Better Way to Fill a Vacant Vice Presidency Debate
Congressional Quarterly weighs options to replace a vice president under the 25th Amendment. Proposals range from a fixed nomination and confirmation deadline to a special election or Electoral College action. Key figures include Ford Kennedy Pastore Baker and Bayh amid arguments about democratic legitimacy and timing.
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Washington
United States
Gerald R. Ford
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Congress
Ford
Rockefeller
Edward M. Kennedy
D Mass
94Th Congress
Kennedy
John C. Pastore
R.I
Pastore
Howard H. Baker Jr
R Tenn
Richard Nixon
New York
John D. Feerick
Feerick
Bayh
Trim the US Budget and Demonstrate Leadership
Editorial urges cutting broad budget waste while preserving defense. It notes an $11 billion defense increase for fiscal 1976 to reach $100 billion, arguing inflation and wartime needs drive costs. It calls on President Ford to rein in spending and pursue a balanced budget.
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Department of Defense
Ford Administration
Congress
Ford
Inflation in Communist economies vs Western prices at stake
Solzhenitsyn frames inflation as a moral issue while noting Soviet and Chinese price controls mask true inflation. He cites hidden gains, repressed inflation, wage rises, rising savings, and bottlenecks, linking future rates to West trade and Comecon dynamics.
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London
LENL
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
West
Moscow Radio
Karl Marx
Marx
Moscow
China
Yugoslavia
Comecon
Russia
Japan
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Solzhenitsyn
No fault threshold urged to protect consumers in Virginia
Letter from James V. Moonkester of Blacksburg argues the no fault auto insurance threshold should be higher to favor consumers and reduce court use. He cites influence from lawyers, federal pressure, and the need for legislative action to avoid court collection limits. He quotes Sen. Harry Michael on court outcomes and accompanies a quoted remark on Chappaquiddick coverage by William V. Shannon.
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the Star
Senate
House
Committee On
Trial Lawyers Association
Harry Michael
Sen. Michael
James V. Moonkester
Blacksburg
Nixon
William V. Shannon
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Martha's Vineyard
Mass
Ford shifts economy energy policy at Vail summit
At the Vail snow retreat President Ford and top advisers settled on a broad energy package. They approved a flat excise on oil imports and barred an outright gasoline tax while debating a price floor to spur exploration. Simon lost the budget fight to Ash as the deficit outlook grows.
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Washington
Ford
Vail
Colo
Secretary of the Treasury
William Simon
Simon
Roy Ash
Nixon- Ford
Ash
Congress
Thomas Enders
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Birch Bayh
Winchester Evening Star
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Robert Novak
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Alan Green
Span
William Seidman
White House
Mr. Ford
Thomas T. Byrd
Lewis H. Ebert
Douglas B. O'Connell
David H. Smith
Eugene P. Miller
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