Impasse Over Embargo Riles Turkey and U.S. Bases
In the Turkey embargo dispute Congress votes to continue sanctions on arms to Turkey amid Turkish control of American bases. The stalemate strains NATO ties and Cyprus tensions, with Ford and Kissinger urging lifting the embargo and Congress pressed to rethink its role in foreign policy.
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Vietnam
Apollo Soyuz mission nearly fatal switching error noted
A near tragedy on the Apollo Soyuz flight followed two unthrown switches that released nitrogen tetroxide gas. Commander Thomas Stafford and the crew escaped serious injury after he unpacked oxygen masks. Vance Brand briefly lost consciousness. The three spent four days in Honolulu hospitals and face ten more days in seclusion as lungs stay vulnerable.
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Pacific Ocean
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Vance D. Brand
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PROJECTING THE NEWS The Helsinki Summit and Europe’s Security
The Helsinki gathering brings 35 nations to end the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, the largest European heads of government meeting since Vienna. From 1994 proposals to liquidate NATO to denuclearized zones and Rapacki plans, efforts were stymied by views on German reunification. Only after Willy Brandt’s 1969 election did real progress toward a security conference emerge.
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Germany
Soviet Union
Berlin
Adam Rapacki
Czechoslovakia
East
West Germany
Poland
United States
Western Europe
Rapacki
NATO
Willy Brandt
Government probes auto insurers over repair shop practices
The Justice Department is examining complaints against major auto insurers including Allstate GEICO Nationwide State Farm and Motors Insurance for steering accident victims to unethical or unsafe repair shops. Preliminary inquiries loom over possible antitrust or federal-law violations as insurers manage about 6.3 billion yearly in repair bills.
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Allstate
GEICO
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Jungle of settlements in auto insurance sparks probe
The article accuses low-ball shops of cosmetic repairs that mislead motorists and inflate costs. Nationwide and other insurers deny wrongdoing while praising bids to curb premiums. A watchdog calls the practice a huge game of hanky-panky in a jungle of settlements.
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D-N.y
Justice Department
David B. Lindsay, Jr
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Sarasota
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Army
Marines
Pentagon hawks and a chaotic arms sale rethink
The DoD told Congress it would sell Jordan 14 Hawk air defense batteries, eight Vulcan guns, and 300 Redeye missiles, provoking questions about who Jordan would shoot at. Critics note Jordan’s ties with Syria and past air defenses shortages, calling the plan a ludicrous cycle of armaments. A compromise trimmed the sale to six Hawk batteries amid debate over policy and Israel’s security.
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Alfred L. Atherton Jr
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Clifford Case
Henry Jackson
Jonathan B. Bingham
Rabat
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Arrivederci Roma The Rome Strike Tour
The Art Buchwald column sketches Rome's strike culture through airport slowdowns postal intrigue and taxi thefts. It recalls Vatican mail lounges, Turin clerks striking, an IRS pay gap, and Italian lines crew protests over melon service aboard a ship.
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