Nixon Aid Offer to Vietnam Postwar Debate
Analysis notes that Article 21 of the 1973 Paris truce promised U S aid to North Vietnam, later undercut when ceasefire violations erased the agreement. The piece argues Nixon sought aid as incentive, Wolff alleged mislead, yet asserts U S commitment to aid is nonsense after Hanoi breached peace.
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United States
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Indochina
Henry Kissinger
Paris
U.S
North Vietnam
Nixon
Lester L. Wolff
House
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Threat to Children Immunization Crisis Cited in Nation
The piece condemns failures to vaccinate 20 million U S children under 15, notes Los Angeles County barred non immunized kids from school, and urges nationwide action. It warns diseases like measles polio and diphtheria can kill or maim, calls 40 percent underimmunized, especially among the poor, and labels the low rate a national shame demanding awareness and cure.
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Los Angeles County
Chilean Journalist Becomes Santiago Mayor and OAS Ambassador
Maria Eugenia Oyarzun, a Chilean journalist turned politician, was appointed mayor of Santiago in 1975 by President Pinochet and later became Chile’s ambassador to the Organization of American States in Washington. She is the first and only woman ambassador to the OAS, using her journalistic insight to counter criticism of Chile’s junta while advancing urban reform and social outreach.
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Washington
Maria Eugenia Oyarzun
Chile
Augusto Pinochet
Oyarzun
Santiago
Organization of American States
OAS
United Nations
White House
Allende
Agit
Ike
Oyargun
Oyaraun
Letters to the Editor Policy for Danville Register
The Danville Register outlines that letters to the editor must be signed with full addresses for verification. Writers should include telephone numbers for verification, and all letters may be edited or shortened if space is limited on the page.
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Danville Register
Brock Breaks From GOP Leaders To Lead Solo Messaging
GOP chairman William Brock plans to abandon joint appearances with House and Senate leaders John Rhodes and Howard Baker and form national task forces to shape policy on economy energy taxes and foreign affairs without clearance from Rhodes and Baker. The move echoes past party dynamics and has strong backing from conservatives while provoking concern among some Republican strategists. A separate note describes congressional resistance to Maj Gen John Singlaub’s Korea discussions and a conservative backlash over his ouster, with senators Hatch Garn Thurmond and representatives Kemp and Holt signaling alarm.
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Washington
House
Senate
William Brock
Jimmy Carter
Brock
John Rhodes
Howard Bakerd
National Committee
Rhodes
Baker
Brooks
Paul Butler
Ray
Butler
Democratic Advisory Council
DAC
Johnson-Rayburn
Congress
Bliss
Republican Coordinating Council
ROC
Dirksen-Ford
Defense Department
McClure
Singlaub
Korea
Carter
Orrin Hatch
Jake ‘Garn
Strom Thurmond
Jack Kemp
New York
Marjorie Holt
Maryland
Charles Robb
Lyndon B. Johnson
Virginia
Potomac
Old Guard
Energy plan risks poor as costs rise under Carter proposal
Vernon E Jordan Jr outlines a comprehensive energy package for President Carter that critics say burdens low income families. The plan may raise inflation and slow growth while offering uneven relief, with weak protections for renters and minimal aid for weatherization. In Congress, Robb allies and major donors anchor a Virginia primary landscape amid debates over welfare reform and fiscal equity.
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Carter
Labor Department
Congress
Soviet Foreign Policy Aside From U S Support
Joseph Kraft reflects from Moscow on Soviet setbacks abroad and mild successes, noting India's defeat of Mrs Gandhi, Ethiopia and Somalia tensions, Syria's Lebanon invasion, Arafat's stance, China tensions, and Europe’s East West bloc dynamics. He contrasts Moscow's limited gains with Carter administration arms control moves and concludes Carter's water over fire approach.
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Moscow
Pravda
Russia
United States
Near East
Gandhi
Soviet Union
Morar Desa
India
Foreign Ministry
Africa
Ethiopia
Somalia
Eritrea
Nikolai Podgorny
Politburo
Hafez Assad
Syria
Lebanon
Yasser Arafat
Leonid Brezhnev
Arafat
China
Mao Tse-tung
Hua Kuo-feng
Peking
Europe
Spain
Portugal
Italy
U.S
Carter
Washington
Madame Gandhi
Notre Dame
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Sullivan
Rowland Evans and
Robert Novak
Gop
Everett Dirksen
Charles Halleck
Oatage Baker
Lee
Long
Vernon E. Jordan Jr
Robb
Richard
Major) Reynolds
Ira Lechner
Byrd Machine
Watkins Abbitt
William Teck
Mre
Charles Engelhard
Lew Wasserman
Mary Lasker
Johnson
LBJ
Jack Valenti
Defense
Clark Clifford
Arthur Krim
Thomas ‘Corcoran
Joseph Hirshhorn
Supreme Court
Abe Fortas
Averell Harriman
Abraham Feinberg
San Francisco
Walter Schorenstein
Nancy Dickerson
Abbitt
Joseph Kraft
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