Compromise on Water Policy Stresses Conservation Focus
The Winchester Star editorial examines President Carter's revised federal water policy. It notes state control over allocation, renewed conservation emphasis, and the political practicality of the plan while criticizing past porkbarrel funding and wasteful dam building. It argues stronger resource management could curb federal spending and preserve southwestern water supplies.
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Carter
Southwest
Uncle Sam
Message for Seniors Class of 1978
A senior class greeting marks the end of school and the start of college or work. The note rejects advice and homilies and says the graduates are on their own, urging them to enjoy the new, uncertain horizon ahead.
Carter claims Castro lied over Angola invasion tied to Cuba
The article reports Carter asserting Cuban complicity in the 1978 Shaba invasion, citing intercepted messages and CIA intelligence. It notes Turner testimony to Congress, Brzezinski’s framing of East German role, and Carter’s insistence that Castro lied about Cuba’s involvement.
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Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Field Enterprises
Washington
Fidel Castro
Africa Corps
Angola
Zaire
Shaba
President Carter
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Cuba
Jimmy Carter
George McGovern
Castro
Carter
Adm
Stansfield Turner
Capitol Hill
House Intelligence Committee
Turner
Senate Intelligence Committee
Congress
McGovern
Andrei Gromyko
White House
Moscow
Havana
East Germany
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Africa
Ethiopia
Mozambique
Soviet Union
Rhodesia
Robert Mugabe
Joshua Nkomo
Addis Ababa
Haile-Mariam Mengistu
Mutshatsha
Henry Kissinger
Olaf Palme
Brzezinski
U.S
Lyle F. Lane
Novel TIP plan eyed to curb rising inflation in 1978
Senate hearings center on tax based incomes policy as a possible tool to restrain wage and price hikes. Economists weigh stick versus carrot approaches, debating administrative feasibility and impact on unemployment, deficits, and government policy. They warn inflation could accelerate if not addressed.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Carter
Robert S. Strauss
Senate
Strauss
Barry P. Bosworth
The
Council On Wage and Price Stability
Henry C. Wallich
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
Wallich
Bosworth
David Lilly
Federal Reserve System Board of Governors
Lilly
Okun
Tip
University of Pennsylvania
Sidney Weintraub
Final Fight On the Canal Showdown in Congressional Battle
Rep. George Hansen escalates opposition to Panama Canal handover as House adds bans on funding canal treaties. He pursues a discharge petition with 190 signatures and warns against a premature U S Panama exchange amid wider Cold War tensions.
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United States Press Inc
Washington
House of Representatives
Jimmy Carter
Panama Canal
Omar Torrijos
Capitol Hill
House
Congress
George Hansen
Idaho
Senate
Hansen
Department of Defense
Panama Canal Zone
Canal Company
Panama
Carter
Gen. Torrijos
U.S
Canal Zone
Letter Policy Editor's Note
Policy details invite signed letters with author address and telephone, limited to 350 words. Preference for typed or double spaced submissions. Letters may be edited and will not be used if authentication fails.
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Arthur M. Okun
Princeton University
Albert Rees
Rees
van der Linden
Thomas T. Byrd
Venera
Roy E. Potts
Lewis H. Ebert
Eugene P. Miller
Edward P. Offley
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