Debates rise on Carter Korea troop withdrawal plan
Congress debates the wisdom of President Carter’s phased pullout of U S ground troops from South Korea. Singlaub’s removal after criticizing the plan highlights controversy. Analysts weigh deterrence vs withdrawal while considering South Korea’s growing economy and defense needs.
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South Korea
Mr. Carter
An People
John K. Singlat Ib
Georgia
Singlaub
Russia
China
Korea
North Korea
United States
Asia
Bureaucratic Meddler and the Consumer Protection Agency
A White House effort and high level appeals pushed the 1977 plan to create the Agency for Consumer Protection through the House committee by one vote. Critics warn the agency would expand government power, invite mischief, and risk political harassment while costing 15 million first year and 25 million annually thereafter.
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Agency For Consumer Protection
Congress
Carter
Mondale
House Government Operations Committee
Who Should Play God In DNA Pioneering Debate
A 1977 discussion warns that biologists may soon create new life forms by combining DNA from different organisms. Jeremy Rifkin urges a four year moratorium on recombinant DNA research, noting ethical limits and the dangers of cloning and genetic engineering. The piece questions who may wield life’s rights and the soul of a cloned person.
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House Subcommittee On Health and the Environment
Congress
Jeremy Rifkin
Rifkin
California Institute of Technology
War in the Pea Patch Across Rappahannock County
James J. Kilpatrick humorously laments a garden invasion by moles groundhogs chipmunks and rabbits as barbed wire machine guns and a proposed tank fail to deter the pests in a comic county crisis. Weather drought and pest woes cap a bleak scene with shots of wrens swallows and stubborn crops dying.
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Rappahannock County
Anton
Sour Grapes in Virginia Primary Endorsement Clash
A letter to the editor rebukes Jung lath and his Perspective for endorsing Andrew Miller ahead of the Virginia Democratic primary. The writer accuses him of a poor loser complex, cites AP reporting on GOP infiltration, and urges reading more newspapers before making unsubstantiated editorial charges. George Buchanan Jr. 276 Hawthorne Drive.
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Jung Lath
Virginia
Andrew Miller
the Bee
Associated Press
Buckley defense fund draws wide protest across camps
A letter signed by William E. Simon and a committee including Clare Boothe Luce and James Buckley promotes a Citizens Legal Defense Fund for the FBI amid John J. Kearney’s indictment. Critics note uncertainty about grand jury proceedings and possible foreign links, while commentators from both ends of the spectrum condemn harassment of the FBI and call for depoliticization of justice.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Clare Boothe Luce
James L. Buckley
Simon
Justice Department
Kearney
FBI
CLA
Madison Avenue
New York
N.Y
Letters to the Editor Policy at Danville Register
The Danville Register invites signed letters with full addresses for verification. Writers must provide a telephone number and acknowledge that letters may be shortened when space is limited.
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