World Council of Churches meeting in Nairobi mixes faith and politics
The fifth assembly in Nairobi united 2,500 delegates from 285 churches and about 500 million adherents. Debates centered on liberation funds, self determination, and Middle East hostilities, with calls to end outside interference in Angola and to transform civilization toward a kingdom once promised.
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World Council of Churches
Nairobi
World Council
Africa
Europe
North America
Oe Christian
Asia
Fund
Rhodesia
South Africa
Henry S. Hayward
Christian Science Monitor
Angola
Middle East
East Timor
Russia
Soviet Union
God
Postal Re Evaluation Criticism of USPS persists five years later
Five years after a 1970 reform aimed at efficiency, critics say the Postal Service still provides less service at higher costs amid rising rates. Officials insist they can handle the holiday rush, citing surveys that mail service remains valued, while debates grow over subsidies, rate approvals, and the $1 billion National Bulk Mail System.
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Washington
America
United States Postal Service
USPS
Geneal Motors
At&t
Postal Service
United States
Congress
Post Office Department
House of Representatives
House
U.S. Treasury
Benjamin F. Bailor
Independent Postal Rate Commission
Paliag
Robert J. Myers
The
New Republic
General Accounting Office
Ford fund-raising letter stirs Democratic backlash on Capitol Hill
Washington merry-go-round reports Ford's private letter to funding donors inflames Democrats, amid 30 vetoes and claims of fiscal irresponsibility. Also notes military enlistment lapses, FBI checks, and concerns over security. covers Senate ethics issues, White House staff campaigning, and Capitol Hill security payrolls.
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Washington
Ford
Feaders
Capitol Hill
Pemporratic
Congress
America
White House
FBI
Thomas R. Faernstrom
Faernstrom
Colorado Springs
Jacksonville
Los Angeles
Memphis
Norfolk
Oakland
Oklahoma City
Phoenix
Raleigh
Richmond
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Ohio State Police
Pentagon
Senate
Hugh Scott
Gulf Oil
Oll
Air Force
District of Columbia
Back to Bessism and liberal defections in 1968 primaries
A Massachusetts liberal fringe jokingly contemplates a state slate under the slogan Back to Bessism while national Democrats swirl in a Bloodbath. The piece tracks early 1960s liberal fragmentation, Wallace’s anti-busing politics, New York reform coalitions, and the looming, chaotic primary process with names like Bayh Udall Harris and McGovern’s rules shaping the nominating race.
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Massachusetts
George Wallace
Kevin White
Boston
White
Kevin
W. Arthur Garrity
New York
New Democratic Coalition
Birch Bayh
Fred Harris
Bayh
Harris
Kansas
Alf Landon
F.D. R
Mary Ann Keupsak
America
Arnald Weiss
George McGovern
McGovern
Morris Udall
Pennssylvania
Milton Shapp
Jackson
Wallace
Hugh Carey
Mullipty
Dhs
Dog Days At Christmas
Washington humor column notes how college students now often bring dogs home for holidays, creating chaos with housebreaking and dorm rules. A dialogue with neighbor Fernwood highlights tensions between students, their pets, and family expectations during the Christmas visit.
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Washington
Fernwood
Felicia
Shakespeare
Hobo
Carlton
Neptune
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David Buckstin
Aina
Jack Anderson
United Feature Syndicate
Schlesinger
T” v Distur
Senator Soaper
Sludgepump
Harns
Scoop
Art Buchwald
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