Canada risks Olympic integrity over Taiwan ban
A column argues Canada and Montreal risk the Games’ ideals by insisting Taiwan can’t enter under its official name. It faults Canada for defying IOC rules to appease Communist China, warns of Olympic disgrace if Montreal bows to politics, and notes Canada’s over billion dollar outlay.
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Canada
China
Republic of China
Taiwan
Montreal
International Olympic Committee
Ineir
Lord Killanin
TOC
Olympics
IOC
Ottawa
Kepone in bluefish sparks seafood industry debate in Virginia
Delegate J Warren White attacks Dr William Hargis for disclosing Kepone findings in Chesapeake Bay seafood. The column argues informing the public about toxic levels protects health and long term industry welfare, while noting Supreme Court debates on privacy and self incrimination affecting business records.
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J. Warren White
Norfolk
William J. Hargis
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Hargis
Chesapeake Bay
del. White
Virginia
House Committee
Chesapeake
Fearless Mapmaker Maps Middle East Education Push
Washington reports Saudi Arabia opened 13 new schools for girls and Palestinian headmistresses were chosen. Former Ambassador L. Dean Brown, now president of the Middle East Institute, says Palestinians lead in skilled manpower, including physicians lawyers engineers and teachers, with many graduates pursuing college.
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Washington, D.C
Saudi Arabia
Ford
L. Dean
Conservative defense cost skepticism in U.S. politics
The piece argues conservatives should push a lean but strong defense to curb inflation from multi billion dollar weapons programs. It cites B 1 bomber cost concerns amid broader plans for Trident subs MIRV MARV and Rickover carriers, urging restraint while preserving national security and alliances. It also notes Ford administration moves on Israel arms aid and potential Middle East detente shaping 1977 policy.
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Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Pentagon
Ramsey Clark
Senate
New York
Hyman Rickover
Congress
Air Force
Navy
John P. Richardson
American Congress
Harry ‘Truman
Palestine
Japan
Ambassador Brown
Israel
Ford Administration
U.S
Mideast
Ford
Simcha Dinitz
Massacre in Ward No 4 Cuba Report
A chaotic Cuba prison massacre is described with inmates beaten and killed in Ward No 4. Guards, under orders, shoot inmates and carry bodies to the hallway as a brutal mass killing is staged for propaganda. Senator Jesse Helms referenced the events in Congress.
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Laureana Valdes-Gallanda
Valdes-Gallardo
Feon
Gerardo Gondalez-Alavarez
Paul Perez de la-Rosa
Enrique Diaz-Correa
Wilfredo Martinez
Figueroa
Evelio Hermandez
Ministry of the Interior
Danville
Meces Publishing Co
Union St
Senate budget tale sparks call for reform in 1977
Senator Jesse A. Helms recounts a July 9 1975 vote on the 1977 federal budget noting many senators did not know the bottom line and some voted as directed. He warns the budget segment was 95.4 million and calls for a new Congress to curb wasteful government spending.
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Jesse Helms
Castro
Cuba
Wittea
Jesse A. Helms
Rn.c
Senate
Congress
Helms
Escal
Readable or Not, Supreme Court Opinions Still Fall Short
Washington. In a column critiquing the Supreme Court term, the writer laments the dull prose of high court opinions while praising past masters like Marshall, Holmes, and Brandeis. He notes fault lines in punctuation, word choice, and sentence structure across justices, from Rehnquist to Stevens, and ends with a satirical jab about voter mood and campaign spending.
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Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
John Marshall
Holmes
Brandeis
Jackson
Frankfurter
Douglas
Black
Tennessee
Dunlap
Massachusetts
Serbiaty
Rehnquist
Congress
Blackmun
Stevens
New Hampshire
Harry
Stewart
Marshall
Aul
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Jerusalem
Defense Department
Sen
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Javits
Tits Gime
United Nations
Amnesty International
United States Senate House
Janes . Kilpatrick
Senator Soaper
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