Right to Die Movements Spur in Western Europe
Western Europe sees rising right to die efforts sparked by the Quinlan case. In Britain Denmark and Switzerland campaigns gain traction with living wills and physician support, while Italy and France show church-driven caution and Vatican nuance. In Germany the topic remains taboo amid memories of Nazi policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Europe
Karen Quinlan
United States
Italy
France
Quinlan
West Germany
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Sweden
Switzerland
Denmark
Prof
Urs
Peter Haemmerli
Zurich City Hospital
Haemmerli
Athens newspaper staff and roles listed
The snippet lists staff positions and names including Richard R. Paynter as assistant to the publisher Fred W. Weber, Gordon K. Bush as publisher, Karl W. Runser as managing editor, Roy Cross as district editor, Fred Whissel as editorial page editor, with a contact telephone 614 592-6612, and noting service years 1929 to 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard R. Paynter
Fred W. Weber
Gordon K. Bush
Karl W. Runser
Roy Cross
Ocean dumping suit highlights need for marine protection acts
An editorial argues the United States must lead in wise ocean use amid a federal suit by the National Wildlife Federation against the EPA and the Corps of Engineers. It warns that the 1972 Marine Protection Act requires legally solid criteria to assess dredged material dumping and environmental risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
National Wildlife Federation
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
US. Corps of Engineers
Federation
EPA
Corps
Ocean dumping and dredge spoil risks spark zeroing in on solution
The piece argues dredge spoil accounts for about 90 percent of US ocean dumping and warns of environmental and public health harms from mercury cadmium and arsenic. It urges preemptive safe disposal reforms at multilateral levels while noting public attention remains limited.
Drink with dinner on state travel costs debated in Ohio
Cleveland area lawmaker Rep. Harry J. Lehman challenges a prohibition on alcohol in state travel expenses arguing drinks are similar to private sector costs. Hearing considers raising mileage to 16 cents and per diem to 30 dollars, while liquor reimbursement remains barred. Governor Rhodes and budget office officials oppose alcohol purchases for state business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
Cleveland-area
Harry J. Lehman
D-16
Shaker Heights
Lehman
Office of Budget and Management
House Judiciary Committee
Robert Howarth
Budget Office
Howarth
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
General Assembly
Clevelander
Columbus
FBI informer details undercover Klansman role
A former FBI informant reveals infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia and sleeping with Klansmen wives to obtain information and sow dissent. He contrasts with Gary Rowe who testified earlier and describes heavy travel from Savannah to Stone Mountain before seeking a transfer to the Communist Party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
FBI
Gary Rowe
Alabama
Georgia
Savannah
Stone Mountain
U.S
Communist Party
The Klan Wives and an FBI Informant Interview
A veteran FBI informant recalls how Klansmen universities married informants exploited loneliness among wives. He describes cross burnings, shoes revealing women in sheets, and the plan to lure them for beer after an effigy hanging to gather intelligence and sow chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI
Ku Klux Klan
Featherbedding Costs and ConRail Defense
Opinion argues union featherbedding on railroads raises costs for consumers and federal plans to create ConRail would nationalize rail, hindering free market solutions. The author urges ending outdated 19th century work rules and cutting unprofitable lines to lower transportation costs.
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Anthony Harrigan
Congress
ConRail
Northeast
Midwest
Penn Central
America
Senate Internal Security Committee Faces Budget Cuts
The piece notes the push to eliminate the last major internal security watchdog as the Senate subcommittee’s budget shrinks from 36000 to under 20000 monthly. Senator Mark Hatfield is highlighted for his principled stance and a critical letter he sent to a correspondent defending the committee’s work.
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House Committee On Internal Security
Senate
America
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Buckley Defends Internal Security Subcommittee Record
The piece argues Senator Hatfield misinformed on hearings, noting the Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security held over 90 hearings in six years. It defends the committee’s role examining communism, terrorism, and internal security laws, urging lawmakers to pursue hard facts and resist diluting oversight.
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Stakhanovite
Senate
Sen. Hatfield
Senate Subcommittee On
Internal Security Subcommittee
Committee On the Judiciary
Congress
Mittee
Soviet Union
China
Vietnam
Alexander Orlov
Weather Underground
Fidel Castro
John Quincy Adams
Committee of Congress
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James R. Peipert
Associated Press
Miss Quinlan
Morristown
N.J
Christian Svendergaard
Mogen Jacobsen
Soendergaard
Svendergaard
Malcolm Muggeridge
Muggeridge
Human Rights Society
Paul VI
Gino Concetti
Vatican
L’osservatore Romano
London Daily Telegraph
Steve Talbot
Frank
Winifred Talbot
Athens
Johnson Road
Ohio
Frederick W. Bush
G. Kenner Bush
Fred Whissel
Save
Wildlife Federation
Henry Kissinger
Middle East
Detroit
Jacques Cousteau
Tom Diemer
Ceeed
Ku Klux
Yesteryear
The
Small Society
Mensc
Brickman
William J. Buckley
CIA
Liberty
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