France halts arms sales to apartheid South Africa
France condemns apartheid in a joint press conference with Zaire's Mobutu while stating arms for South Africa will no longer be sold. The move, aligned with the US and Britain's stance, risks leaving South Africa vulnerable to guerrilla attacks and complicates regional tensions amid debates on racial policy and constitutional changes.
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France
South Africa
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Mobutu Sese Seko
Zaire
Mobutu
United States
Britain
Rhodesia
Statewide Job Mart Job bank aids Virginias job seekers and employers
The Virginia Employment Commission launches a statewide job bank linking job seekers to opportunities across Virginia. It serves Danville and the state, helping job hunters find openings amid competition and enabling employers to reach workers statewide in good and bad economic times.
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Virginia Employment Commission
Danville
Virginia
Job Bank
The
Assets Of A Mid Rise Cited On The Editor
A reader praises a proposed Danville retirement complex noting it resembles a hotel with a vibrant lobby, recreation spaces, laun dromats, elevators, and social activities. She highlights two bedroom apartments, security features, and diverse residents from entertainers to diplomats, hoping the project provides real security and a cheerful home.
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Danville
Power to regulate nearly destroys a Los Angeles firm
James J. Kilpatrick discusses over-regulation in a 1962 case where Bradley Sport Company imported Japanese and Korean decorative dolls not intended as toys. Dolls sold in gift shops lacked child toy features and retailed up to 75 dollars. The 1973 creation of the Consumer Product Safety Commission expanded enforcement powers.
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Washington
John Marshall
Bradley Sport Company
Los Angeles
Huxley
Orwell
Bradley Company
Japan
Korea
Louis ¢. Bechtle
United States District Court
Congress
Consumer Product Safety Commission
CPSC
Bradley Import Company
Bernie Hartstein
Bradley
Bechtle
U.S. Circuit
Bechfle
Hartstein
Ohio
Dudge Nicholas J. Walinski
Toledo
James L. Buckley
New York
Horicon, Wise
Buckley
Marlin
Commission
The CIA Chief Colby and the KGB scapegoat blame game
Column argues CIA director William Colby should not be the fall guy for Cold War covert actions. It contrasts Colby with Nixon and Ford, then invokes Harrison Salisbury and Phillip Agee to warn about KGB influence and the need to refocus on OSS origins. It also covers CPSC doll pin bans, Bradley Import, and Buckley amendments shaping redress for government overreach.
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Washington, D.C
William Colby
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
Departments of State, Defense, Justice and Treasury
ERDA
Energy Research and Development Administration
Atomic Energy Commission
Colby
Congress
National Security Council
White House
San Clemente
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
KGB
Soviet Union
House Intelligence Committee
CLA
Phillip Agee
Beria
United States
Congressional
A Light Shines Over Darkest Africa
William F Buckley Jr discusses Kampala decisions by the Organization of African Unity urging restraint in UN General Assembly motions. He analyzes Mobutu Sese Seko in Zaire, Naipaul’s critique, and Africa’s complex relations with the United Nations and Western influence, ending with wary anticipation of UN relevance.
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Kampala
Organization of African Unity
General Assembly
United Nations
Saudi Arabia
Kenya
Israel
United States
S. Naipaul
New York Review of Books
Zaire
Congo
Mobutu
Joseph Mobutu
Focal Force Publique
Mr. Naipaul
General Mobutu
Africa
Mercedes
Poverty level rises for urban rural families
Government figures show a four person urban poverty line at less than 3600 dollars annually, down from 4550, while rural poverty is 4300 or less, up from 3870. The change expands aid eligibility and reflects higher costs, with urban gains about 11 percent amid inflation.
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Corpus Christi Tex
Parting Shots and The Office Grouch Quote a Reporter
A clipped humor piece notes television cannot be live entertainment as taped and filmed content remain. It questions whether audiences care and mocks a generational attitude toward effort and recreation. The Office Grouch is cited jokingly as spending most weeks avoiding work and recreation.
Evans on Gun Control in Washington I
M Stanton Evans argues that over 20,000 gun laws exist yet fail to reduce crime. He criticizes the liberal belief that restricting guns will curb violence and cites rising homicide rates from 1968 to 1973. He highlights data suggesting stricter gun laws correlate with no crime reduction and cites state comparisons.
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Congress
America
Martin Luther King
Robert Kennedy
Ramsey Clark
Dr. King
United States
John M. Snyder
The
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