Word: sams
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Easy enough to pick a quarrel with a show like Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll: Where are Sam Cooke and the Drifters? Why not Van Morrison, Jackson Browne and Creedence Clearwater Revival? But the show gets all the major points straight and covers a lot of territory without stinting on either energy or spirit. Heroes will also be an eye-opener for kids whose idea of the '50s is a lot of chorus boys in black-leather jackets. For those with longer memories, this is less an occasion for reminiscence than for celebration...
...Senators, Democrats Sam Nunn of Georgia, Gary Hart of Colorado and John Glenn of Ohio and Republican William Cohen of Maine, told Carter that they are alarmed by a new U.S. intelligence appraisal revealing that North Korea is significantly more powerful than previously reported. The assessment places the size of Pyongyang's army at up to 600,000 men and 2,600 tanks, a boost of 25% over the last U.S. estimate. Against this, Seoul fields an army of 560,000 troops and 880 tanks. The South is at a 2-to-l disadvantage in tactical aircraft and trails...
...Korea might be popular. A poll last year by Potomac Associates, a Washington think tank, found that by 52% to 35%, Americans favored maintaining ground forces in South Korea. There also is considerable opposition to the pullout in Congress, where funds required for the withdrawal could be blocked. Warned Sam Nunn: "We haven't made any legislative threat, but I don't foreclose that possibility...
...finally got four acceptable candidates: Iowa Liberal John Culver, who is a close friend; Vermont's Patrick Leahy and Montana's Baucus. For geographical balance, he chose a newly elected Southerner from Alabama, Howell Heflin, who is considered a worldly moderate in the mold of Sam Ervin. The Democratic Steering Committee, which makes the assignments to committees, approved Kennedy's selections. He was then assured a solid majority on the Judiciary Committee...
...that, three conservative Republicans made a pitch for seats on the committee, in order to be in an advantageous position to oppose SALT. Jesse Helms, Orrin Hatch and Sam Hayakawa were promptly dubbed the "Horrendous Three Hs" by distressed Democrats. Another Republican, Indiana's Richard Lugar, also asked for a place on the committee. Fearing that conservatives might control the committee, Democrats devised a different strategy. "You can't change the ratios on committees," noted Cranston. "But you can fool around with them." So the Democrats did some fooling. They reduced the size of the committee...