Virginia's Sunday laws mix local option with blue law debate
A survey notes Virginia adopts local option on Sunday sales after blue law failure. Half the localities rejected Sunday restraints. others kept them. No state-level action expected this session, leaving decisions to counties and independent cities. The piece recalls a Tennessee case in 1985 where W H Parker’s farm work on Sunday led to jail and death, inspiring a ballad about religious liberty and unequal laws.
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Florida
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Colby
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FBI
Sam = Papich
Post
Papich
DEA
France
U.S
Hoover
Mobs and Mebocracy Warn Against National Rally Tactics
A critique of the Capitol Hill rally by Auto Workers Union members led by Leonard Woodcock. The piece argues mass protests undermine serious policy work, warns that mobocracy breeds chaos, and urges Congress to rely on calm, expert action and existing programs to aid the jobless and needy. It condemns using protests to pressure the government.
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Congress
Capitol Hill
Auto Workers Union
Capitol
Ted Kennedy
Walter Mondale
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Woodcock
Robespierrean
Executive Department
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Sunrise for Angola or Prelude to Conflict
Analyzed view of Angola's three rival liberation movements FNLA MPLA and UNITA under Neto Roberto and Savimbi. Admiral Rosa Coutinho shapes a left leaning commission cabinet setup with white settlers limited to 23 percent. Editorial questions democracy and warns of possible dictatorship or civil war as Rhodesia and South Africa loom. The Times editorial is critiqued as overly hopeful.
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FNLLA
Front For the Liberation of
Angola
Holden Roberto
UNITA
National Union For the Oral Liberation of Angola
Jonas Savimbi
Mombassa
Rosa Coutinho
FNLA
MPLA
Wordsworth
New York Times
Liberation
Popular Movement For the Liberation of
Agostinho Neto
Neto
Roberto
Savimbi
Portugal
Rhodesia
South Africa
Times
The CIA On The Defensive
A critical analysis of CIA scrutiny and media coverage, highlighting debates at Yale, press secrecy, quotation usage, and calls for deeper inquiry into the agency's domestic activities and legal boundaries. It questions how journalists and officials shape public understanding of CIA actions and policy limits.
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CIA
Yale University
John Lindsay
Rockefeller
CLA
New York City
Mr. Lindsay
New York
Halo on Henry Jackson Backfires in Emigration Battle
Ralph de Toledano criticizes Sen. Henry Jackson for pushing an anti emigration rider on the U S Soviet trade bill. He argues the move harmed Soviet Jewish hope and damaged U S credibility while boosting Jackson’s presidential prospects. The piece condemns White House entanglement and Kissinger’s diplomacy as compromised by political theater.
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Henry A. Jackson
Kremlin
Henry Kissinger
White House
Soviet Union
Israel
Kissinger
United States
U.S
Jackson
Russia
Senate
Jacksons Detente Strategy for 1976 Democrats
Senator Henry Jackson shifts strategy by courting New York Hollywood liberals while balancing AFL-CIO support. He mentors a detente stance toward China and Vietnam, risking alienating Cold War hawks and Wallace allies as Meany weighs continuing aid to South Vietnam.
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Meany
Scoop Jackson
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Tan Quoc Buu
Vietnam Confederation of Labor
Independent Labor
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Armed Services and Foreign Relations and Affairs
Gov
Wallace
Alabama
George Wallace
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