Soviet encyclopedia calls Washington oppressor in bourgeois revolution view
The Big Soviet Encyclopedia Vol Four portrays George Washington as opportunist who profited from lands taken from Indians and frames the American independence as a bourgeois uprising. It contrasts this with the Bolshevik revolution, hailed as overthrowing capitalists and laying the path to socialism.
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Moscow
George Washington
Russia
Washington
England
Six North Carolina systems face desegregation ruling
Six N C school systems New Bern Kinston Lumberton Shelby Pender and Granville County must integrate their all black schools by next fall under a desegregation plan. HEW conferences are evaluating implications of the Supreme Court ruling on busing and racial ratios and officials say continued operation of the black schools is unlikely.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
New Bern
Kinston
Lumberton
Shelby
Pender
Granville County
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
U.S. Supreme Court
Robert Strother
State Department of Public Education
HEW
Supreme Court
Strother
Amtrak System Launched in Government Backed Rail Overhaul
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation began operations at 12:01 a.m. with 182 trains across 314 cities on 20,600 miles of track, replacing 178 losing services as 20 railroads cooperate to form a nationwide network. Ceremonies were held in Washington, Boston, Houston, Los Angeles, and Chicago, while some trains made last runs without fanfare.
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Chicago
Amtrak
Washington
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Opera
Congress
Seattle
M.A. Reiersgard
Boston
Federal Express
Mystic Valley Railroad Society
California Hikes Welfare Payments to Meet Federal Rules
California officials ordered an emergency $10 million a month welfare increase to satisfy federal cost of living rules, effective June 1 to prevent a July 1 cutoff of $700 million in annual aid. The plan raises AFDC maximums by 21.4 percent, affecting about 1.6 million people, with a mother of four now at $263 monthly.
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Bill Stall
Associated Press
Sacramento
Calif
Ronald Reagan
Washington
Robert Carleson
California Social Welfare Department
AFCD
Carleson
U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare
California
California Welfare Rights Organization
Ralph Abascal
Capital Police Readied for Antiwar Protests in Washington
Hundreds of military police were moved near Washington as antiwar protesters plan to disrupt 21 traffic choke points around the Potomac bridges Monday and Tuesday. Officials say 7,300 police and National Guardsmen plus six Pentagon helicopters will deter shutdown attempts while organizers predict up to 50,000 protesters.
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Potomac
Defense Department
519Th Military Police
Richard Kleindienst
Pentagon
Rennie Davis
Capitol
Kleindienst
Official
CBS Defies Congress on Pentagon Documentary Material
The FCC told CBS to respond within 20 days to complaints about The Selling of the Pentagon while congressional investigators demand unused material within 10 days. CBS cites chilling effect on news reporting as reason for refusal. FCC found no evidence of deliberate distortion and rejected intervention.
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Columbia Broadcasting System
Pentagon
Federal Communications Commission
CBS
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Special Investigating Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Congress
FCC
Department of Defense
Daniel Z. Henkin
Roger Mudd
Henkin
Laos
Harley O. Staggers
Dw.va
Staggers
Net
Mine Workers Enter Year Of Crisis Under Union
The United Mine Workers faces deep internal split and legal onslaughts as contract talks loom. A federal judge removed trustees of the pension fund and ordered Boyle to divest from a major bank. Separate indictments, lawsuits, and internal turmoil threaten leadership ahead of the October 31 contract expiry.
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Charleston
W.va
United Mine Workers
U.S
Budzanoski
Louis Antal
John L. Lewis
Miners For Democracy
Clarksville
Yablonski
Boyle
Gov Wallace Campaign Probe Moves Forward in Alabama
Justice Department investigators fly to Washington as a grand jury weighs next steps in the George C Wallace campaign finances probe. Witness Seymore Trammell, once an aide, is cited amid alleged kickbacks from state contractors and possible tax violations in donations. An asphalt dealer who sued over a kickback conspiracy settled out of court two years ago. The jury was sent home with plans for a potential final session this month.
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James R. Polk
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Justice Department
Washington
George C. Wallace
Seymore Trammell
Wallace
Trammer
Rogers to Start His Mideast Trip From Ankara
Secretary of State William P. Rogers begins a Middle East tour with talks in Riyadh and visits to Jordan Lebanon Egypt and Israel. He aims to narrow Egyptian Israeli terms while cautioning no immediate breakthroughs. Britain and the Soviet Union signal cautious support for limited steps toward easing the deadlock.
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Turkey
William P. Rogers
Middle East
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Rogers
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Faisal
Jordan
Lebanon
Egypt
U.S
Washington
Britain
Alec Douglas-Home
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
State Department
Moscow
Tug of War Over Benghali massacre report in Pakistan
Washington AP report notes a clash between the State Department and a Senate committee over a diplomatic report on East Pakistan killings. Sen. J W Fulbright releases a letter from a foreign aid worker evacuated from Dhaka urging United States to oppose official silence. The panel questions State access to field reports and cites a letter detailing mass killings by Pakistan army troops and the targeting of civilians and Hindus.
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Pakistan
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Christopher van Hollen
Fulbright
East Pakistan
Jon E. Rhode
Barrington
R.I
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