FBI used journalists as confidential informants in spy network
Senate report details an FBI program placing confidential sources inside major newsrooms universities and foundations. Report notes some journalists provided unpublished information while others merely received exclusive data. names were not released to protect sources. The agency resisted disclosing identities, citing risk to reputations careers and lives.
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Senate Select Committee On Intelligence
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Central Intelligence Agency
Senate Committee
Edward H. Levi
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Frank Church
Select Committee
Church
Committee
Mt. Anthony
Kissinger to Africa on seven nation goodwill tour
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger leaves Washington for a two week trip to Kenya Tanzania Zambia Zaire Senegal Ghana and Liberia. He frames the journey as showing U S opposition to white minority regimes and strengthening ties with black African nations while demanding Cuban troops withdrawal and an end to Soviet surrogate forces. He warns that Cuban presence and Soviet influence risk heightening international tensions.
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UPI
Angola
Henry A. Kissinger
Soviet Union
Kenya
Tanzania
Zambia
Zaire
Senegal
Ghana
Liberia
Kissinger
United States
Africa
Jeffords opens reelection bid in Montpelier address
Vermont congressman James L. Jeffords launched his bid for another term saying government must be more efficient while addressing inflation unemployment and the federal bureaucracy. He urged cost of living adjustments for disabled veterans and tax reform, noting he opposed a pay raise for Congress. He hinted at possible opposition from Montpelier attorney John Burgess as he outlined priorities including education funding and streamlining spending.
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Bennington
Jeffords
Postal Service
Vermont
Washington
House
Congress
Banner
John A. Burgess
Bomb blast at Cuban Embassy shocks Lisbon election campaign
In Lisbon a bomb wrecked the Cuban Embassy injuring four and killing two workers amid Portugal's heated election campaign. The blast damaged upper floors, shattered glass, and toppled walls as riot police and troops surrounded the scene. Voters head to a Sunday election with 263 delegates to be chosen from 14 parties.
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Cuba
Lisbon
Portugal
UPI
Marxist Liberation Movement
Angola
Frey Monteagudo
Adriana Concho
Francisco Astray Rodriguez
Portuguese Liberation Army
ELP
Legislative Assembly
Bennington GOP caucus labels delegates to state convention
Bennington Republicans held a sparsely attended caucus with ten participants to choose seven delegates and seven alternates for the May 22 state convention in Montpelier. The group faced a dilemma as slot filling fell short, waiting for more attendees before proceeding.
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Bennington
Udall
Carter
John
Republican Party
Montpelier
Fred Ehrich
Bennington County Superior Court
Thomas Haley
GOP
Ford
Manfred
Elaine Ehrich
Richard V. Perrott
Catherine Dermody
Gerald P. Morrissey
Goldwater
Mary Hodeck
Wilbur Pember
Anna
Joe Caracciola
Tom Cushman
Joe Hall
Ted Holden
Ronnie Knapp
Ehrich
Ruby van Santvoord
Thomas Foster
Morrissey
Foster
Morris Udall
Jimmy Carter
Arizona
Georgia
Hubert H. Humphrey
North Adams
Mass
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Rich Taskin
Charles Sauer
Wadsworths tackle crockpot woes and market talk
Inside Local highlights community chatter on kitchen gadgets and a view of what Pete Horton calls the world’s largest farmers market. NATO and Communist influence also teased, with county caucus notes and building code talks threaded through Hoosick Falls reports.
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Pete Horton
Safire
NATO
Hoosick Falls
AMHS
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