Orono conference a big disappointment
A planned Joint Mideast American Business Conference at the University of Maine Orono aimed to boost U S Arab trade relations faltered after the U S Commerce Department pulled out over Israel participation and later an agenda dispute. Attendees blamed poor organization and political interference for the poor turnout of 800 expected officials, with only about 300 arriving and Maine facing a damaged business image.
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Orono
University of Maine
United States
Middle East
Atlantic
Mideast
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Iran
Iraq
Qatar
Syria
Libya
Cave
U.S. Commerce Department
Israel
Commerce Department
Dheblack
Unites States
Walter Erdell
Wisconsin
Arthur Thom
Maryland
Roger S. Brown Jr
Pennsylvania
Maine
Elliott Richardson
Arabian Department of Commerce
Amish Staying Power Across Lancaster Summer
George F. Will notes Amish life in Pennsylvania's Lancaster County as they host many New York City children through the Fresh Air Fund. He highlights Old Order practices, limited modern tech, and community figures like Anna Buckwalter who places hundreds of children in homes each summer, while contrasting with nearby secular life and quotes Crevecoeur on America.
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George F. Will Bones
Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
Maine
Virginia
New York City
Fresh Air Fund
Germany
America
America the Beautiful
Benuel Smucker
Caesar
Elam Lantz
St. Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia Phillies
Phillies
Chicago Cubs
Crevecoeur
Mary
Elam
Cardinals
Anna Buckwalter
Church of the Brethren
John
Banks
Ranks
Eden
Paradise
Climate change debate drives Soviet study and US concern
Washington reports that a CIA analysis warned of a dangerous global climate shift prompting Soviet inquiry. Dr Budyko led a major Soviet program while American scientists like Dr Epstein note rising CO2 from fossil fuels fuels a greenhouse effect. The piece also covers a DEA leadership shakeup and policy changes aimed at curbing heroin availability.
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Les Whitten
Washington
Soviet Union
USS. Intelligence
Central Intelligence Ae
CIA
Drug Enforcement Administration
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
DEA
Fall of the FBI and calls for reform in 1976
The piece critiques the FBI's decline in public trust amid internal investigations into misuse of funds procurement irregularities and secret political uses. It notes Hoover era oversight, semi autonomous bureau status, and risks of political control, urging reforms like fixed directorship terms and independent oversight. It discusses whether to place more or less authority under the Justice Department and the need for accountability.
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Tom Wicker
New York Times
Central Intelligence Agency
Federal Bureau of Investigation
L. Patrick Gray 3d
Watergate
F.B.I
Pan A
Martin Luther King Jr
Presidentennedy
Franklin Roosevelt
Justice Department
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Attorne
Senate
Bureau
Intelligence Committee
Kelley
Department of Justice
Edward Levi
Ford
Carter as Nebraska Democrat would Dixie vote for him
Paul Harvey asks if James Carter the Nebraska wheat farmer could win the Deep South. He imagines a moderate Carter with education aid, health care, civil rights support, and fewer federal bureaus. The piece ponders Southern voters’ willingness to back a Democrat under a different regional persona.
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James Carter
Nebraska
Deep South
Nebraska Democrat
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