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Carter actually had a solid basis for acting on his own in deciding to end relations with Taiwan and terminate the mutual defense treaty. The Constitution requires that treaties be 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...
...Alliance (D.T.A.), which South Africa has fostered and supported, ran virtually unopposed. To be sure, there were four right-wing fringe parties in the race, including one white-supremist group that ran under the portrait of a flaxen-haired young maiden holding a puppy with that party's slogan: VOTE FOR HER SAKE. The South West African People's Organization (SWAPO), the U.N.-backed political movement that has been waging guerrilla warfare in the territory since 1966, refused to take part in the elections...
Indications are that the D.T.A. will probably wind up with 80% of the vote. But the showdown between the D.T.A. and SWAPO lies ahead. SWAPO is still waging the guerrilla war. It might suspend the fighting during a U.N.-supervised election campaign, but it would not be prepared to lose that voting contest. Says a SWAPO leader: "The struggle will continue. That's all." Translation: If SWAPO should be defeated at the polls in such an election, the bloodshed would continue...
...especially close and careful scrutiny, and many openings will be delayed. This may well put a temporary crimp in the earnings and stock prices of such companies as Bally, Caesars World and Golden Nugget. As for Resorts, the betting on the Boardwalk is that the commission will vote as it has in the past: 4 to 1 in favor of a license...
...basis of its record, would stage a two-round play-off for the pennant, instead of the present one-round showdown. The change would further despoil the classic simplicity and suspense of the pennant race, but harvest millions more in TV loot. The owners are expected to vote on the plan next year...