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...ratified by the Senate but does not require a Senate vote on cancellation. Moreover, a clause in the Taiwan defense treaty permits either side to cancel it on one year's notice, which is precisely what Carter is doing. But conservatives can sponsor resolutions condemning what Carter has done. Or, as seems likely, they can try to block the nomination of Carter's choice for first U.S. Ambassador to Peking, who must be confirmed by the Senate. That nominee is expected to be Woodcock...
Most experts think that the change was inevitable and probably long overdue. Even they, however, were startled by the tuning. Carter insisted that the final steps in the negotiating process had been taken at Peking's initiative and that the Chinese had done most of the giving. Said he: "We have maintained our own U.S. position firmly, and only since the last few weeks has there been an increasing demonstration to us that Premier Hua and Vice Premier Teng have been ready to normalize relations...
Finally, in an oblique dig at former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who attached primary importance to Soviet-American detente, Brzezinski adds: "What we are doing in our relations with China should have been done anyway, whether our relations with the Soviet Union were much better or much worse...
From the first, Los Angeles police suspected that Synanon members were responsible for the attack on Morantz, who had won, for a client, a $300,000 lawsuit against the 900-member group. Synanon, founded by Dederich 20 years ago as a rehabilitation organization for alcoholics and drug addicts, had done worthy work, but in recent years had become a capriciously governed and toughly disciplined cult. Soon after the snake attack, police arrested two suspects: Synanon Members Joseph Musico, 28, and Lance Kenton, 20, the son of Bandleader Stan Kenton. Synanon has steadfastly maintained that it "had no involvement...
...meetings of the convention were held in the ballroom of the Allen House. In an anteroom was the office of the chairman of the executive committee. He was the busiest man in the convention; he was so busy that he got nothing done whatever...