Carter Proposes Small Step on Illegal Immigration
President Carter sends Congress a plan aimed at amnesty for longtime illegals and restricted rights for newer arrivals. It would grant permanent resident status to those here over seven years and allow family reunification, while others under seven years face limits. Employers would face fines up to $1,000 per worker and the Border Patrol would gain 2,000 more agents. The proposal faces Mexico’s vast economic and demographic challenges and is viewed as only a preliminary move toward a broader border and immigration system overhaul.
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Mexico
Carter
Carter Administration
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Indians Seek Land on Martha's Vineyard Comedy Piece
Art Buchwald humorously sketches a clash over land on Martha's Vineyard as Native Americans seek restitution. Local figures like Kingman Brewster Walter Cronkite and Barbara Walters are woven into a satirical tour of luxury homes, protests, and legal stakes on the island.
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Kingman Brewster
Court of St. James's
Edgartown
Walter Cronkite
Walter
Barbara Walters
Art Buchwald
Paris Herald Tribune
Washington
Bells Return Uniforms in Navy After 1974 Ban
Navy reverses its 1974 ban on bell bottom blues and restores coats white shirts and ties for sailors. A poll shows 87 percent of 8500 sailors favored the traditional uniform, aiming to boost morale at sea and on shore. The move rekindles a long held tradition and the debate over rank distinction.
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U.S. Navy
Navy
Peking quiet as Teng rehabilitated in key posts
John P Roche argues a pro Beijing power shift shows the anti Mao underground defeated. He traces the Cultural Revolution, PLA roles, and the 1973-74 moves that installed Hua Kuo Feng with Teng and Yeh in a staged leadership, seeing it as a tactical consolidation by the old guard.
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Teng Hsiao-ping
Mao
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Chou En-lai
PLA
Chou
Teng
Hua Kuo-feng
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Yeh Chien-ying
Emmett McLoughlin Takes Groundwater Commission Seat
The Tucson lawmaker and state representative becomes the sole Pima County member on Arizona's new Groundwater Management Study Commission. He aims to craft a groundwater code, pressures farmers to relinquish water rights, and ensure Tucson's water needs are protected as Phoenix faces similar issues.
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Jim Kolber
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