. They will require English proficiency tests for graduation, mandatory remedial courses, and university-wide English usage manuals. Tutor programs and early remediation for incoming freshmen are planned. 41 UNCF member schools will establish honor programs and societies to elevate academic status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia McCormack
UPI
Hugh Gloster
Morehouse College
Atlanta
Gloster
Samuel DuBois Cook
Dillard University
New Orleans
United Negro College Fund
Birmingham
UNCF
Cook
Colleen
America
Wilberforce
Ohio
Fisk University
Nashville
Tuskegee
Alabama
Xavier
Atlanta University
Morehouse
Almanac Snapshot for December 29 1977
Historic events on this date include the birth of Andrew Johnson in 1806 and actress Mary Tyler Moore celebrating her birthday. Notable incidents feature the 1830s Washingtons installation at the White House, the 1851 Boston YMCA opening, a 1972 L 1011 crash near Miami killing 99 with 77 survivors, and the 1975 LaGuardia Airport bombing that killed 11 and wounded 75.
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Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Mars
Jupiter
Andrew Johnson
United States
Mary Tyler Moore
White House
Young Men’s Christian Association
Boston
Miami
Fla
LaGuardia
New York City
Merger Revival Highlights Carter Hawley Hale Bid
Carter Hawley Hale’s plan to take over Chicago's Marshall Field spotlights a renaissance in mergers and takeovers in 1977. Industry trackers note rising deal values and bigger acquisitions despite earlier droughts, with targets changing to stronger corporate structures rather than tax-mloss grabs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Carter Hawley Hale
Chicago
Marshall Field Department
Grimm
Carborundum Corp
Kennecott Copper
Babcock & Wilcox
Jray McDermott & Co
Bayer AG
Germany
Miles’ Laboratories
Carrier Corp
Inmont
Gerber
Anderson Clayton’ & Co
Marshall Field
Blood from horseshoe crabs could replace rabbits in vaccine tests
A Johns Hopkins led study promotes Limulus Amebocyte Lysate as a test for bacterial endotoxins in biologics and vaccines. FDA approval highlights LAL as faster cheaper and more sensitive than rabbit tests. Maryland Atlantic coast horseshoe crabs yield limited blood used to detect pyrogens.
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Al-Rossiter JR
UPI
Washington
FDA
Donald Hochstein
Bureau of Biologics
Jack Levin
Johns: Hopkins
University School of Medicine
Maryland
Atlantic
Fennell
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Congress
Learingia
James J. Kilpatrick
Education Today
Bonner County
Molly McFarland
Daily Bulletin
John Bushe
Ora Demers
Pend d’Oreille
Hope
East Hope
Business Today
By Leroy Pope
Science Today
Horseshoe Crabs
Sandoost
Idaho
Pend Oreille Printers,Inc
Church Street
Sandpoint
P. O. Box
United Press International
Pete Thompson
Kenton Bird
Ken Firoved
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