Dissent Trials Strain US Soviet Relations
The article notes the treason trial of Anatoly Scharansky and anti-Soviet agitation case of Alexander Ginzburg as fueling US criticism of Soviet human rights. It cites Vance condemning the trials and warns of deteriorating ties, with SALT II in jeopardy and broader detente fraying amid Brezhnev's aging regime and US policy doubts.
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Soviet Union
United States
Anatoly Scharansky
Alexander Ginzburg
Carter
Cyrus Vance
Kremlin
Ginzburg
Siberia
Yuri Orlov
Russia
Orlov
Moscow
Leonid Brezhnev
Iron Is Hot for Balancing the Budget Amendment
The piece urges a constitutional amendment to require a balanced federal budget. It notes state legislatures pushing for a constitutional convention, cites Sen. Byrd Jr. proposal for a three to five year path with debt retirement, and argues only a spending limit will force responsible fiscal policy.
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Congress
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Rafshoon’s white house office ideas to boost Carter polls
Tips from William Safire on how Gerald Rafshoon might lift Carter in 1978. Proposes bringing back a theme song, making presidential trips, delivering tough speeches, pressuring Democratic lawmakers, naming a media villain, and hinting at Mondale to appease liberals and unsettle conservatives.
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N.Y
Yankeloviches
Carter
Rafshoon
Air Force
White House
Oval Office
Israel
Rhodesia
Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway
Mon
Congress pushes Uganda embargo over rights abuses
Congress urges the Carter administration to cut U S trade with Uganda after reports of torture and killings. The House passes a 377 to 0 embargo call while the Senate may follow. Major U S coffee firms have halted Uganda purchases amid president Carter's human rights stance.
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Congress
Carter
U.S
Uganda
United States
House
Senate
Don Bonker
D-Wash
The
Amin
Amnesty International
State Department
Church
Don J. Pease
Ohio
Pease
Folger Coffee Co
Congressional Black Caucus
White House
Nixon's Advice for Carter on SALT and Cold War Strategy
Nixon argues Carter should adopt tough private bargaining and revive linkage with the Soviet Union. He cites SALT I as proof of results achieved through firm negotiation, warns that public tough talk without backing is empty, and contrasts SALT talks with SALT II limitations.
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Frank van der Linden
United States Press Inc
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
Moscow
Carter
Hyden
Kentucky
Nixon
Soviet Union
U.S
People’s Republic of China
Africa
Fidel Castro
Afrika Korps
Cuba
Berlin
Ford Reagan bitterness stirs over campaign fund aid in 1980 bid
Capitol Hill allies of Gerald Ford secretly fund a $36,500 salary for Ford aide Charles Greenleaf through the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee. The move, led by Rep. Vander Jagt and Steven Stockmeyer, echoes 1976 maneuvers and raises GOP concerns about favoritism toward Ford as Reagan supporters demand equal treatment for Reagan.
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Field Enterprises
Washington
Gerald R. Ford
Capitol Hill
Ford
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Jerry Ford
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
New York Times
Adam Clymer
Bob Barrett
Clymer
Greenleaf
Barrett
Rep
Bob Michel
Illinois
House
Philip Crane
Crane
Vander Jagt
Stockmeyer
John B. Connally
Connally
Committee
van der Jagt
President Ford Committee
PFC
Lyn Nofziger
Reagan
Congressional Committee
Nofziger
Ronald Reagan
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