The United Nations Decolonization Debacle
A critical column decries the UN decolonization committee for delaying action on a Puerto Rico independence resolution. It accuses the body of distortion, cites voting asymmetries, and laments rising Third World influence, while urging a fresh approach to reform global governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Special Decolonization Committee
United Nations
United States
Cuba
U.N
Congo
Iraq
Mali
Syria
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Tanzania
Puerto Rico
Zation Committee
Wadis
Dead Sea
Yasser Arafat
Des Moines gains boost from federal funds dispute in Iowa
A sweeping critique argues Governor Ray shifts Title XX welfare funds to Des Moines at the expense of Linn Johnson Jones Benton and Washington counties and the rest of Iowa. It alleges 3 targeted allocations plus overhead and drug treatment funding distort state aid plus a $12 million impact to the Des Moines area while harming statewide social services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Johnson, Jones
Benton
Iowa
Washington Counties
Ray
Des Moines
Ford
State Department of Social Services
Department of Social Services
5Th Judicial District
Health Department
State Capitol
Word oddities and the Russian usage question
The column addresses whether Russians should be used for all USSR citizens and whether Russia can refer to the USSR. It notes that popular usage often broadens Russian to the USSR and discusses the grain deals topic. It also answers a reader query about plural spellings of the sounds in too to and two, concluding no standard plural exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puerto Rico
Andrew McCauley
Worthington
Ohio
U.S.S.R
Russia
Dora Drabold
Pedricktown
N.J
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East River
Alexander Dubcek
Ivor Richard
U.S
Robert Allen
Good Old Uncle
Rangue
South Africa
Israel
Red
San Francisco
Bahrain
Guinea-Bissau
Maldive Islands
Qatar
Swaziland
Kansas City
U.N. General Assembly
Communist Bloc
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Jenkin
Lloyd Jones
Linn County
Social Services Department
By Craig K. Harmon
UPI
Theodore M. Bernstein
C. Dinettes
New York Times Service
Hide-a-Way
E. Las Senoritas Group
Collins Road
Cess
Walter Winchell
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