Energy policy urged to tap Alaska and Mexico oil to blunt crisis
The piece argues Iran’s oil may never return to pre crisis levels and warns the United States faces renewed supply risks. It urges leveraging Alaska and Mexico oil, boosting production and diversifying exports, with Carter administration diplomacy to ease dependance on Middle East sources and avoid price control bias.
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James Schlesinger
Iran
United States
Europe
Japan
Schlesinger
Alaska
Mexico
Carter Administration
U.S
Carter
Panama Canal
Mexico City
Mr. Carter
Mr. Schlesinger
Debating Defense Spending Shifts and Public Opinion
The piece argues the public supports higher defense spending in real terms while demanding cuts to domestic programs. It warns of a partisan budget battle in Congress, emphasizes civilian input on defense policy, and urges modernization to deter future wars.
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White House
Congress
Letters to the Star Editor Common Sense Vote Editor
Readers praise a Virginia House committee for killing gun control legislation while arguing waiting periods threaten rights. A Winchester educator group thanks the Evening Star but says its article misrepresents their programs which pair Frederick County Clarke County and Winchester youths with local businesses to gain work experience and responsibility.
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the Star
House
Virginia General Assembly
Common Sense
Winchester Evening Star
Frederick County
Clarke County
Winchester
Kennedy Pushes overhaul as Senate Judiciary reshuffles
Kennedy leads a power shake up in the Judiciary Committee after replacing James Eastland. The Boston Democrat tightens control, consolidates subcommittees, and plans a major push to overhaul the federal criminal code and expand federal power.
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Senate Democrats
White House
Judiciary Committee
James O. Eastland
Mississippi
Sunny Jim
Washington
Senate
Kennedy
Boston
Eastland
Judiciary
Big Mao in Hand (ec) 1979 A travel note on modernized China
A satirical travel piece recounts a trip from Peking to Shanghai through the Beltway era landmarks. The author jokes about hotels, vendor meals, and a disrupted Great Wall visit while noting modern Chinese tourism, memorabilia trends, and ironic global contrasts.
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Peking
China
Great Wall
Yankee Parking Management Inc
Howard Johnson
Chou En-lai
Shanghai
Holiday Inn No. 6
Howard Jarvis
Gang of Four
Anna May Wong
Miss Wong
Incredible Records
Speeriauk Teek
Beltway
Public Broadcasting Reform Draws Fire From Washington
The Carnegie Commission urged reorganizing and expanding public broadcasting funding to federal support of about 630 million by 1985 while critics question government role and editorial control. The panel proposes a Public Telecommunications Trust and a Program Services Endowment, but opponents fear reduced accountability and risk to creative content.
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Washington Star Syndicate, Inc
Washington
Carnegie Commission On the Future of Public Broadcasting
Public Broadcasting
Commission
Congress
America
Public Telecommunications Trust
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
CPB
Sevices
Mst
Labor unions and inflation control in a changing power dynamic
An Roanoke Times & World News editorial argues that the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers union wields strong leverage in inflation debates. It notes automation shifts and wage settlements around 8 percent first year and 5 percent second year with a nonwage uplift, contrasting with Teamsters and brotherhoods in critical sectors. The piece warns that raw power, not facts or reason, will largely drive settlements affecting the public.
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Roanoke Times & World News
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Carter
Coane
Brotherhoods
Teamsters Union
Spt Adalat
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China Sea
Peking Hilton
Florida
Colonel Sanders
Dino de Laurentis
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Paul Laxalt
Nevada
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Orrin Hatch
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
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