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...Dollar Bill's" current margin, however, stands only at about 35 per cent to 23 per cent. Bell, backed by a couple of hundred thou in campaign contributions from the Republican National Committee--the largest contribution to any non-incumbent candidate from the GOP--is waging a big media blitz in the last few weeks aimed at the large number of undecided voters. Issuing the standard call for huge tax cuts (of at least 30 per cent), Bell claims that the election is "a referendum on President Carter's economic policies...
...border war Vietnam is waging with Cambodia and China, and the friendship treaty signed Friday with the Soviet Union highlight the weakness of current U.S. policy. There is now no way short of invasion that the United States can pursue its interest in preserving the Southeast Asian status quo. Senator McGovern's suggestion tha the U.S. attack Cambodia might yet be followed by an impassioned cry to bomb the bridges on the Yalu River...
Normalization should come as part of a larger initiative throughout Asia; any current attempts by the State Department to pursue coherent Asian policies fail in face of the depressing fact that the U.S. lacks regular relations with both Vietnam and her most important and presently unfriendly neighbor, China...
...Boston, pushing the accelerator to the floor and trying not to lose the maroon Fairmont station wagon. There is a bumper sticker in the middle of the rear window of the Fairmont--"Paul Tsongas, U.S. Senate." In the car is Cecil Andrus, former governor of Idaho and current Secretary of the Interior, who has come to Massachusetts to endorse Tsongas. They have traded compliments about their concern for energy and the environment. Tsongas' driver is doing a steady 75. "As a member of the Select Ad-Hoc Committee on Energy, [Paul] introduced two successful amendments to the National Energy...
From a small carrier-current station started in the '40's, WHRB has grown impressively in wattage and facilities. Privately run, WHRB has an annual budget of over $15,000 and a broadcast range of 3000 watts--ten times that of the average college radio station, says station manager Bill Barol '79. Completely self-supporting, WHRB finances itself through advertising revenues, though Barol notes ruefully, "We haven't seen any profits in a long time." The station generally breaks even...