Press Memoir Distinguishes News From Smear in Byrd Case
James Kilpatrick argues that stories about Hays Howe Vanik Waggoner and Young were legitimate news as public figures, while Jack Anderson's Byrd piece was a false smear. He urges editors to uphold standards, noting identified sources and public records in the other cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hays
Howe
Vanik
Waggoner
Young
Jack Anderson
Harry F Byrd, Jr
Anderson
Harry Byrd
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Washington Post
Elizabeth Ray
the Star
House
Senate
Allan T. Howe
Utah
Byrd
Virginia
Post
Taming A Monster in Federal Programs and Regulation
Senate Government Operations Committee tackles over 1 000 federal domestic programs. Proposals seek regular program reviews every four years and tighter regulation oversight to curb waste, duplication, and rising costs. The goal is to end proliferation and restore fiscal discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Senate Government Operations Committee
Congress
Carter Plays Politics With Foreign Policy
Washington analysis notes Jimmy Carter frames foreign policy as cooperative and consultative era continuity. He contrasts with Kissinger and Ford while embracing NATO, the UN, and Western European and Japanese alliance, keeping major strategy intact despite style shifts. Larry Eagleburger quips on architecture and peace design as rhetoric.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Henry Kissinger
Silver
Carter
Foreign Policy Association
New York
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
Roosevelt
Truman
United Nations
San Francisco
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Free Nations
Ford
Kissinger
Moscow
Peking
London
Paris
Bonn
Ottawa
Foreign Service of the
United States
Congress of the
Eisenhower
Dewey
Japan
Robert Taft
Taft
Larry Eagleburger
Eagleburger
Lone Ranger
Outlook for Senate Races and Democratic Gains
A midyear view shows Democrats defending 22 of 33 seats in 1976 while aiming to widen control. Key targets include seven vulnerable Republican incumbents and open-seat contests in Hawaii, Pennsylvania, and Missouri. Major figures include Hartke Lugar Beall Buckley Roth Brock and Heinz, with battles shaping outcomes in Michigan Nebraska Rhode Island and other states.
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Vance Hartke
Indiana
Indianapolis
Richard Lugar
J. Glenn Beall Jr
Maryland
U.S
Paul S. Sarbanes
Hawaii
Pennsylvania
Hiram L. Fong
Hugh Scott
John Y. McCollister
Roman L. Hruska
Nebraska
John C. Danforth
Missouri
Stuart Symington
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By James J. Kilpatrick
Joe D. Waggoner, Jr
Louisiana
District of Columbia
Charles A. Vanik
John Young
Texas
Colleen Gardner
The
Donnell Nunes
Winchester Evening Star
Kennedy
Nixon
Johnson
Goldwater
Reagan
Vandenberg
Dulles
Star Phot
Miles Cory
By Matt Pinkus
Congressional Quarterly
Lawton Chiles
Fla
Dmund Muskie
Maine
Edward M. Kennedy
Mass
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
John C. Stennis
Miss
Howard W. Cannon
Nev
Harrison A. Williams Jr
N.J
Quentin Burdick
N.D
Henry M. Jackson
Wash
Robert C. Byrd
W. Va
William Proxmire
Wis
Lloyd Bentsen
Gale W. McGee
Wyoming
Joseph M. Montoya
New Mexico
Frank E. Moss
John V. Tunney
California
Hayaykawa
Tunney
Harrison H
Jack) Schmitt
Montoya
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr
Naval Operations
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
Conn
William V. Roth Jr
Del
Robert Taft Jr
Bill Brock
Tenn
Robert T. Stafford
James L. Buckley
N.Y
Stafford
Thomas P. Salmon
Roth
Wilmington
Thomas Maloney
Howard M. Metzenbaum
Weicker
Gloria Schaffer
Brock
Buckley
Hartke
Beall
Nixon White House
Sarbanes
William J. Green
H. John Heinz Iil
Mike Mansfield
John O. Pastore
Rhodesland
Michigan
GOP
Richard Austin
Donald W. Riegle Jr
James G. O'Hara
Marvin L Esch
Thomas J. Byrd
Genere! Menager
Lewis H. Ebert
O'Connell
Meil
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