Detente averts Korea crisis and ONeill funds scramble
The Ford era detente helped defuse a North Korea incident after Kim Il Sung apologized for the killings of two U.S. officers. Henry Kissinger and Russia and China influenced restraint. Separately Rep. Tip O’Neill funds allies to gain votes for Speaker, distributing money to incumbents with easy races and delaying challengers.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Ford
Korea
United States
Russia
China
Henry Kissinger
North Korea
Kim Il Sung
Kim
Philip Habib
John Murphy
D.N.Y
Habib
Murphy
Japan
Idaho
Sea of Japan
O'Neill
Thomas
D.mass
House
Carl Albert
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Committee
Jim Wright
D.-Tex
Joe Gaydos
D.-Pa
Lee Hamilton
D.ind
Lucien Nedzi
D.mich
Andy Young
D.-Ga
Ed Patten
Speed limit protest caravan on I 94 to Detroit
Stephen Long and five friends drove 55 mph in two and three abreast for 50 miles from Ann Arbor to Detroit on Interstate 94. Their convoy blocked lanes and drew a growing tailback with about 600 vehicles behind them as some motorists passed on shoulders.
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Stephen Long
Ann Arbor
Mich
Detroit
Michigan
Economic pressures shape looming policy debates
The piece analyzes inflation at about six percent with rising industrial prices in July including 0.7 percent overall, fuel up two percent, metals up 1.2 percent, and lumber up four percent. It notes possible seasonal factors and mentions aluminum and steel as newer increases, warning about downstream price pressures. It cautions against lifting inflation restraints amid ongoing economic pressures.
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Ford
Carter
Attorney argues swine flu program risks and funding
Richard Spitz Sr an Biddeford attorney writes to Senator Hathaway amid public confusion over a 135 million swine flu program urging restraint on implementation He warns against nationwide injections and proposes private physician led vaccination with fiscal restraint and no deficit financing
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Richard Spitz Sr
Fortunes Rocks
Biddeford
William Athaway
William D. Hathaway
U.S. Senate
Washington, D.C
Senator Hathaway
Biddeford-Saco
U.S. Public Health Service
Congress
Ad Personnam
Fort Dix
N.J
South Africa in turmoil as white rule faces pressure
The article surveys South Africa's apartheid system and the growing domestic unease among blacks and whites. It notes Vorster's cautious stance, detentions of activists, and the potential for talks, while warning that change remains distant and US policy corridors shift amid ongoing unrest.
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Anthony Lewis
New York Times
South Africa
Africa
B.J. Vorster
Vorster
James Kruger
Nelson Mandela
Robben Island
Robert Obukwe
Kimberley
United States
Kissinger
Southern Africa
Rhodesia
Namibia
Mr. Vorster
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