Auto workers lobby Reagan as Chrysler's financial crisis worsens.
Published on Friday, 26th December 1980.
President-elect announces General Haig as his choice for Secretary of State.
Published on Friday, 19th December 1980.
Will the death of John Lennon have an effect on the gun rights lobby in America?
Published on Friday, 12th December 1980.
Pundits speculate on Reagan's true intentions while the Carter regime plays on.
Published on Friday, 5th December 1980.
Washington dazed by Reagan's charm offensive.
Published on Friday, 28th November 1980.
President-elect Reagan enjoys his honeymoon period.
Published on Friday, 21st November 1980.
How a 'close contest' turned into a landslide.
Published on Friday, 14th November 1980.
Ronald Reagan defeats Jimmy Carter in the 1980 presidential election.
Published on Friday, 7th November 1980.
Voters tune in to the World Series while the candidates slug it out.
Published on Friday, 17th October 1980.
How publishing became the book-selling business.
Published on Friday, 10th October 1980.
Voters switch their support from independent candidate Anderson to Reagan.
Published on Friday, 3rd October 1980.
Reagan and Anderson both claim victory in TV debate.
Published on Friday, 26th September 1980.
New car plant to make only smaller cars as sales of gas-guzzlers slump.
Published on Friday, 19th September 1980.
Presidential candidates consider possible three-way TV debate.
Published on Friday, 12th September 1980.
How the rest of the world caught up with American know-how.
Published on Friday, 5th September 1980.
Republicans swing voting over energy assistance bill.
Published on Friday, 29th August 1980.
How the Electoral College has the last say over US votes.
Published on Friday, 22nd August 1980.
Edward Kennedy makes the best speech of his career at the Democratic Party conference.
Published on Friday, 15th August 1980.
Is there too much news coverage of the 1980 Democratic nomination campaigns?
Published on Friday, 8th August 1980.
Democrats despair over slump in Carter's popularity rating.
Published on Friday, 1st August 1980.
Drama at convention over choice of running mate for Reagan.
Published on Friday, 25th July 1980.
Republican convention gives overwhelming backing to Reagan.
Published on Friday, 18th July 1980.
Public divided on ruling over whether abortion should be state-funded.
Published on Friday, 11th July 1980.
Alistair Cooke reflects on the wide-ranging functions of the US Supreme Court.
Published on Friday, 4th July 1980.
Recession hits even the movie-making industry.
Published on Friday, 27th June 1980.
Japanese golf champion Isao Aoki gives hope to millions.
Published on Friday, 20th June 1980.
President Carter's visits to trouble spots seen as political.
Published on Friday, 13th June 1980.
Democrats waver over candidates while the Republicans back Reagan.
Published on Friday, 6th June 1980.
Learning the lessons from New York's Puerto Rican influx of the 1950s.
Published on Friday, 30th May 1980.
Mount St Helens eruption damages almost a quarter of the country's crops.
Published on Friday, 23rd May 1980.
Sales of US-made cars fall by a third in just one year.
Published on Friday, 16th May 1980.
Carter's ratings slump as recession bites.
Published on Friday, 9th May 1980.
Secrets and lies behind Secretary of State's resignation.
Published on Friday, 2nd May 1980.
President Carter's attempt to rescue the US hostages being held in Iran ends in tragedy.
Published on Friday, 25th April 1980.
Senator Kennedy's last hope of winning backing for presidential vote.
Published on Friday, 18th April 1980.
Mass transport workers' strike hits New York.
Published on Friday, 11th April 1980.
How suspicion of party bosses led to extended primary elections.
Published on Friday, 4th April 1980.
Landslide win for Kennedy in New York primary.
Published on Friday, 28th March 1980.
Illinois primary gives clues to likely presidential contenders.
Published on Friday, 21st March 1980.
Carter under fire over inflation, yet primaries go his way.
Published on Friday, 14th March 1980.
Outcry as US changes its vote on West Bank settlements.
Published on Friday, 7th March 1980.
No movement over US hostages held in Iran.
Published on Friday, 29th February 1980.
Keeping an eye on the political weather for the New Hampshire primary.
Published on Friday, 22nd February 1980.
President's threat over Olympic boycott criticised.
Published on Friday, 15th February 1980.
The Canadian rescue of US diplomats during the 1979 seizure of the US embassy in Tehran.
Published on Friday, 8th February 1980.
President's State of the Union speech steals rivals' rhetoric.
Published on Friday, 1st February 1980.
Soviet allies back West in UN vote against invasion.
Published on Friday, 25th January 1980.
Carter weighs up boycott of Moscow Olympics.
Published on Friday, 18th January 1980.
President to beef up military spending in wake of Soviet aggression.
Published on Friday, 11th January 1980.
Carter stunned by Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Published on Friday, 4th January 1980.
Move to enforce sanctions against illegal Iran regime held up by UN.
Published on Friday, 28th December 1979.
Refugees starve as Cambodian regimes block food aid.
Published on Friday, 21st December 1979.
US goes it alone over respondng to Khomeini's takeover of Iran.
Published on Friday, 14th December 1979.
Public boost for President Carter's measured response on hostage crisis.
Published on Friday, 7th December 1979.
White House had been warned of possible embassy seizure in Tehran.
Published on Friday, 30th November 1979.
Frustration over impotence of America on embassy hostages.
Published on Friday, 23rd November 1979.
Carter praised for reaction to Tehran hostage crisis.
Published on Friday, 16th November 1979.
Carter uses 'pork barrel' patronage to bolster popularity.
Published on Friday, 9th November 1979.
Interest rates hiked to 15% by Federal Reserve.
Published on Friday, 2nd November 1979.
Anti-nuclear protests gather force.
Published on Friday, 26th October 1979.
Muddling a neutron for a neutrino, and the death of actor Clarence Muse.
Published on Friday, 19th October 1979.
American English - not quite the Queen's English.
Published on Friday, 12th October 1979.
Pope John Paul II's joyous visit to the US, and Catholicism in America.
Published on Friday, 5th October 1979.
Doubt cast on reliability of polls testing Carter's ratings with the voters.
Published on Friday, 28th September 1979.
How actress Jean Seberg (1938-79) was tormented by the FBI.
Published on Friday, 21st September 1979.
SALT talks in jeopardy as Soviet troops appear in Cuba.
Published on Friday, 14th September 1979.
Dalai Lama makes low-key visit to US.
Published on Friday, 7th September 1979.
Mountbatten murder prompts need for clearer understanding of Irish conflict.
Published on Friday, 31st August 1979.
Congress warns of economy stagnating.
Published on Friday, 24th August 1979.
Andrew Young's last act of diplomacy before departure.
Published on Friday, 17th August 1979.
Small earthquake in San Francisco sparks big headlines.
Published on Friday, 10th August 1979.
When times are tough, it pays politicians to speak plainly.
Published on Friday, 3rd August 1979.
Carter reshuffles his team of advisers.
Published on Friday, 27th July 1979.
Carter calls for US Cabinet to resign.
Published on Friday, 20th July 1979.
US Skylab crash lands from earth orbit.
Published on Friday, 13th July 1979.
President Carter cancels television speech on oil crisis.
Published on Friday, 6th July 1979.
Soviet foreign minister Gromyko threatens to sink SALT treaty.
Published on Friday, 29th June 1979.
The horror of seeing reporter Bill Stewart shot dead in Nicaragua in front of TV cameras.
Published on Friday, 22nd June 1979.
John Wayne - obituary for an enduring hero.
Published on Friday, 15th June 1979.
Pope John Paul II visits Poland.
Published on Friday, 8th June 1979.
Sports star O.J.Simpson, the national black hero.
Published on Friday, 1st June 1979.
Fury over lenient sentence for Harvey Milk killer.
Published on Friday, 25th May 1979.
US petrol shortage blamed on oil companies.
Published on Friday, 18th May 1979.
Columnist William Safire on Thatcher's election victory.
Published on Friday, 11th May 1979.
UK elections become more like their US counterparts.
Published on Friday, 4th May 1979.
Press freedom challenged in CBS case.
Published on Friday, 27th April 1979.
Film star Lee Marvin sued by ex-partner.
Published on Friday, 20th April 1979.
Public voice fears as government unable to guarantee nuclear safety.
Published on Friday, 13th April 1979.
The future of nuclear power following the Three Mile Island disaster.
Published on Friday, 6th April 1979.
Inflation rises to over 14 per cent. Carter praised for Egypt-Israel peace deal.
Published on Friday, 30th March 1979.
How Americans settled, then annexed, the state of Texas.
Published on Friday, 23rd March 1979.
President Carter's popularity with voters slides.
Published on Friday, 16th March 1979.
Major oil find in Mexico.
Published on Friday, 9th March 1979.
Surprise win for Jane Byrne in Chicago mayoral vote.
Published on Friday, 2nd March 1979.
Freedom of Information Act reveals government collection of data.
Published on Friday, 23rd February 1979.
Threat of oil rationing after Iran coup.
Published on Friday, 16th February 1979.
Soviets rattled over Chinese deputy premier's visit to US.
Published on Friday, 9th February 1979.
Chinese deputy premier on state visit to US.
Published on Friday, 2nd February 1979.
President Carter unveils austerity budget.
Published on Friday, 26th January 1979.
Shah of Iran loses power.
Published on Friday, 19th January 1979.
Pol Pot regime toppled by Vietnamese.
Published on Friday, 12th January 1979.
Family Christmas holiday in snowy Vermont.
Published on Friday, 5th January 1979.
Gloomy end of year report with inflation looming and prices rising.
Published on Friday, 29th December 1978.
President Carter ends Taiwan defence treaty, recognising China.
Published on Friday, 22nd December 1978.
Human rights and the not-quite United Nations.
Published on Friday, 15th December 1978.
Carter first sitting president to attend Met opera.
Published on Friday, 8th December 1978.
Jonestown massacre. History of Rev Jim Jones's cult.
Published on Friday, 1st December 1978.
Mid-term election. Local issues skew public view of Carter.
Published on Friday, 24th November 1978.
Economic predictions. Possible recession looming.
Published on Friday, 17th November 1978.
New York newspapers back on the streets.
Published on Friday, 10th November 1978.
Mid-term elections stir local issues.
Published on Friday, 3rd November 1978.
Inflation fears rise as business ponders possible recession.
Published on Friday, 27th October 1978.
Carter's three main bills finally get approval.
Published on Friday, 20th October 1978.
Shevchenko's mistress claims she's paid by CIA.
Published on Friday, 13th October 1978.
US airline chiefs back cheap-flight pioneer Laker.
Published on Friday, 6th October 1978.
President Carter gets ratings boost after summit.
Published on Friday, 29th September 1978.
Muhammad Ali on Dick Cavett show September 1978. Rising popularity of Edward Kennedy.
Published on Friday, 22nd September 1978.
Carter hosts Camp David Middle East summit.
Published on Friday, 15th September 1978.
The ethnic mixture of immigrants that makes up New York.
Published on Friday, 8th September 1978.
Carter's energy bill at risk of Congress veto.
Published on Friday, 1st September 1978.
President Carter vetoes defence bill passed by Congress.
Published on Friday, 25th August 1978.
History of Long Island and the north-south divide.
Published on Friday, 18th August 1978.
Uses - or abuses - of the First Amendment.
Published on Friday, 11th August 1978.
Central Park taken over by the latest craze - jogging.
Published on Friday, 4th August 1978.
NY Yankees manager Billy Martin quits.
Published on Friday, 28th July 1978.
Spotlight on America's 'prisoners of conscience' after ambassador's gaffe.
Published on Friday, 21st July 1978.
Lack of clarity about Carter's foreign policy objectives.
Published on Friday, 14th July 1978.
Changing work patterns mean a long weekend for Independence Day.
Published on Friday, 7th July 1978.
Supreme Court rules in favour of Bakke in discrimination case.
Published on Friday, 30th June 1978.
Carter changes tack on civil defence.
Published on Friday, 23rd June 1978.
Commencement - also known as Degree Day.
Published on Friday, 16th June 1978.
US cities hit by finance problems.
Published on Friday, 9th June 1978.
The Grand Canyon and other tourist attractions.
Published on Friday, 2nd June 1978.
Californians to vote on Proposition 13 tax change.
Published on Friday, 26th May 1978.
News events don't stick to deadlines.
Published on Friday, 19th May 1978.
Murder of former Italian premier Aldo Moro by Red Brigades.
Published on Friday, 12th May 1978.
Modern weddings - and why it's best not to write your own service.
Published on Friday, 5th May 1978.
Eldridge Cleaver, and protest by college students in 1978.
Published on Friday, 28th April 1978.
Triumph for Carter as Senate approve Panama treaty.
Published on Friday, 21st April 1978.
Inflation cause of high anxiety among Americans.
Published on Friday, 14th April 1978.
New York faces financial crisis over city workers pay claims.
Published on Friday, 7th April 1978.
President Carter's long list of broken election promises.
Published on Friday, 31st March 1978.
Unexpected snow storm in Mexico brings out the crowds.
Published on Friday, 24th March 1978.
What to read on holiday.
Published on Friday, 17th March 1978.
Illegal immigration and Averell Harriman.
Published on Friday, 10th March 1978.
Dollar loses value against European currencies.
Published on Friday, 3rd March 1978.
Ten years after Tet offensive. Muhammad Ali defeated by Spinks.
Published on Friday, 24th February 1978.
President Carter agrees to sell fighter planes to Egypt.
Published on Friday, 17th February 1978.
The appalling possibilities revealed since the crash of a Soviet spy satellite.
Published on Friday, 10th February 1978.
Why capital city bases are not always the best choice for foreign correspondents.
Published on Friday, 3rd February 1978.
Snow storms threaten to swamp NY Mayor Koch.
Published on Friday, 27th January 1978.
Obituary for former vice president Hubert Humphrey.
Published on Friday, 20th January 1978.
New York landmark Radio City faces closure.
Published on Friday, 13th January 1978.
Carter's foreign ambitions are at the expense of domestic affairs.
Published on Friday, 6th January 1978.
Britons are happier than ever, survey finds.
Published on Friday, 30th December 1977.
Profiles of entertainers Groucho Marx (1898-1977) and Bing Crosby (1903-1977).
Published on Friday, 23rd December 1977.
World Health Organisation announces smallpox has been eradicated.
Published on Friday, 16th December 1977.
Coal miners call national strike as energy plans top national agenda.
Published on Friday, 9th December 1977.
Middle East peace talks falter as US considers its defence of Israel.
Published on Friday, 2nd December 1977.
Egyptian President Sadat visits Israel.
Published on Friday, 25th November 1977.
US air force makes new rule allowing pregnant servicewomen to stay.
Published on Friday, 18th November 1977.
Local issues dominate county elections.
Published on Friday, 11th November 1977.
UN tackles the global problem of plane hijacking.
Published on Friday, 28th October 1977.
Today's UN - failing to achieve the world's high hopes.
Published on Friday, 21st October 1977.
The World Series - US baseball play-offs.
Published on Friday, 14th October 1977.
Understanding the art of the political filibuster.
Published on Friday, 7th October 1977.
Consumer champion Ralph Nader takes on sports organisers.
Published on Friday, 30th September 1977.
Myths and fallacies concerning arrival of autumn.
Published on Friday, 23rd September 1977.
This episode contains references to racially offensive song lyrics.
Published on Friday, 16th September 1977.
Quitting the rat race.
Published on Friday, 9th September 1977.
Panama Canal treaty to be renegotiated.
Published on Friday, 2nd September 1977.
Son of Sam killer caught. Echoes of Sacco and Vanzetti case.
Published on Friday, 26th August 1977.
Death of Elvis. Carter's move away from liberal promises.
Published on Friday, 19th August 1977.
Congress passes President Carter's energy bill.
Published on Friday, 12th August 1977.
Suggestion that radio coverage of blackout fuelled looting.
Published on Friday, 5th August 1977.
New York's problems are faced in London too.
Published on Friday, 29th July 1977.
NY looting a symptom of resentment from urban deprived.
Published on Friday, 22nd July 1977.
Power outage hits New York.
Published on Friday, 15th July 1977.
Arms limitation talks with Russia.
Published on Friday, 8th July 1977.
Sporting manners vanish as big money takes over games.
Published on Friday, 1st July 1977.
New York bans daytime car parking in Manhattan.
Published on Friday, 24th June 1977.
Big car sales boom after energy crisis.
Published on Friday, 17th June 1977.
US view of the Queen's Royal Jubilee.
Published on Friday, 10th June 1977.
Part of Frost/Nixon TV interview deleted from transmission.
Published on Friday, 3rd June 1977.
Kingman Brewster appointed UK ambassador.
Published on Friday, 27th May 1977.
Health and safety warnings grow in number.
Published on Friday, 20th May 1977.
President Carter focuses on the US's energy consumption.
Published on Friday, 13th May 1977.
Frost/Nixon TV interviews grab huge audiences in US and UK.
Published on Friday, 6th May 1977.
Carter's first trip to Europe as US president.
Published on Friday, 29th April 1977.
Supreme Court allows corporal punishment in schools.
Published on Friday, 22nd April 1977.
What the people expect of their president.
Published on Friday, 15th April 1977.
Human rights row leads to collapse of US-Soviet arms talks.
Published on Friday, 8th April 1977.
President Carter gaining in popularity.
Published on Friday, 1st April 1977.
How a small story grows into a much larger rumour.
Published on Friday, 25th March 1977.
Failed students complain while literacy standards drop.
Published on Friday, 18th March 1977.
President Carter ends aid deals over human rights abuses.
Published on Friday, 11th March 1977.
Equal Rights amendment delayed by states refusal to ratify.
Published on Friday, 4th March 1977.
Carter faces labour backlash over collective bargaining law.
Published on Friday, 25th February 1977.
Maintaining freedom of speech while curbing obscenity.
Published on Friday, 18th February 1977.
President Carter's first changes in the White House regime.
Published on Friday, 11th February 1977.
Severe winter weather hits North American continent.
Published on Friday, 4th February 1977.
Carter promises more public consultation on issues.
Published on Friday, 28th January 1977.
President Jimmy Carter's inauguration day. Snow storms abate for the big day.
Published on Friday, 21st January 1977.
Preparations for Jimmy Carter's presidential inauguration.
Published on Friday, 14th January 1977.
California introduces 'death with dignity' legislation.
Published on Friday, 7th January 1977.
A traditional New England Christmas for the Cooke family.
Published on Friday, 31st December 1976.
Racial discrimination in private US clubs.
Published on Friday, 24th December 1976.
Immigrant work ethic. Prejudices about national character.
Published on Friday, 17th December 1976.
Bertram Lance appointed Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Published on Friday, 10th December 1976.
Milton Friedman warns Carter on potential for inflation.
Published on Friday, 3rd December 1976.
Doubt over FBI evidence as new probe into assassinations is launched.
Published on Friday, 26th November 1976.
The Sunshine laws and endemic payola.
Published on Friday, 19th November 1976.
How Americans feel about Jimmy Carter.
Published on Friday, 12th November 1976.
Carter wins presidential election.
Published on Friday, 5th November 1976.
What the pollsters predict about the presidential election.
Published on Friday, 29th October 1976.
World Series final clashes with Carter-Ford TV debate.
Published on Friday, 22nd October 1976.
Carter v Ford presidential campaign TV debates.
Published on Friday, 8th October 1976.
Unsporting manners. Violence erupts outside Yankee Stadium.
Published on Friday, 1st October 1976.
Carter Playboy interview. Public reaction to Carter's 'adultery in my heart' admission.
Published on Friday, 24th September 1976.
Vietnam's UN membership request delayed by presidential campaign.
Published on Friday, 17th September 1976.
NY double-deck bus order a mistake.
Published on Friday, 10th September 1976.
This episode contains references to racially offensive character names.
Published on Friday, 27th August 1976.
Reagan loses Republican nomination. Chinese rejection of US aid after earthquake.
Published on Friday, 20th August 1976.
Buckley joins Republican presidential hopefuls at Kansas convention.
Published on Friday, 13th August 1976.
Ford bounces back in opinion polls. Carter now not such a shoe-in.
Published on Friday, 6th August 1976.
Massive earthquake in China. US offers of aid are rebuffed by Chinese.
Published on Friday, 30th July 1976.
US-UK special relationship especially warm this summer.
Published on Friday, 23rd July 1976.
Private security firms expand. National Democratic convention in NY.
Published on Friday, 16th July 1976.
Britain swelters in a heatwave without air conditioning.
Published on Friday, 9th July 1976.
Party conventions aren't what they used to be.
Published on Friday, 2nd July 1976.
Italy's Communists fail to win support they'd hoped for.
Published on Friday, 25th June 1976.
Republicans split between Ford or Reagan for presidential nominee.
Published on Friday, 18th June 1976.
Carter and Ford at opposite ends of popularity stakes as they prepare for conventions.
Published on Friday, 11th June 1976.
Tensions rise as presidential hopefuls face important primaries.
Published on Friday, 4th June 1976.
Californians to vote on proposition which could curb nuclear power.
Published on Friday, 28th May 1976.
New York apartment block maintenance workers strike.
Published on Friday, 21st May 1976.
President Ford keeps US-USSR nuclear pact low-key by signing in private.
Published on Friday, 14th May 1976.
Presidential hopeful Reagan blunders over Panama Canal policy.
Published on Friday, 7th May 1976.
UN wasting money. Food programme spends too much on management, director claims.
Published on Friday, 30th April 1976.
Spring heatwave. Congress wants more say on foreign policy.
Published on Friday, 23rd April 1976.
Strike hits San Francisco commuters as transport workers demand more pay.
Published on Friday, 16th April 1976.
NATO at risk from growing Soviet superpower.
Published on Friday, 9th April 1976.
President Ford reacts to voters' fears by boosting defence spending.
Published on Friday, 2nd April 1976.
Ford backs universal vaccination in swine flu outbreak.
Published on Friday, 26th March 1976.
Harold Wilson's resignation, and the special relationship between the US and UK.
Published on Friday, 19th March 1976.
Social surveys blow apart US stereotypes.
Published on Friday, 12th March 1976.
Massachusetts primary. Voters drift to conservatism.
Published on Friday, 5th March 1976.
First primary in 1976 presidential campaign.
Published on Friday, 27th February 1976.
Bicentennial year presidential campaign opens.
Published on Friday, 20th February 1976.
The word 'gossip', and Nixon's invitation to China.
Published on Friday, 13th February 1976.
Jury selected for Patty Hearst case.
Published on Friday, 6th February 1976.
Wrong assumptions come from misplaced preconceptions.
Published on Friday, 30th January 1976.
A history of the American party system.
Published on Friday, 23rd January 1976.
Landmark production in US musical comedy.
Published on Friday, 16th January 1976.
Republican Anne Armstrong named as US ambassador to London.
Published on Friday, 9th January 1976.
Enter the year of the Bicentennial Burger.
Published on Friday, 2nd January 1976.
Senate refuses to back Ford's bid for aid to Angolan fighters.
Published on Friday, 26th December 1975.
UN ambassador Moynihan voices anger at anti-Zionist vote.
Published on Friday, 19th December 1975.
Aid bill for NYC goes through as filibuster attempt fails.
Published on Friday, 12th December 1975.
Ballet dancers - like professional sports players - suffer for their art.
Published on Friday, 5th December 1975.
Senate report uncovers CIA plans to murder foreign leaders.
Published on Friday, 28th November 1975.
Ronald Reagan announces he will stand for Republican nomination.
Published on Friday, 21st November 1975.
President Ford fires Schlesinger, demotes Kissinger in team shake-up.
Published on Friday, 14th November 1975.
US public opinion backs federal help for NYC's financial crisis.
Published on Friday, 7th November 1975.
Ford cagey on New York financial bail-out, suggests new bonds issue.
Published on Friday, 31st October 1975.
US agreement over grain for Russia deal.
Published on Friday, 24th October 1975.
Ford and Rockefeller disagree over solution to New York's financial crisis.
Published on Friday, 17th October 1975.
President Ford's proposed speech on tax cuts barred from TV networks.
Published on Friday, 10th October 1975.
Security arrangements surrounding visit of Emperor of Japan.
Published on Friday, 3rd October 1975.
Patty Hearst arrest and media speculation. Assassination attempts on President Ford.
Published on Friday, 26th September 1975.
Are presidents too at risk to mingle with crowds, and is it necessary in the TV age?
Published on Friday, 12th September 1975.
Ford warns Soviets on interfering in Portugese revolution.
Published on Friday, 22nd August 1975.
Dock workers boycott grain shipments to USSR.
Published on Friday, 15th August 1975.
Hazards of relying on nuclear power.
Published on Friday, 1st August 1975.
What’s the secret to a long, happy life?
Published on Friday, 25th July 1975.
Russian-American handshakes in space, and the denunciations of Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
Published on Friday, 18th July 1975.
Signing of the Helsinki Accords treaty.
Published on Friday, 11th July 1975.
Noel Coward, Sean Connery, Tony Jacklin - all tax exiles.
Published on Friday, 4th July 1975.
Ford's presidency is working better than most expected.
Published on Friday, 27th June 1975.
Travel myths rarely live up to reality.
Published on Friday, 20th June 1975.
Big MAC to take over troubled NYC finances.
Published on Friday, 13th June 1975.
Doctors strike over rocketing insurance cover.
Published on Friday, 6th June 1975.
Same language, different country can lead to misunderstandings.
Published on Friday, 30th May 1975.
Global weather is cooling, say forecasters.
Published on Friday, 23rd May 1975.
Reports that the US has sunk three Cambodian ships lead to tense diplomacy.
Published on Friday, 16th May 1975.
Arab-Israeli peace deal fails. King Faisal shot. Cambodia collapses.
Published on Friday, 28th March 1975.
Equal Rights amendment splits both Women's and Men's Lib factions.
Published on Friday, 21st March 1975.
Ford presses for further aid package to Cambodia.
Published on Friday, 14th March 1975.
US import restrictions. Possible trade with Cuba.
Published on Friday, 7th March 1975.
How the power balance at the UN is shifting to the Third World.
Published on Friday, 27th December 1974.
America's rolling TV news coverage, and why it makes for better democracy.
Published on Friday, 29th November 1974.
The violent protests against W Arthur Garrity Jr's forced busing in South Boston.
Published on Friday, 18th October 1974.
New revelations about President Gerald Ford's past, are discussed by the press.
Published on Friday, 23rd August 1974.
Nixon's resignation speech. No apology from Nixon in resignation speech.
Published on Friday, 16th August 1974.
Nixon's political downfall and resignation on 9 August 1974.
Published on Friday, 9th August 1974.
The crime, gang problems and skyscrapers spoiling San Francisco, and Patty Hearst.
Published on Friday, 7th June 1974.
A profile of jazz musician Duke Ellington (1899-1974).
Published on Friday, 31st May 1974.
When lobbying goes too far, and degenerates into morally contemptible corruption.
Published on Friday, 10th May 1974.
Nixon makes tax returns public after evasion claims.
Published on Friday, 14th December 1973.
The Arab embargo on oil to the US, and what the polls show about Nixon's reputation.
Published on Friday, 9th November 1973.
President Nixon's refusal to assist the Watergate investigators.
Published on Friday, 26th October 1973.
The transition of power to Gerald Ford after the resignation of Vice President Agnew.
Published on Friday, 19th October 1973.
The polling that showed Nixon's speech on Watergate failed to persuade Americans.
Published on Saturday, 25th August 1973.
Nixon's changing explanations of the events leading to Watergate.
Published on Saturday, 26th May 1973.
How the tenacious lawyer Senator Sam Ervin of North Carolina challenged Nixon.
Published on Saturday, 19th May 1973.
The impact of the reporting of the Watergate scandal.
Published on Saturday, 12th May 1973.
Can the Watergate hearings restore public trust in government?
Published on Saturday, 5th May 1973.
The US Supreme Court rules on abortion for all in Roe v Wade.
Published on Saturday, 27th January 1973.
An obituary of President Harry S Truman (1884–1972).
Published on Saturday, 30th December 1972.
Why Americans chose Republican Richard Nixon on 7 November 1972.
Published on Saturday, 11th November 1972.
News of 'Deep interrogation' used by the British against the IRA shocks Americans.
Published on Saturday, 5th February 1972.
How the balance of power at the United Nations is changing, as Taiwan is forced out.
Published on Saturday, 30th October 1971.
The wit of Art Buchwald, a political satirist for the Washington Post.
Published on Saturday, 18th September 1971.
A profile of trumpeter Louis Armstrong (1901-1971).
Published on Saturday, 10th July 1971.
Why protests at Hunter College, New York, dishonour those who died for their country.
Published on Saturday, 14th November 1970.
How two refugees warned Roosevelt of the German nuclear threat.
Published on Saturday, 8th August 1970.
The horrors of the massacre at My Lai in 1968, shatter the joy of Thanksgiving in 1969.
Published on Sunday, 30th November 1969.
