Izvestia Defends Detente Against Western Critics
Moscow's Izvestia argues detente and national liberation movements can coexist. It rebuts U S critics led by James Schlesinger and Jesse Helms, preserving peaceful cooperation while noting Western support for leftist causes behind the scenes.
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Moscow
Izvestia
United States
U.S
Indochina
Portugal
South Vietnam
Cambodia
James Schlesinger
James Buckley
R-N.y
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Sweden reforms prisons while US worries over probation laws
The article contrasts Sweden’s social system and a new reform program aimed at reducing prison use with concerns in the United States over probation and suspended sentences. It notes Sweden’s welfare state, a model Stockholm suburb, and public reaction calling some living conditions “boring.” It also covers local museum efforts in Canyon, Navajo rug washing, and various community notes including figures like Dr. Jim Hanson and Betty Morrison.
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United States
Sweden
Europe
Stockholm
Mike Wallace
Jim Hanson
Betty Morrison
Livestock Credit Program Extended to End of 1976
Senate and House conferees approve a revised emergency livestock credit program extending through 1976 and raising individual loan caps to 350 000 per producer. Total outstanding loans may not exceed 1.5 billion. The measure keeps government guarantees at 40 percent and adds flexible collateral rules based on depreciation.
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Washington
House
Senate
Agriculture Department
Strip Mine Override Postponed in House
The House postponed until June 10 a vote on overriding President Ford's veto of a strip mine bill. Supporters were about 20 votes short of the two thirds needed, citing a White House propaganda surge and industry pressure as factors. The measure would impose strict environmental controls on coal strip mining, which supplies about half of U.S. coal output.
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Washington
House
Ford
United States
Iranian Marxists Blamed For Killing 2 U.S. Officers
Iranian authorities blamed Marxist guerrillas for killing two unarmed U.S. Air Force officers in Tehran as they traveled to work. The victims were Col. Paul R. Shaffer Jr. and Lt. Col. Jack J. Turner. The State Department condemned the act and pledged cooperation with Iranian authorities to arrest the killers.
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U.S
Tehran
Iran
U.S. Air Force
Paul R Shaffer Jr
Bryan
Ohio
Jack J. Turner
Christopher
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahjevi
United States
Venezuela
Mexico
Kallors
Washington
State Department
Eight American Students Abducted in Tanzania
Armed Africans abducted four students from Stanford University and a Dutch national from the Gombe Stream Reserve in western Tanzania. The victims, among about 30 researchers, were taken Monday night by about 40 men who arrived by boat. Most students were unharmed and evacuation plans were set, with U.S. and Tanzanian authorities seeking assistance. The center is led by Jane Goodall and sits near Lake Tanganyika on the Tanzania Zaire border.
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Dar &S Salaam
Tanzania
Stanford University
Gombe Stream
Republic of
Zaire
Lake Tanganyika
Stanford
Barbara Smuts
Ann Arbor
Mich
Kenneth Stepher Smith
Garden Grove
Calif
Carrie Jane Hunter
Atherion
Dutch Nationa
Emilie Bergman
U.S. State Department
Gombe Reserve
Dar Es Salaam
Burundi
Laos envoy seeks siege end amid student occupation
In Vientiane US Charge dAffaires Christian A. Chapman met with two Path et Lao ministers to press for an end to the student occupation of the American aid compound and the release of two Marines and a civilian held inside. The envoy reported the situation cooling as negotiations proceed while demonstrators at the compound gate drink looted beer and police do not intervene.
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Vientiane
Laos
Pathet Lao
Hristian A. Chapman
Agency For International Development
Dem
One Way Proposal Tabled by Amarillo Traffic Commission
The Amarillo Traffic Commission voted 22 to 3 to table a plan making 10th Avenue one way from Adams to Johnson. The decision delays action until September as city engineers prepare accident and traffic flow statistics from May 20 to the September meeting after input from local business and property owners.
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10Th Avenue
Adams
Johnson
Amarillo
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