Tragic toll of police killings prompts renewed resolve
A 1970s FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin editorial by director Clarence M. Kelley urges renewed efforts to curb violence against officers. It cites 1974 assault rates, notable ambushes in South Dakota and New York, and compares U S police fatalities with Europe and Japan. The piece calls for better training, research, procedures, and technology to improve officer survival and reduce risk in 1975.
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Readers write CF efforts appreciated to the editor
The Breath of Life Campaign in Bemidji thanks readers for caring and sharing funds to aid children with respiratory diseases. Money supports CF research and a test to identify carriers, with campaign chairs Mrs. Ted Schomberg, Mrs. Dennis Schultz, and Mrs. Randy Johnson highlighted for fundraising and public education efforts in Minnesota.
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Bemidji
Ted Schomberg
Shevlin
Dennis Schultz
Turtle River
Randy Johnson
Wilton
Moynihan defends blunt UN rhetoric in new American style
US Ambassador Daniel Patrick Moynihan says his harsh UN speeches mark a new American approach at the world body while he and Pearl Bailey outline why the United States must stay engaged and defend its democracy. He notes that responding to attacks and untrue charges is essential to preserve the nation's good name.
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Gene Kramer
Associated Press
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N.Y
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
U.N
World Organization
Pearl
FBI informer reveals slept with Klansmen wives for intel
Art Buchwald recounts a shadowy FBI informer story in which an agent monitored the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia by sleeping with Klansmen wives to sow dissension and gather information, describing risk, mood, and the ethics of undercover work. The tale includes cross burnings, shoe-based wife identification, and the agent's resignation to switch to the Communist Party for less physical exposure.
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FBI
Gary Rowe
Alabama
Georgia
Savannah
Stone Mountain
U.S
Communist Party
Ku Klux Klan
Activist Democrats Fuel Early Endorsement Contests
The Nation notes first endorsement caucuses in early primary states by activist liberal groups like the New Democratic Coalition in New York and CPPAX in Massachusetts. The piece traces past influence, candidates, and the push for endorsements from Bayh Harris Udall Church and others, highlighting dynamic preprimary mobilization and persistent strategic splits.
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New Democratic Coalition
New York
Reform Clubs
Empire State
Massachusetts
CPPAX
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Worcester
Mass
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George McGovern
Ask al Blumenthal
Howard Samuels
Bayh
Harris
Udall
Sen
Frank Church
Dukakis criticized as another big government liberal
John Lofton Jr. argues Governor Dukakis is no true reformer, comparing his calls for national health care, a federal jobs guarantee, and a national railroad plan to past failures. The piece questions cost figures and cites aides who admit they lack specifics while warning such programs would worsen the fiscal basket case. United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
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Ronald Reagan
Gov. Dukakis
Massachusetts
Uncle Sam
Ford
Mr. Dukakis
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Liederman
Dukakis
Washington
Gov Dukakis
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Mobile wives challenge corporate mobility says Michigan State expert
AP Business Analyst John Cunniff reports Eugene Jennings, a Michigan State University management professor, argues industry’s reliance on geographical mobility strains families. He says corporate practices often uproot wives, creating social inequity as career women outpace homemakers and companies rarely aid home managers.
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New York
Eugene Jennings
Jennings
Michigan State University
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