Wheat aid payments questioned by GAO
The GAO says American wheat farmers received 800 million dollars for not planting crops during 1970 to 1973 under the set aside program. Only 38 million of 59 million acres paid were planted after restrictions ended, leaving 21 million acres as fallow by design. Officials deny illegality and note similar funds would have been earned under other programs. The GAO and Department comments prompt debate over spending.
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General Accounting Office
Department of Agriculture
GAO
Agriculture
Department
Space Revolution Aims Voyager I and II Grand Tour
The launch plan calls for Voyager I on August 20 and Voyager II on September 1 to study Jupiter and Saturn from space and possibly visit Uranus and Neptune in a grand tour. The craft carry UN messages, Earth's life forms, cultural music, and sounds, with digital aids for potential aliens.
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America
Jupiter
Saturn
Solar System
United Nations
Earth
Timothy Ferris
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kurt Waldheim
Waldheim
CIA Opens Headquarters as Public Tour Site
The CIA will welcome visitors to its headquarters with guided tours featuring cameras for guides and no cameras for guests. The event marks a rare public look inside the agency.
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The
CIA
Rosalynn Carter Focuses on Jamaica as Island Faces Turmoil
Washington columnist notes Rosalynn Carter's Jamaica trip drew attention to Manley era unrest and Cuban influence. He cites economic nationalizations, rising violence, and tourism decline while criticizing Manley's ties to Castro and the DGI.
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Washington
Rosalynn Carter
Caribbean
Jamaica
United States
Michael Manley
Peoples National Party
Fidel Castro
Salvador Allende
Chile
Manley
Castro
Soviet Union
Angola
Allende
Arnaud
Africa
Moscow
Izvestia
Don’t Close Rhodesia Information Office in Washington
A columnist argues against closing Rhodesia’s Washington Information Office, noting U N pressure, First Amendment concerns, and U S policy. The piece questions Carter’s potential executive order to shut the office and defends the right to hear Rhodesian government views. It cites Ian Smith and calls for free speech to include Rhodesia’s perspective.
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New York
U. S
Belgrade
America
Carter
Rhodesia
Washington
U. N. Security Council
U. N
Rhodesian Information Service
Ian Smith
Joshua Nkomo
Robert Mugabe
Abel Muzorewa
Ndabaningi Stihole
United States
American Civil Liberties Union
Land of the Free
Democrats Have Their Own Cover-Up Now
A reader letter argues the Carter administration shields Democrats from blame in Nixon’s downfall and accuses them of moral compromise. The writer criticizes human rights stance and party allies, urging moral renewal and prayer in public life.
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Washington
Nixon
Mr. Carter
Carter
Mr. Young
U. N
Playboy Magazine
Mrs. Carter
Anita Bryant
Dale Evans
Pat Boone
William B. Gore
Princeton
W. Va
Nuclear industry pressures TV to curb critical nuclear coverage
An investigative account details how the Atomic Industrial Forum and American Nuclear Society use Infowire to pressure CBS ABC NBC and sponsors to suppress or alter TV programs critical of nuclear power. The effort targets Hawaii Five-O Most Wanted and a PBS film about Browns Ferry with coordinated letters and protests.
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Washington
NBC
CBS
Hawaii Five-O
Ralph Nader
Critical Mass Energy Project
Atomic Industrial Forum
American Nuclear Society
Infowire
Forum
ABC
U. S
Robert Fountain
Herbert Schlosser
NBC News
Richard Wald
Federal Communications Commission
House Communications
Lionel van Deerlin
Dcalif
House Commerce
Harley Staggers
D-W. Va
Senate Commerce
Warren Magnusen
D-Wash
Textron, Inc
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Joseph C. Rengel
Westinghouse Nuclear Energy Systems
Northwestern Mutual
F. E. Ferguson
Larry Kraftowitz
Ferguson
Textron
Allied Chemical
Public Broadcasting System
Brown’s Ferry
Alabama
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Hugh Shott
Richard Wesley
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Rosalynn
General de Intelligencia
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Guyana
Forbes
Daily Gleaner
John Hearne
Hearne
Necome
William L. Rusher
Arnold Miller
Miller
Kelly Buchanan Bluefield
Congress
Spaceship Earth
Hugh D. Dudley
Fayetteville, N. C
Maine
Bluefield
William Cecil Pendleton
West Virginia
Pendleton
Frederick St. Jay S. Hoar
Farmington
Potomac
Huntington
Nations
EPA
Dream World Dept. of Transportation
Morgantown
Robert L. Sanding Huntington
Bluewell
Highway Department
Rockefeller
District Highway Office
Jack Anderson
Nuclear Controls
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