Intelligence crisis signals need for CIA overhaul
The piece warns of Sino Soviet tensions and Middle East risks as U S interests rely on accurate intelligence. It cites CIA resignations and prior underestimations, criticizes the Carter administration, and urges Congress to rebuild the intelligence apparatus through Senate reforms and a reassessment of oversight.
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Carnival politics leave Frederick school underfunded
Letter from H B Landes recounts a March 14 Frederick County Board of Supervisors meeting as a carnival with politics trumping education. He notes supervisors pursued self interest, backing a plan to fund James Wood High School at 8.3 million despite 8.6 million guarantees, while taxpayers face higher costs and delays.
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James Wood High School
Kenneth Stiles
Tom Rosenberger
Will Owings
Roger Koontz
Tom Malcolm
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Ralph Shockey
Hubert Stratton
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Melton Wright
Frederick County
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Kissinger Analyzes Carter Middle East Mission and Risks
Henry Kissinger weighs Carter's diplomacy, warns against rush to judgments as Sadat and Begin face a stalled peace. He notes shifts from Pan Arab to Pan Islam dynamics, U.S. influence limits, and the need for bipartisan foreign policy over the next 18 months. He says no U.S. political clash should derail a negotiated peace.
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Vietnam
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Public opinion shapes SALT ratification debate
Three senators challenge SALT claiming it does not curb the arms race and could let the Pentagon pursue new strategic weapons. David W. Moore’s Public Opinion study links trust in negotiators to support for arms control, while Kistiakowsky argues against hard‑line critics, urging Carter to emphasize defenses and domestic priorities to win ratification.
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Roper
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Richard Pipes
Henry Jackson
Paul Nitze
New York Review of Books
Kistiakowsky
Melvin Laird
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Proxmire
Saar Aeaeaae
Thinking: The Latest in By Russell Baker
The column recalls the fad of thinking in the late 1970s parodying self help culture and the craze for thinking shoes alpaca think suits and think tanks. The narrator jokes about the futility of thinking versus a backhand and questions what constitutes a meaningful question in pursuit of insight.
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Seaboard
University of Heidelberg
Herman Kahn
To Think or Not to Think in a Puzzled Lesson
A narrator recalls an instructor urging self generated thought over external prompts. The dialogue toys with the question to think or not to think and features a teacher praising a method to keep one out of trouble. The scene shows the student wrestling with focus as a crossword puzzle and TV blur in the background.
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