Virginia limits death penalty to three offenses
The General Assembly approved a three category death sentence limiting capital punishment to killing for hire, killing after kidnapping with ransom demand, and killings by a prison inmate. The House killed extensions, leaving Virginia effectively without a capital punishment statute and provoking criticism over justice safeguards and political accountability.
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Senate
House
Danville
Del
Calvin Fowler
Fowler
Supreme Court
Virginia
General Assembly of
Amtrak Faces Threat From Deteriorating Tracks
Amtrak relies on freight railroads for track and bed access, many of which are deteriorating due to funding limits. Outgoing president Roger Lewis warns this is Amtrak’s greatest threat, risking future accidents and urging urgent repairs to maintain safety and growth in ridership and revenue.
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Amtrak
Roger’. Lewis
Federal Transportation Department
Job Support program to aid chronically unemployable workers
Training contributors note a new three year Job Support program expanding the Wildcat pilot. Run by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation with Ford Foundation support, the project will place emotionally ill, long term welfare recipients, and chronically un employed youths into low stress jobs to build work habits.
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Department of Justice
Wildcat
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
Ford Foundation
Why Gas Rationing Is Impossible
President Ford rejects universal gasoline rationing as unworkable and dangerous. The columnist argues fairness cannot be universal due to suburban mobility and diverse individual needs. No computer can fairly allocate gas across producers and consumers in a highly mobile economy.
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Ford
Jerry Ford
War fears and oil rationing in a national crisis
A lengthy commentary critiques CIA critics while defending intelligence gains and warns against heavy national controls. It recalls OSS roots, Eisenhower operations, and heavy water alarms, then argues rationing would wreck the dispersed economy, harming families like Harriman’s and ordinary workers alike.
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Richard Helms
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Averill Harriman
United States of America
Statue of Liberty
Indochina
Castro
Cuba
William J. Casey
Export Import’s Bank
William J. Donovan
Casey
OSS
CTA
Roosevelt
Hitler
Norway
Europe
Eisenhower
Hymg
Germany
Mr. Casey
Security Council
Graustarkian
Zenda
Sloppy Science Reporting Draws AAAS Critique
Washington critique at AAAS meeting targets cautious coverage of risks in DDT cyclamates phosphates and nuclear power. Notes NY Times and others spread unproved claims, while scientists urge framing risk by exposure and dose and warn against zero risk rhetoric.
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Washington
New York Times
the Times
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Mary L. Good
University of New Orleans
AAAS
Good
Senate
Bernard L. Oser
Oser
Ralph Nader
The
Times
Washington Post
TV Network News
Bordeaux wine fraud trial shakes France officials say
In a case led by Lionel Cruse and Yvan Cruse with Pierre Bert and 15 others, France accuses them of doctored wines falsified labels and tampering with documents. Bert admitted adulteration while inspectors found altered records during the probe of the House of Cruse cellars. Witnesses note even experts can misidentify origins.
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Lionel Cruse
Yvan
Pierre Bert
France
House of Cruse
Bert
Senator Soaper on Pay, War Talks and Places to Start
A reflective commentary notes that critics split on paying speakers a large fee and that debate flares over revisiting old wars. The piece argues genuine danger lies in the scarcity of new places to spark conflicts.
Inflation Inevitability in U S Politics and Spending
Holmes Alexander argues inflation cannot be stopped by orders or laws and taxes politicians blame. The piece critiques Congress pork barrel spending, budget acts, and inflationary tempers, noting Stennis and Buckley openings, defense outlays, and calls for personal restraint to curb inflation.
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Washington, D.C
Congress
Nixon
California
Kenneth Bush
William Simon
Capitol Hill
Public Works
Stennis
Mississippi
America
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
AEC
Proxmire
Wisconsin
Buckley
New York
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