Public wary of Carter arms plan for Israel Egypt Saudi sale
A Louis Harris poll shows Americans oppose Carter's 4.8 billion weapons package to Israel Egypt and Saudi Arabia by wide margins. Israel Egypt and Saudi Arabia gains are rejected by majorities, while many favor negotiation and economic development over arming the region. The piece argues arms sales raise war risks and U.S. influence concerns in the Middle East.
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Jimmy Carter
Israel
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
Louis Harris
Carter
Harris
United States
Congress
Soviet Union
Syria
Jordan
North Africa
Erwin Rommel
Bernard Montgomery
Farm economy seen as cure for inflation in US policy debate
The article criticizes the defeat of the 1978 Emergency Agricultural Act and argues restoring farm income is key to national economic health. It warns that foreclosures threaten rural banks and the broader economy, urging policy that raises farm profitability and aligns rural urban economies.
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House
White House
Congressional
Conference Committee
Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S
House of Representatives
Donald Peterson
Peterson
Vic
American Agriculture Movement
Congressional Budget Office
DeVito seeks new approach to mentally ill criminals
Dr Robert DeVito Illinois state mental health director argues for a guilty but mentally ill plea with set confinement terms. He says dangerous criminals could be protected but warns the plan risks stigmatizing the mentally ill and pushing treatment into prisons. He urges safeguards and better community care.
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Robert Devito
DeVito
Illinois
Mental Health Department
Thompson
Mental patients bill of rights urged by reformers
Reformers push a mental patients bill of rights to end five years of study. It would let patients refuse certain treatments while allowing necessary medicines to prevent harm. The plan also guarantees telephone access and property rights with consent for expenditures, and bans unnecessary restraints.
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State
Preservation without displacement in historic Seattle
In 1971 Seattle voters rejected razing Pike Place Market for a hotel district and preserved a live urban market and low income housing. National concerns rise over preserving neighborhoods without displacing the poor, with cities like Cincinnati Pittsburgh and Denver testing models. Historic preservationists must ally with low income residents to implement anti displacement measures and inclusive housing strategies.
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Pike Place
Seattle
Anne Bartley
Arkansas’ Ment of
Elliott Bay
Washington
Bruce Chapman
Mount Vernon Ladies Association
George Washington
National Trust For Historic Preservation
Jerry 'Sgos Rom
Cincinnati
Carl Westmoreland
Mt. Auburn
Madisonville
Westmoreland
National Urban Coalition
The
Conservation Foundation
Arthur Ziegler
Pittsburgh
Landmark
Manchester
Denver
Curtis Park
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the Plains, Va
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Neal R. Peirce
Washington Post
Lindsay-Schaub
Southern
John C. Gardner
William B. Cox Jr
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