Investigation of CIA role in a democratic society debate
Sen. Robert Morgan joined a Guilford County dinner to press that a Senate CIA inquiry be free from sensationalism. He questioned how the agency’s activities fit within U.S. foreign policy and oversight, citing Agee and other critics, and urging clear accountability.
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Guilford County
Sen
Robert Morgan
Senate
Central Intelligence Agency
Sen. Morgan
Frank Church
CIA
William Colby
Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
House of Representatives
Colby
Subcommittee
House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Richard Helms
United States
James Agee
Agee
Agency
The
Cult of Intelligence
Washington Post
Patrick Breslin
Guyana
Brazil
Chile
Dominican Republic
Trujillo
Ecuador
Cuba
Uruguay
Congress
Lucien Nedzi
Michigan
North Carolina should adopt mountain land use controls
An editorial urges the General Assembly to pass a land use control measure for North Carolina mountain regions, arguing that unregulated development threatens ski areas near Boone. It praises the coastal framework as a prudent first step and contends local governments must act to balance property rights with neighbors' rights for sensible, long term growth.
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General Assembly
North Carolina
Boone
Garden boom grows as Americans plant more this year
U S news reports a surge in home gardens as people aim to cut food costs. Seed firms Burpee Henry Field and Bunton Seed cite record demand and tight supplies for 1974 while predicting higher prices in 1975. Experts note more than 80 million amateur gardeners and 45 million plots, with programs expanding from private plots to community gardens.
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Ford
U.S. News & World Report
Burpee
Henry Field & Seed Co
Winfrey Bunton
The
Bunton Seed Co
Organic Gardening and Farming Magazine
Derek Fell
National Garden Bureau
Gardenville
United States
Dan
Gil Whitton
Pinellas County
Fla
Whitton
St. Petersburg Times
U.S. Plans to Protect Arab Oil Fields Amid Gulf Instability
Secret cables show Washington bolstering Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman and Saudi Arabia to guard Persian Gulf oil amid radical movements and arms from abroad. Kissinger overruled Pentagon, pushing military aid while public calls warn of possible oil disruption. The piece also reflects on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and ongoing Bicentennial slogans.
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Washington
United States
Henry Kissinger
West
Persian Gulf
Russia
China
North Korea
Oman
Iran
Jordan
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Kissinger
Bendix Field Engineering
Pentagon
Faisal
U.S
America
Urban League
Martin Luther King
USA
P. O. Box
Washington, D. C
Kissinger's Egypt Strategy Fails to Outsmart Moscow
Sources say Kissinger is disappointed with Dobrynin and Moscow. Egypt, under Sadat, reopens arms flow as Washington pressures Israel to return to pre war borders. The Times notes Egypt may exaggerate Moscow reluctance while the Kissinger plan collapses.
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Sadat
Moscow
Sadat- Kissinger
Suez Canal
Kissinger
Ford
Congress
Israel
U.S
Leonid Brezhnev
Cairo
Syria
Ussr
the Times
Egypt
Defense Is Not So Dumb by Art Buchwald
Washington column mocks Defense Department contracts to train Arab forces in the Middle East. The author recounts Muldoon at the Pentagon defending outsourcing to teach Arabs how to defend themselves and fire accuracy while joking about ill-fated instructors and a rogue computer system. Clifford Irving is named as in charge of manuals.
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Defense Department
Middle East
Muldoon
Pentagon
Kissinger
Air Force
U.S. Army
Clifford Irving
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Anwar Sadat
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