Orlov trial underscores Soviet human rights breach
The piece condemns the Moscow show trial of Yuri Orlov as a stark violation of Helsinki accords and human rights. It notes Orlov’s 15 months in isolation, a 12 year Gulag sentence, and a courtroom scene overshadowed by state agents. The editorial urges Senate scrutiny of SALT II and warns against detente returning to Stalinist tactics.
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Moscow
Yuri Orlov
Mr. Orlov
Orlov
Soviet Union
Senate
Russia
Stalin
California voters face budget clash over Jarvis tax initiative
Taxpayers push June 6 1978 ballot measure the Jarvis Initiative to slash property taxes to under one third of current averages. Officials warn programs may be cut and layoffs could follow if the measure passes amid growing public discontent over tax burdens.
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Europe
California
Big Books Big Bucks and the Publishing Presidency
A humorous chronicle notes how books increasingly lead to fame and fortune for presidents and public figures. It traces Nixon, Johnson, Ford, Kissinger, and Caesar as examples of publishing deals and royalties shaping history and careers. The piece satirically imagines agents, advances, and denarii driving political legacies.
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Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
CBS
Gerald Ford
Henry Kissinger
NBC
Watergate Gang
Watergate
Calvin Coolidge
Julius Caesar
Gaul
Caesar
Marcellus
Naples
Flavius
Rome
Capri
Senate
Brutus
Cassius
Republic
Economic Tradeoffs Behind Higher Steel Trigger Prices
The Treasury raised foreign steel trigger prices effective July 1 with jumps up to 14.5 percent across product types. Higher costs abroad may prompt domestic producers to raise prices, while fears grow that protectionism will worsen inflation, distort markets, and hinder global trade. Exxon economists warn that safeguards work as political tools that can fuel further protectionist pressure.
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N_Y
Treasury
United States
United States Treasury
Japan
Gerald A. Pollock
Kerin D. Fenster
Exxon
Pronoun Problem Sparks Wide Reader Debate in 1978
A NY Times News Service piece on genderless pronouns provoked a flood of reader mail. Suggestions ranged from Longwell’s hesh and himer words to more playful forms like then and sap. Respondents split on removing masculine pronouns, and many offered varied linguistic solutions from Irish and Hungarian uses to proposed gender assignments for nouns.
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NY Times News Service
New York
Robert Longwell
University of Northern Colorado
Hizer
Hirm
Policewan
Gunwen
Che
Lawrence S. Ross
Huntington
N.Y
Marge Piercy
Per
Leonard Gillman
University of Texas
If the press ran the country who would lead
An imagined lineup imagines journalists and media figures occupying top government posts. The piece toys with real names like Cronkite Mudd Brinkley Brokaw and others in roles from president to press secretary, cabinet heads, and first lady, exploring how media power could shape a national administration.
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White House
New York Post
Rupert Murdoch
Dan Rather
Palace
New York Times
Les Gelb
Zbig
Joe Kraft
Marvin Kalb
Anthony Lewis
Supreme Court
David Broder
Domestic Council
Mary McCrory
Compassion
Evans
Novak
Kraft
Kalb
New Republic
Martin Peretz
Pat Buchanan
Oval Office
David Brinkley
John Hart
Roger Mudd
Tom Brokaw
Ted Kennedy
Mudd
Charlotte Curtis
Washington Post
Sally Quinn
Barbara Howard
Zbigniew Brzezinki
Joseph L
Jody” Powell
Powell
Scotty Reston
Roger
Jimmy
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NY Times
Washington
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Walter Cronkite
Taft
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William Seward
Cronkite
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United Nations
Harry Reasoner
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Barbara Walters
Ed Kosner
Newsweek
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Bernard Kalb
Central Intelligence
Daniel Schorr
CIA
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U.S. Treasury Department
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Strother
Helen Keller
Miss Keller
Joan L. Lewis
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Catherine M. Monte
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B Baker
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