Sixth Fleet loses Eleusis port and Athens base
The United States and Greece end the home port arrangement for Sixth Fleet ships at Eleusis near Athens and close the American air base at Athens airport after Greece threatened to close all bases following Turkey's July invasion of Cyprus. The move weakens Greek defense and economy while the US vows to keep Athens Hellenikon in operation.
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Eleusis
Athens
United States
Greece
Cyprus
Turkey
NATO
Hellenikon
Mediterranean
Lock That Car Thefts Nab Two Brothers In NYC FBI Probe
FBI arrests two brothers in New York City for interstate transportation of luxury European cars including Porsches Maseratis and Lamborghinis amid a conspiracy in conversion. Nine co-defendants named. over two years of nationwide work and about $1 million worth of cars recovered. Warns owners to lock vehicles and not leave keys in ignition to deter theft.
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New York City
FBI
Mercyhurst anticancer compound shows promise in mice
Mercyhurst College in Erie announces Mercytamin, an anticancer compound that halts growth in leukemia sarcomas and carcinomas in mice. It passed preliminary testing at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, with further animal trials likely. A Milwaukee team reports isolating cancer cells for study and noting encouraging treatment results, though no cure yet.
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Mercyhurst College
Erie
Pennsylvania
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda
Maryland
Edmard Poydock
Mercyhart College
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Letter to Editor on utility price causes and tax policy
A letter argues politicians hide rising utility costs behind high taxes and borrowing costs. It traces increases to the Gross Receipts Tax on VEPCO from 1964 to 1974 and a later base change, claiming an 18 percent effective tax on net income after expenses. The writer cites Virginia code references to support the critique.
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Commonwealth of Virginia
VEPCO
Virginia
Virginia's tax burden and high utility costs debated
H.T. Cook argues in Norfolk that Virginia's adoption of the 1972 Internal Revenue Code drives state income taxes and that tax deductions do not fully offset federal taxes. He cites VEPCO profits, rising taxes, and government borrowing pulling capital from private industry, totaling a critique of fiscal policy in 1975.
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Virginia
VEPCO
William BE
Simon
Secretary of the Treasury
Reader’s Digest
Treasury
H.T. Cook
Norfolk
An Educated Army for What Cause in the Cold War Era
The essay argues Secretary Callaway promotes Project Ahead to fund college for soldiers, claiming it will create the best educated Army, while critiquing U.S. foreign policy, limits on use of force, and a disconnect between educated troops and national strategy. It warns that foreign policy and morale issues risk undermining military effectiveness.
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Howard Callaway
Army
Indochina
South Vietnam
Congress
North American
West Germany
South Korea
Mike Mansfield
Kissinger
Panama Canal Zone
Castro
Cuba
Guantanamo
Caribbean
Uncle Sam
Armed Service
Coal Miners and Appalachia in the Energy Debate
Holmes Alexander recounts the Appalachian Development Act history, Kennedy’s role, and the 1970s surface mining laws. He argues the draft anti-strip bill threatens 26,000 miners, boosts unemployment, and raises living costs while praising private energy revival and bipartisan moments in Appalachian aid.
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Washington
D.C
Bob Kennedy
New York
Mahomet
Appalachian Region Commission
Empire State
Southern Highlands
LBJ
Great Society
Near South
America
Appalachia
Sen
Jennings Randolph
West Virginia
Harry Byrd
Virginia
t-Watergate Congress
RFK
Thailand Next in Line of Red Conquest
Washington warns that Bangkok faces a Communist takeover as Hanoi arms Thai guerrillas. The author blames Congress and media for weakening Thai resistance and argues only strong U.S. aid can avert a fall to Communists.
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Thailand
Washington
South
Vietnam
Congress
Cambodia
Laos
Thiland
Bangkok
Ter
Cts
Hanoi
United States
Soaper Doors Senator Question in Torn Buildings
In a subdued year marriages fall and divorces rise as the era’s adversity strains relationships. The torn down structures prompt questions about what previous doors were used before demolition and how public figures referenced the issue.
Detente critique targets Ford stance on Vietnam policy
The author argues that detente hides a paradox where superpower peace coexists with covert rivalries in Vietnam and elsewhere. It contends democratic publics cannot accept smiling with Brezhnev and Mao while bombing their clients, urging accountability for the perceived failures and risks under detente.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Havana
Brezhnev
Mao
Vietna
Ford
Congress
Soviet Union
People's Republic” of China
North ‘Vietnam
North Vietnam
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