Byrd the Senate Work Horse rises to Majority Leader
West Virginia Democrat Robert C. Byrd built power behind the scenes as the Senate whip and later leader. His long career included mastering rules, shaping consent agreements, and enduring opposition to civil rights measures before becoming a pivotal figure in Senate leadership. He was born in 1918, rose from poverty in North Carolina to West Virginia, and held office from 1958 onward.
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D-W Va
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Byrd
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Mont
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Mansfield
Ku Klux Klan
Supreme Court
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G Harrold Carswell
Richard Kleindienst
L. Patrick Gray III
FBI
Gray
Judiciary Committee
North Carolina
Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr
Sophia
W. Va
U.S. House
Case
Congress
Washington, D.C
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District of Columbia
King
Fauntroy
Dr. King
Ray
Subcommittee
A Case Against Pardons
James J. Kilpatrick argues against President Ford granting a blanket amnesty to Vietnam era draft evaders deserters and those with less than honorable discharges. He warns amnesty would excuse moral opponents and hinder accountability, urging rejection of the proposal.
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Washington
Ford
Philip Hart
John Conyers
United States
Vietnam
Fritz Efaw
Clemency Board
Efan
Carter
The Nervous Kid I and the Business of Reassurance
Russell Baker explores how the public and markets react to presidential reassurance. He notes investors and policymakers seek constant confidence boosts from Carter and others, with Dow Jones milestones creating hope and fears of market slumps. The piece uses a clubroom analogy to show Business as a neurotic patient needing steady reassurance from political leaders and economic signals.
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America
Calvin Coolidge
Carter
Federal Reserve Board
Fed
Commerce Department
Treasury
Despond
Washington
Viewpoints on coffee prices and amnesty debate
Readers discuss boycott as prices rise and coffee habits change. Letters defend Ford clemency, question universal amnesty, and praise Kiwanis support while urging careful location of a baseball diamond near Shenandoah College.
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Virginia Beach veterans oppose Carter draft pardon
John C. Black of White Post and Lt. Cmdr. Michael Christian of Virginia Beach denounce Jimmy Carter's plan for a blanket draft evader pardon. Black pledges to return his commission and decorations if pardons proceed, arguing the move disrespects the service and ignores the law while deepening wounds from Vietnam era battles.
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Virginia Beach
Jimmy Carter
John C. Black
White Post
United Airlines
Navy
Vietnam
Cmdr
Michael Christian
Christian
Mr. Black
Mr. Carter
Carter
House panel seeks full probe into King assassination
A House select committee will gather evidence on whether James Earl Ray acted alone in the King murder. The panel seeks an independent two year inquiry costing 6.5 million dollars in 1977, reviewing FBI surveillance and possible conspiracies involving Ray and the Memphis event.
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Martin Luther King Jr
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John F. Kennedy
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FBI
Ashe
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Edward E. Redditt
Ray
London
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Fauntroy
Harold Ford
Louis Stokes
Cleveland
Ohio
Yvonne Braithwaite Burke
California
Senate
J. Edgar Hoover
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