U.S. Pays for Phantom Soldiers and Child Labor in Southeast Asia
A Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee report cites UPI sources alleging the Pentagon through the CIA pays Laotian pilots not to fly while Cambodian payrolls include thousands of underage recruits. The study also claims up to 100,000 phantom soldiers may exist on Cambodia’s books, blamed on corrupt officers. It questions pacification prospects and criticizes Nixon era policy assumptions.
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Vietnam
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Moose
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Nixon
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Brandt escapes injury in helicopter near Dead Sea fortress
Chancellor Willy Brandt and 29 others were aboard a Sikorsky 53 helicopter when strong winds and a dust storm forced a swerve near Masada, 1200 feet above the Dead Sea. Brandt reportedly stepped clear as the craft halted near a rock ledge after a risky landing. Other officials sustained minor injuries. no one died.
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Israel
UPI
Willy Brandt
Brandt
Yigal Yadin
Dead Sea
Herat the Great
Bonn
Eliashir Ben Horin
Paul Frank
Nahwa Astar
Tne
Inside column on Bible distribution in schools
Gerald Rettery critiques how Bibles are spread in schools and the implications for education and church-state relations on page 4.
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Gerald Rettery
Lab
Arlington Day Care
Hoosick Falls
Shaftsbury
Probers to hear higher level witnesses in Watergate probe
Senate Watergate committee aims to hear higher level witnesses this week, including Maurice Stans, Jeb Magruder, and John Bean, as it weighs televising hearings and possible closed sessions. Judge Sirica mulls whether Magruder and Dean can testify publicly or in secret to protect trial fairness.
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UPT
Senate Watergate Committee
Nivon
White House
John W. Bean
John J. Siriaig
Archibald Cox
Magruder
Dean
Sirica
New York
Stans
John §. Mitchell
Robert Vesey
Haldeman
Lowell P. Weicker
R-Conn
Gordon C. Strachan
Strachan
Weicker
New York Times
High court tie affirms order barring more air pollution
The Supreme Court, by a 2 to 1 vote with Justice Powell not participating, upholds a lower court ruling prohibiting any deterioration of clean air under the 1970 Clean Air Act. The decision does not create a broad legal precedent due to the tie, and EPA plans face scrutiny as states adjust their pollution plans to meet standards.
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Supreme Court
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Sierra Club
District of Columbia
Club
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
William D. Ruckelshaus
John W. Pratt
Ruckelshaus
U.S. Court of Appeals
Pratt
Willowbrook housing critique echoes rural missteps
CHARLE argues after two decades of public housing errors in the city, the country repeats them with Willowbrook. He bluntly criticizes privacy, design, and tenant dignity norms while condemning housing authorities for paternalistic policies. Page 14 column notes Willowbrook as a federally subsidized low income housing precedent.
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Bennington
Willowbrook
Sleeman defends ego as for good of Bennington
Bennington official Richard Sleeman defends a large ego as necessary for town service amid controversy over renaming Memorial Park’s Community Recreation Center. He cites seven weekly meetings, civic roles with the Community Resources Center and Southwestern Vermont Arts Council, and personal dedication to public service as justification for his activism.
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Richard A. Sleerman
Western Vermont Council On the Arts
Sherman
Richard Sleeman
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