Laetrile debate and ethics in Congress spark heat
The piece surveys the laetrile controversy with FDA warnings and legislative moves, noting state approvals and a Senate hearing slated for July 12. It highlights supporters who praise freedom of choice and critics who warn laetrile risks and distracts from proven treatments. It also exposes a loophole in ethics rules allowing multiple $35 entertainments daily.
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American Medical Establishment
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Steven D. Symms
U. S. News & World Report
FDA
Indiana
Edwin A. Roberts Jr
The
National Observer
Senate Human Resources Committee
Symms
Congress
Richard Schord
Missouri
Buckley Attacks Kennedy Brothers In CBS CIA Documentary
CBS airs a two hour film alleging top US leaders aided CIA plots against Castro. The narrative accuses John and Robert Kennedy of endorsing covert actions including assassination attempts, Bay of Pigs fallout, and pressure on Cuba leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis era.
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CBS
CIA
Secret Army
Fidel Castro
John F
Robert Kennedy
Vatican
Peter and Paul
Eisenhower
Castro
John Kennedy
Bay of Pigs
United States
Kennedy
Cuba
Florida
Miami
Key West
Executive Action
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Carter
Paris
Morgan
John F. Kennedy
Begin Proposes Liberated Israel in West Bank Plan
George F. Will outlines Menahem Begin’s stance on Judea and Samaria calling it liberated Israel. He argues Begin links security to practical diplomacy, warns against religious justifications, and suggests Arabs must negotiate for peace with Israel.
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Washington
Menahem Begin
Israel
Judea
Samaria
West Bank
Jordan
Eilon Moreh
Abraham
Begin
Glad
Stone
Burger warns on legal overload from rising litigation
Chief Justice Warren E Burger cites court congestion at a Columbia Law School ABA conference urging rapid development of substitutes for traditional procedures. He warns of a society overwhelmed by lawsuits and calls attention to expanding judicial activism, suggesting a major shift in judge lawmaking power.
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Warren E. Burger
United States
American Bar Association
Columbia Law School
John
Courts and Social Policy reshaping American governance
A new study argues that courts have become a primary force in lawmaking, shaping welfare rules, education, prison and hospital operations, and public safety standards. Critics say elected officials defer responsibility to judges, blaming courts for policy and financing decisions.
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Marshall
Boston
Philip Kurland
University of Chicago
Harvard
Nathan Glazer
Franklin B. Walter
Ohio
Roger Cramton
Cornell Law School
Bureaucratic Common Sense Forms Unofficial Policy Network
A small group of high level federal officials forms an unofficial policy coalition across agencies, aiming to influence a National Consumer Cooperative Bank bill. Members include F. Ray Marshall, Sam W. Brown Jr, Esther Peterson, Carol Tucker Foreman, and Msgr. Gene Baroni. The group has privately lobbied White House and OMB officials while awaiting a clear administration stance.
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Washington
NBA
White House
F. Ray Marshall
Sam W. Brown
Esther Peterson
Carter
Carol Tucker Foreman
Gene Baroni
Housing and Urban Development
Consumer Affairs
Consumer Cooperative Bank
Treasury Department
OMB
Treasury
Coalition
Stuart E. Eizenstat
W. Bowman Catter
House Banking Committee
Baroni
HUD
Cooperative Bank
Fidel Castro Hidden Power Behind World Footprint
The feature profiles Fidel Castro as a global influence with a Soviet backed network. It cites a $38.3 million daily subsidy from the USSR and outlines Cuban military and intelligence activities across Africa and beyond. It names DGI figures Julian Torres Rizo and Alina Alayo Amaro and describes their roles in U S politics and diplomacy.
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Washington
Fidel Castro
Hidden Castro
Angola
Cuba
Soviet Union
Havana
United States
Julian Torres Rizo
Castro
United Nations
Spuces
Rizo
Alina Alayo Amaro
DGI
Adelia
U. S
U. S. Senate
George McGovern
D.S. D
McGovern
Rhodesia
South Africa
Mozambique
Tanzania
Congo
Brazzaville
Equatorial Guinea
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Third World
David
Griffin Bell
Carter
Justice Dept
FBI
Clarence Kelley
Justice
Army
Harold Aaron
Ft. Meade
Edmund Thompson
Pat Stuart
Arizona
Potomac
Chesapeake Bay
Drug Enforcement Agency
Senator Soaper Opposes Detente Campaign
A dismissive statement from Senator Soaper claims the government has halted its push for detente. The remark recalls a past classroom anecdote about a history lesson on a Russian ruler labeled Ivan the Naughty.
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Ivan the Naughty
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Don Oakley
Martha Angle and
Robert Walters
Jack Anderson
Soaper
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