Civil Defense Balloon Deflated by Carter Budget Doubt
The piece argues a proposed dollar-for-dollar civil defense boost to $2 billion by 1985 is impractical and costly. It criticizes timing and aims, favors shifting funds to offensive weapons like the B-1 bomber M-X missile and neutron bomb, and calls for abandoning the balloon concept.
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Soviet Union
Dr. Strangelove
Eisenhower
Kennedy
U.S
U.S. Defense
Carter
OSHA moves to drastically cut fire safety rules and consensus standards
The agency proposes shrinking mandatory fire safety rules from 743 pages to one page and trimming consensus standards, including electrical wiring, that were enforceable as law since 1971. Supporters say relief will follow, though critics warn more elimination is needed.
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
Civil service reform sparks double dipping critique
The Carter administration pushes civil service reform to curb double dipping with retirees paid while serving. Admiral Stansfield Turner, CIA director, tightens hiring of annuitants, while his own retirement pay and current salary draw attention to perceived hypocrisy.
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N.Y. Times News Service
Washington
Jimmy Carter
New York Times
Carter
Stansfield Turner
Annapolis
Central Intelligence
Turner
CIA
Naval Operations
Joint Chiefs
Agency
Navy
DCI
Carter Administration
Admiral Turner
John Blake
Administration
Donald Wortman
Social Security Administration
Carter's Taiwan policy questioned by Goldwater monograph
Sen Barry Goldwaters Heritage Foundation essay argues Carter cannot unilaterally abrogate the 1954 Taiwan treaty. The piece outlines constitutional limits requiring Senate or congressional consent, cites precedents from Pierce to Harding, and warns impeachment risk for unilateral action.
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Washington Star Syndicate, Inc
Washington
Carter
China
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
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Taiwan
Heritage Foundation
Mr. Carter
Senate
Congress
Hayes
McKinley
Taft
Wilson
Harding
House
Jimmy Carter
Readers dispute year’s top stories and water bills
A reader complains the Shenandoah River purchase by Arabs and a 14.5 percent OPEC oil rise deserved prominence. He cites a Sharp water-billing spike and apologizes to Arabs. A separate letter questions religious freedom and cites Jim Jones, political ties, and tax rules amid societal debates.
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