Protest by 90 against Hanoi on South Vietnam repression
Ninety leading antiwar protesters including Joan Baez and Allen Ginsberg petition Vietnamese UN representative Dinh Ba Thi to press for on-site inspections of re education camps and the release of political prisoners. They argue for international oversight after the U S withdrawal and a communist victory, while admitting the White House assessment proved correct.
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United States
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Dinh Ba Thi
Joan Baez
Paul O'Dwyer
Allen Ginsberg
Roger Baldwin
Edward Koch
White House
Solar energy gains traction as ERDA plans payments
After the 1973 Arab oil embargo sparked interest, solar energy research grew steadily. ERDA now states solar energy is competitive with electric heat in most regions and, if goals are met within four years, could rival oil and gas in solar heat applications.
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Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDA
Chicago fights back against vandalism crisis
Chicago faces a wave of vandalism costing taxpayers millions. Deerfield led a successful antivandal program shifting parental liability up to 500 dollars per offender. Suburbs copied the plan, reducing vandalism by about 35 percent in the first year and aiming to curb youth crime with stronger local court chances and parent accountability.
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Paul Harvey
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Chicagoland
Senate
Chicago
Supreme Court
Chicago Area
Reading Tuesday's Biddeford Saco Journal Letter on housing code
A letter criticizes the mayor and city manager for pushing a city housing code in Saco Maine. The writer questions residents' judgment and mocks an external inspector role while fearing hiring a Portland inspector to invade homes. The note references Crepeau Olive Street and cites broad protective motives behind the code.
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Biddeford- Saco
Saco
Portland
Crepeau
Olive Street
Maine
Sino-Soviet border tensions in 1970s clash
A 1977 report details Kissinger’s shift toward detente after a 1969 clash on Chenpao Island near the Ussuri River. It notes Soviet forces of about 800,000 facing China, differing views on invasion risk, and Chinese reliance on older weaponry. It also describes Maoist-era tactics, possible Sino-Soviet detente, and military maneuvers in Shanghai amid a leadership power struggle in Beijing.
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Jack Anderson
United Feature Syndicate
Hong Kong
Henry Kissinger
China
Richard Nixon
Kissinger
Chenpao
Ussuri
Siberia
Manchuria
U.S
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Thal
Sinkiang
Russia
Peking
O Chiang Ching
Hongkong
Shanghai
Business Reassurance And The Carter Era
Russell Baker humorously analyzes how the economy and business press view President Carter's reassuring role. He likens business to a neurotic patient whose confidence rises and falls with Fed signals and trade data, yet remains optimistic as elections loom, while critics warn of renewed uncertainty.
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Russell Baker
New York Times
America
Calvin Coolidge
Treasury
Despond
Carter
Washington
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