Times Square Depravity as Seen by Russell Baker
Russell Baker argues Times Square exposes a global pattern of depravity driven by its cheap, vulgar display. He notes the city’s economics and real estate push the rock over, turning the crossroads into a temple of low taste and dreary liberty.
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New York
Times Square
Paris
London
California
George Fr. Will
Washington Post
Eighth Avenue
Civil Liberties Union
City Hall
Mount Anthony course opens amid golf greens debate
Ardent golfers venturing outdoors on Mount Anthony as the course opens under Luther R. Graves II, teens committee chair, after weeks of indoor practice. A Mexico ransom letter to George Bush draws attention while a Putnam House owner remains unconvinced amid volatile local weather and dangerous mountain roads.
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Luther R. Graves 2Nd
George Bush
Mexico
Mr. Bush
Putnam House
Bennington
Carli links inflation to democratic crisis in Italy
Dr. Guido Carli, former governor of the Bank of Italy, argues that the democratic system's crisis drives inflation, not the reverse, as his austerity program sharply cut Italian inflation last year.
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Guido Carli
Bank of Italy
Diplomats chase puzzle of Carter and 1976 politics
Washington embassies host a globe trotting guessing game about the presidential race led by Jimmy Carter and Hubert Humphrey. Officials on Capitol Hill and Foggy Bottom trade theories on Kissinger, Teng, and China while fearing shifts in the USSR, Yugoslavia, and Europe as analysts speculate on futures, policy shifts, and potential alliances.
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Massachusetts Avenue
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Henry Kissinger
Hubert Humphrey
Gerald Ford
Nelson Rockefeller
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Soviet Union
Japan
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Peking
Hua Kuofeng
Teng Hsiao-ping
Chou En-lai
Teng
David Bruce
George Bush
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Lenin
Red Square
Spain
Portugal
Yugoslavia
Tito
Jimmy
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
George Wallace
Ronald Reagan
Carter
Humpty Dumpty
End of an era as Howard Hughes dies in Houston
The Village Voice notes the death of Howard Hughes and the end of a major era in free press reporting. Speculation over his burial, his will, and the Hughes Medical Foundation will shape journalism for years, even as the industry mourns. Chester Davis and F. W. Gay remain as trustees amid potential legal battles.
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Howard Hughes
Houston
Hughes Watchers
Hughes
Hughes Medical Foundation
Chester Davis
F. W. Gay
Encino
Calif
European warning on protectionism by Thomson reaches US shores
George Thomson, a top European Community official, warns the United States and Europe against protectionist impulses in an election year. He notes shoe imports worth about 300 million dollars and other European exports facing US probes, risking a trade war that could harm both regions and the global economy. Anable reports for The Christian Science Monitor.
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George Thomson
Thomson
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Europe
America
Italy
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Henry Kissinger
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Atlantic
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New York Times News Service
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Searsburg Mountain
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F. W. Larmore
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N.Y
Wayland Loyd
National Carbon Co
J. M. Spangler
Old First Church
Old Bennington
Fred W. D. Smith
Sexton
Bennington Banner
Brattleboro Reformer
RCA
South West Africa
John Young
Charles Duke
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Northern Ireland
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Roosters
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Arrow Puritan Munsing
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Jantzen
Weldon
Swank
Levi
Levi's
Panatella
Farah
IH. Greenberg Incorporated
Main Street
St Son Bennington Plumbing
State Department
Nixon
Ford
Spiro Agnew
Alexander Cockburn
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Village Voice
Nichols
Mr. Anable
United Nations
Christian Science Monitor
Specia Purchase
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