Right Shift Gains Ground After California Prop 13
After California Prop 13, conservatives win decisive Democratic primaries in Minnesota and Massachusetts. Robert Short defeats Donald Fraser, Edward J. King defeats Gov. Michael Dukakis, signaling a conservative voter shift amid a Gallup poll showing 49 percent self identify as conservative.
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California
Minnesota
Massachusetts
Democratic National Committee
Robert Short
U.S
Donald Fraser
Edward J. King
Michael Dukakis
Joseph L. Rauh Jr
ADA
Gallup
George Gallup
CETA Debate Highlighted by California Case in Editorial
The Wall Street Journal argues that Congress faces paradoxes in the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act as it extends the program amid California’s Proposition 13, labor rules, and substitution concerns. It notes that federal limits and wage rules distort job creation while treating CETA as welfare.
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Congress
California
Howard Jarvis
U.S. Department of Labor
Jarvis
Labor Department
House
San Francisco
Winchester Evening Star Patablick 4 July 4 1896
The document lists staff roles for the Winchester Evening Star including Thomas T. Byrd as Oral Manager Roy E. Potts as Managing Editor Lewis H. Ebert as Advertising Director Eugene P. Miller as Wire Editor and David O. Loomis as Editorial Page Editor. Published by Winchester Evening Star Inc at 2 North Kent Street in Winchester Virginia 22601.
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Winchester Evening Star
Patablick
Thomas T. Byrd
Roy E. Potts
Lewis H. Ebert
Eugene P. Miller
David 0. Loomis
Winchester Evening Star Inc
Kent St
Winchester
Carter's Washington mood shifts with polls and policy gains
James Reston notes Washington swings in mood as energy, tax and civil service reform move forward, Redskins win streak grows, and Carter's popularity climbs. He cautions polls misread public opinion and highlights Camp David diplomacy as a nuanced turning point amid a fragile legislative fight.
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James Reston
New York Times News Service
Washington
Potomac
Congress
Jimmy Carter
Capitol Hill
Washington Redskins
Carter
Camp David
Murphy
Inside Look at GOP History by Frank Van Der Linden
Former Senate leader Hugh Scott accuses Ford aides and GOP insiders of a hatchet job that derailed Nelson Rockefeller’s 1976 vice presidential bid. The piece outlines key figures linked to the Ford slate and Nixon era politics, plus Scott’s view on presidential power vs Congress.
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Frank van der Linden
United States Press Inc
Washington
Ford
White House
Nelson Rockefeller
Senate
Hugh Scott
Scott
Rockefeller
New York
South
United States Capitol Historical Society
Library of Congress
Donald Rumsfeld
Defense
Kansas
Bob Dole
Virginia
Jimmy Carter
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Dole
Kansas City
George Bush
Texas
Bush
CIA
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
John Rhodes
Nixon
Goldwater
Oval Office
House
Arizonan
John Ehrlichman
Ehrlichman
Begin's Stand at Camp David Caps First Peace Breakthrough
Israeli Prime Minister Begin resisted U S pressure to territorial concessions and to dividing Jerusalem at Camp David. Carter and Sadat navigated traps, culminating in a televised signing and a move toward a separate Egypt Israel peace. Begin's intransigence preserved undivided Jerusalem and set terms that favored Egyptian self-government for Palestinians.
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Menachem Begin
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Carter
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Golan Heights
Syria
Begin
Israe
Sadat
Jerusalem
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Jimmy Carter
Geneva Conference
Soviet Union
West Bank
Egypt
Sinai
Camp David
An Ax for Federal Fraud By Blanche Morton
A reader calls for a systematic, independent audit of federal agencies to uncover fraud and waste. The piece argues for outside auditors appointed by the president, a Citizens Audit Review Board, and full financial disclosures to deter misuse of tax dollars and curb inflation.
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Blanche Morton
CETA
Small Business Administration
Social Security
Medicare
Medicaid
General Services Administration
Elmer Staats
Justice Department
Wall Street Journal
General Accounting Office
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White House
Department of Justice
Congress
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Citizens Audit Review Board
Uncle Sam
Cross Junction
Open Forum
Winchester
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