Political Overtones in Raleigh Women’s Prison Scandal
After June disturbances at Women's Prison in Raleigh, questions arise about politics over administration in the North Carolina Department of Corrections. Acting superintendent Morris Kea, a Republican aligned official, faced removal while investigation found morale issues and inmate grievance delays. Authorities warn politics must not guide prison management.
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Women’s Prison
Raleigh
Department of Corrections
Corrections
David L. Jones
Morris Kea
Kea
Mecklenburg County
Republican Party
Juanita S. Baker
Ralph Edwards
Lea
Louis Powell
Congress Fights Weight Limits To Reduce Truck Tonnage
Congress debates reducing maximum truck weight from 80,000 pounds toward 73,280 pounds. Rep Edward Koch seeks to deny interstate highway funds to states allowing over 73,280 pounds. Critics warn highways may not withstand 40 ton loads. experts differ on safety.
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Congress
U.S. House
New York
Edward Koch
Transportation Funds
North Carolina
Food stocked for survival prompts from dehydrated meals
The survival food industry markets enamel can goods designed to reconstitute with water to cover months or years of needs. Utah firms, Mormon influence, and rising sales reflect fears of collapse, with critics calling stockpiling akin to hoarding and debates over nutrition and feasibility.
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U.S. News & World Report
Salt Lake City
Utah
Mormon Church
John Ballard
Houston
Insta-Foods
Forbes Magazine
Survival Foods
Paul R. Ehrlich
Paul J. Growald
Food Bank
Santa Clara County
Calif
Ford rebuffs Solzhenitsyn meeting amid detente debate
In Washington on June 30 Solzhenitsyn was honored by the AFL CIO but President Ford, advised by the National Security Council and Kissinger, canceled a meeting to avoid harming detente. The piece defends Solzhenitsyn, condemns White House aides for smears, and calls for an apology and sackings.
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United States
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
National Security Council
Gerald Ford
Washington
Aflcio
Henry Kissinger
NSC
James Schlesinger
Afl-Cio
Solzhenitsyn
Kissinger
Brezhnev
Howard
Ford
White House
KGB
AFL
World Federation of Trade Unions
Free Trade Union News
Gulag
George Meany
United
Soviet Union
Middlesex County
Nuclear option discussed for minor crises in Ford era
Washington memo outlines a flexible Nuclear Weapons Employment Policy enabling a limited nuclear strike in a crisis if diplomacy fails. It describes targeting small facilities with low-yield weapons and briefing crews on an “ENO package” to execute a rapid response, with training to finish by January 1. Ford’s supposed openness to such options is contrasted with Schlesinger’s cautions.
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Nancy L. Ross
William Rice
The
Washington Post
Washington
Ford
Defense
James Schlesinger
Mayaguez
White House
Harry Truman
United States
Strategic Air Command
ENO
Schlesinger
South Korea
North Korea
Editor Responds to LNG Tanker Article Critique
A letter to the editor rebuts a Family Weekly June 8 piece by Denis Pitts on LNG tanker explosions. It corrects figures on LNG carriers, notes few such ships exist, and stresses LNG ships have never exploded while LNG traffic is mostly overseas. The author questions the article’s accuracy and references LNG carriers Challenger Norman Lady Ben Franklin and VLCCs.
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Family Weekly
Denis Pitts
Pitts
U.S. Maritime Administration
Ben Franklin
VLCC
U.S
Algeria
Europe
Alaska
Cook Inlet
Japan
Manhattan
Island
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Joseph P. Rawley
Steven Bernard
Bernard Foods Industries of
Chicago
Pat Caddell
Henry E. Peterson
Watergate
Justice Department
Senator Soaper
New York Review of Books
Moscow
Cocwrtten News
Ford Motor Company
Center of
Auto Safety
Federal Trade Commission
Gov't Energy
LNG
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