Farmers warned as migrant labor groups clash in tobacco fields
The Pittsylvania County tobacco industry faces a clash between the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Association and local labor agencies. MSFA aims to relocate migrant workers to better jobs while Virginia Employment Commission recruits Mexican migrants for seasonal leaf work. Farmers risk losing essential labor if MSFA drives workers from fields, threatening the area's tobacco farming future.
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Carter
Pittsylvania County
The
Register
Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Association
MSFA
Danville
Virginia
North Carolina
Maryland
Virginia Employment Commission
Pittsylvania
California
WEC
King Hussein hires pricey PR firm amid aid drama
Washington argues that U.S. foreign aid now nets back as public relations spending. King Hussein pays Doremus & Co. 807000 in 1977 with Jordan shelling out 290000 pounds. The coverage spurred by Hussein’s remarks notes West Bank wording and Palestinian displacement, inviting debate over regional territorial claims and peace prospects.
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Washington
United States
Hussein
CIA
New York
Kingdom of Jordan
Doremus
Doremus & Co
Chase Manhattan Bank
Ford
General Motors
Jordan
U.S. Information Service
White House
Israel
West Bank
Transjordan
Palestine
League of Nations
Palestine Liberation Organization
Separate Quebec crisis lingers in Canadian politics
William F Buckley argues the push for Quebec sovereignty remains a live issue in Canada. He outlines a possible Quebec secession path, noting federal responses, civil strife risks, and the potential for provinces to seek U.S. annexation or aid as the union fractures.
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Toronto
Quebec
Rene Levesque
Vancouver
Canada
United States
Department of State
Nova Scotia
Manitoba
British Columbia
Kilpatrick Defends School Paddling Ruling
James J. Kilpatrick argues that the Supreme Court in Ingraham v Wright correctly held the Eighth Amendment does not apply to school corporal punishment. He says critics overstate brutality concerns while praising judicial restraint and proper use of state law remedies, noting specific cases at Drew Junior High and the behavior of plaintiffs Ingraham and Andrews.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Ingraham
United States
Charles R. Drew
Miami
James W. Ingraham
Roosevelt Andrews
Andrews
Tyke
High Court
NBC Defends Moscow Deal Amid Criticism and Deception
Jeffrey Hart defends NBC bid to cover the Moscow Games amid rising criticism over Soviet prop- aganda use. NBC officials deny leaving US equipment behind, claim freedom for non-sports stories, and promise full contract disclosures to reveal terms with the Soviet government and Olympic committee.
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NBC
David Chase
Ussr
U.S
ABC
CBS
Mary, Tyler Moore
Moscow
M.S. Ruckeyser Jr
Ruckeyser
Hart
Washington Post
Robert Mulholland
Mulholland
Sakharov
Gulag
Furman students fund windmills to fight world hunger
L D Johnson recounts a Furman University effort inspired by Oxfam America to fight hunger. Students funded windmills in Ethiopia to pump irrigation water and later began Bangladesh relief. A total of $11,300 was raised, and the project expanded as more donors joined.
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Bill Moyers
Furman University
Oxfam America
Ethiopia
Omo River
Omo
United States
Crete
Genbe
Furman
Botswana
Chaplains Fund
Giad
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William F. Buckley
Trudeau
Shost
United States of America
Commonwealth
Canara
James J. Kilpatrick
Jeffrey Hart
L.D. Johnson
Gore
Bangladesh
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