Voice of America critics sharpen detente debate on Capitol Hill
Critics on Capitol Hill question VOA's independence from the State Department amid charges of soft coverage and anti detente bias. Officials cite aging transmitters, budget disputes, and balancing journalism with policy while Moscow accuses VOA of anti-Soviet stance.
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Washington
Voice of America
Moscow
Apitol Hill
VOA
State Department
NBC
John Chancellor
U.S
James R. Schlesinger
Eli Flam
Capitol Hill
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
South Vietnam
Percy
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cen
Sorship
BBC
British Broadcasting Corp
Aed
Senate Committee
House International Relations
U.S. Information Agency
Kenneth Giddens
Voice
Sovietskaya Rossiya
Helsinki
Soviet Union
Europe
Flam
Angola
Congress
White House
United States
Giddens
Radio Moscow
Great Escape From Mexican Jail In Piedras Negras
Eleven American inmates were freed by two hooded men who overpowered guards at a Piedras Negras jail across the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass Texas. Authorities say five Mexican prisoners also escaped, and six Americans were later detained in the Maverick County Jail before possible U.S. charges.
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Cans
Mexico
Congress
State Department
Piedras Negras
Rio Grande River
Eagle Pass
West Texas
San Antonio
Nesinson
Pascual Narvaer Omegas
Ozona
Tex
Jeffrey Andrew Garafola
San Francisco
Dale Chenoweth
Moss
Miss Jorgensen
Denver
Jim Rodgers
Maverick County
Alfredo Menchaca
Ceja Barajas
Mars life return plan fuels UN debate on ethics
A United Nations report flags the dispute over whether any Mars life forms should be brought to Earth or destroyed. It urges international scientific forum involvement, noting Viking’s Mars soil tests and potential future sample return to compare Martian and Earth organisms.
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United Nations, N.Y
Mars
U.N
Earth
Outer Space
D. Grahn
Pace
T.H. Jules
Committee On Space Research
Cospar
International Council of Scientific Unions
U.N. Committee
United Sates’ Viking
Grand jury probes Alabama racial violence past
A Montgomery grand jury seeks evidence of racial violence in the last 22 years after indicting three white men for the 1957 murder of Willie Edwards Jr. The Klansmen allegedly forced Edwards into the Alabama River after stopping his truck. Subpoenas seek historical demonstrations and church bombings dating to 1955.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bill Baxley
Willie Edwards Jr
Alabama
Axley
Birmingham
Fireworks Firm Seabrook Sees Boom With July Shows
Rockingham Fireworks Manufacturer and Displays Inc. reports tripled business and about 200 displays booked for July 2 to 5. Ruth Cairo cites 60 licensed staff and 20 apprentices, with orders from New England to Maryland and a Monaco invitation after the peak season.
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Seabrook
N.H
Ruth Cairo
Rockingham
Cairo
Stamford
Conn
John Cairo
Italy
Navy
Mrs. Cairo
Cairos
People’s Republic of China
Back to outhouse dispute drags on in Northfield Mass
Robin and Daniel Woodard fight local health and state plumbing codes over building an outhouse on 96 acres in Northfield. After years of legal actions, a Greenfield judge found them guilty of unauthorized construction with $20 fines, now appealed to Superior Court.
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Northfield
Mass
Robin
Daniel Woodard
Woodard
Los Angeles
Massachusetts
Woodards
Pioneer Valley
Northfield Board of Health
Board of Health
Greenfield District Court
Superior Court
Moonshine Gone Commercial Say Officials
Treasury officials say moonshining has shifted from rural backyards to large scale networks centered in the South. ATF notes 95 percent of illegal stills operate in the region and 800 stills were seized in 1975, with 650 arrests, far below the prior year’s totals.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Rufus Embry
Atlanta
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
South
Rex D. Davis
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London
Paul Nesinson
Karl Kristine Jorgenson
Ameri
Doyon
Biddeford
Maine
William Kyle
Sonny
Liv
Ingston
Henry Alexander
James York
Raymond ¢. Britt
Edwards
Alabama River
Britt
Baxley
Portland Rd
Saco
Dry Cleaners
Whitt
Porter & Prospect Sts
Biddeford-Saco
Fireworks Co
Monaco
Outhouse
Happy St. Patrick’s
Alfred Street
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