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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1978
Page
4
Senate approves a 36 billion defense bill with 2 billion for a fifth Nimitz carrier while warning this may be the last of its type. Analysts note missile advances and Soviet competition threaten the carrier's relevance and offshore power projection.
The piece argues Soviet trials of dissidents shine a harsh light on Helsinki rights pledges. It paints Moscow as emboldened by favorable strategic forces, critiques U S leadership, and urges decisive action including covert CIA aims and cruise missile progress to deter further aggression.
A Washington opinion piece compares the Bonn ecosummit actions by Helmut Schmidt and allies to Br'er Rabbit in a briar patch. It argues the U S will press for energy austerity and tariff concessions while Germany faces domestic tax cuts and higher deficits, amid broader GATT and trade goals.
Russell Baker argues that postwar universal air conditioning in the Capitol enabled year round Congress, boosting legislation, taxes, and bureaucracy. He mocks idle summers, cites Eisenhower vacations, and suggests turning off Capitol AC each June 30 to restore seasonal governance.
John Kenneth Galbraith argues inflation stems from concentrated economic power and calls for mandatory income and price policy. He says conventional tools risk recession and harm the vulnerable, urging targeted controls to curb price rises without broad unemployment while noting past wartime and Nixon measures showed potential effectiveness.
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