Dark Age In New York City
A skeptical opinion urges that New York City faces recurring fiscal crises and rising crime as it struggles post blackout looting and urban strain. The piece questions taxpayer commitment, insurance costs, and the city’s resilience, warning the metropolis could regress to an era akin to the Stone Age.
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New York City
New York
Abraham Beame
Privacy protections urged after joint congressional hearing
A joint congressional committee completed a thorough review on personal privacy. Key recommendations include informing individuals before data use, grant access and correction rights for records, limit disclosures by credit, banks, insurers, medical and telecom providers, restrict agency access without legal process, and empower individuals to object to private data use.
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Congress
Richardson Preyer
Ignorance of the Law and Judicial Reform Debate
The North Carolina case before the Supreme Court questions judge Herbert Hardy and W. Milton Nowell over out of court settlements and altered verdicts. Advocates push merit selection to reduce political influence, urging legislative action and public concern.
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North Carolina
District Court
Supreme Court
Herbert Hardy
Green County
Judicial Standard Commission
Hardy
W. Milton Nowell
Nowell
North Carolina General Assembly
Bar Assa
Karekin II Elected Coadjutor Catholicos of Cilicia
His Holiness Karekin II has been elected and consecrated as Coadjutor Catholicos of the Armenian Holy See of Cilicia based in Antelias Lebanon. Former Archbishop Karekin Sarkissian of North America becomes coleader as Catholicos Khoren I’s health falters.
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Karekin II
Armenian Holy See of
Cilicia
Antelias
Lebanon
Karekin Sarkissian
Armenian Apostolic Church
North America
Catholicos Khoren I
Etchmiadzin
Armenia
Soviet Union
Karekin Elected National Bible Week Backed by Major Churches
National Bible Week is endorsed by the National Council of Churches and the U S Catholic Conference with support from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and the Church of Christ Scientist. John F Fisler of the Laymen's National Bible Committee provides contact details for more information. The piece also explains Christian humanism distinguishing classical humanism from a 20th century view led by John H Dietrich and notes an editor's religion Q&A section.
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United States
National Bible Committee
Donald V. Seibert
Murray Hill
N. J
National Bible Week
National Council of Churches
U.S. Catholic Conference
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Church of Christ, Scientist
John F. Fisler
Second Ave
New York
N. Y
Europe
John H. Dietrich
Czech immigrant builds hosiery machinery empire in High Point
Michael Zelda fled Czechoslovakia after the 1968 Soviet invasion with his wife and two sons. He built a successful overseas textile machinery business, later establishing Textile Machinery Corp representing European suppliers and Japan, and earned citizenship last July. He sits on local trade groups praising American acceptance of foreigners and warns democracies to counter European drift toward communism. The column also notes two High Point men promoted to general officer ranks, and updates on local weather, crepe myrtle beauty, and museum director search at the High Point Museum.
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Czechoslovakia
Japan
Michael M. Zelda
Tomas Masaryk
Bohemia
Moravia
Slovakia
Ruthenia
Alexander Dubcek
Soviet Union
Romania
Dubcek
Brezhnev
Zelda
Austria
Esta
Italy
U.S
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Triad World Trade Club
America
United States
Europe
Washington Merry Go Round McCarthyism Lives On
The piece recalls Senator Joseph McCarthy and four years of inquisition era tactics in Washington, noting the 1954 Senate rebuke and the lasting use of his name as a symbol of unproven accusations and smear. It warns that witch hunters remain active in contemporary discourse.
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Washington
Joe McCarthy
McCarthy
Senate
Witch-Finder McDonald and the Information Digest Smear Network
A critical look at McCarthy era smear tactics revived by Rep Larry McDonald and the Information Digest. The piece alleges police and FBI misuse smear material, including false reports and covert operations, with Louise Rees and others named as conduits. It cites cases from 1975 1976 and references Clamshell Alliance demonstrations and government officials.
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McCarthy
Larry McDonald
D.ga
FBI
Matthew Hopkins
Hopkins
Joe McCarthy
McDonald
Information
Louise Rees
Shelia O'Connor
National Lawyers Guild
National
Washington
Guild
Digest
Rees
Socialist Workers Party
Ralph Abernathy
Ramsey Clark
John Lindsay
New York City
Leonard Woodcock
Eddie Albert
Candice Bergen
Leonard Bernstein
Dick Cavett
Dustin Hoffman
Shirley MacLaine
Carl Reiner
Richard Widmark
Washington Field Office
Central Intelligence Agency
Secret Service
New York
Labor Party
New Hampshire
Meldrim Thomson, Jr
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