LaGuardia Terminal Bomb Blast Shocks Nation
The LaGuardia Airport explosion killed 11 and wounded 75, injuring travelers and demolishing the baggage area. Police seek the suspect, while Dr. Billy Graham warns of a dangerous year ahead as terrorism looms. Authorities question whether this marks a wave or a single attack in a fragile world.
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LaGuardia
New York City
North Carolina
Edythe Bull
Brevard
New York
Raleigh
Durham
United States
Billy Graham
Graham
India’s Indira Gandhi advances guided democracy plan
The article views Indira Gandhi’s push for guided democracy as a postponement of elections and a constitutional revision to respond to current needs. It notes continued emergency measures, press censorship, jailed opponents, and court intimidation, while praising harvests and price stability but criticizing lack of land reform and social change. It questions whether such moves will reduce freedoms and concentrate power.
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Indira Gandhi
India
Mrs. Gandhi
Congress Party
Gandhi
Scottish Devolution Debate Signals UK Split Risk
London reports that Labour proposes broad home rule for Scotland and Wales with a 142 member Scottish assembly and Edinburgh cabinet style government by 1978. The plan aims to control local government health and schools while oil revenues boost independence arguments amid mixed public opinion and political opposition.
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London
Scotland
England
Wales
House of Commons
Edward Short
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Westminster
Jeremy Thorpe
Liberal Party
North Sea
Happy New Year Prayer by Holt McPherson Editors
A New Year greeting reflects on 1975’s paradoxes and asks for unity and restraint. It argues for checks and balances, limited federal power, and the preservation of private rights, urging renewed faith and resolve as the year begins. Frances Ridney Havergal offers a devotional benediction.
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Old
Williamsburg
Detente Letter Warns U S About Soviet Rise
The piece argues detente has lowered U S security, citing Soviet military buildup, repression in Eastern Europe, and expansionist aims in Africa and Yugoslavia. It critiques Kissinger style diplomacy and warns Americans that vigilance is needed against a growing Kremlin threat.
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Washington
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
United States
Kremlin
Eastern Europe
Soviet Union
Europe
Yugoslavia
West
Angola
Africa
James Schlesinger
Savoy
Defense
Grund
Sloppy Laws Turn The IRS Into A Maze
A historical piece discusses the Freedom of Information Act and how vague drafting created many IRS interpretation disputes. It argues openness aids public knowledge despite drawbacks and notes court rulings will reveal formerly secret IRS interpretations, benefiting small and medium taxpayers while acknowledging pragmatic settlements and funding limits.
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Washington
Congress
IRS
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Labor
Atlantic
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America
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White House
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Neinin
Greece
Rus
Frances Ridney Havergal
U.S
Office OF Education
George Wallace
Khrusitchev
Yakutsk
Red Army
China
Karaganter
Solzhenitsyn
Sahkarov
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Sea of
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Lenin
Internal Revenue Service
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