Minimum safety standards for camps face defeat in Congress
Washington reporter notes the Youth Camp Safety Bill again appears doomed this session as support remains lukewarm and entrenched opposition persists. Promoters include American Camping Assn and YMCA, while critics cite two obscure groups and lack of enforcement authority. Parents rely on brochures. camp choices risk being purely profit driven without basic protections.
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Washington
Bernard Garner
Congress
Mitch Kurman
Alliance
Senate
Sen. Waller
Mondale
Kurman
Connecticut
American Camping Assn
The
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National Ymca
National
YWCA
Methodist Church
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Boys Clubs of America
PTA
Salvation Army
Gavzer
Camping Assny For Mutual Progress
Midwest International Christian Camping Council
Food Stamp Purchase Spurs County Pay Debate
Gaston County patrolmen on the police force use food stamps to supplement their pay, prompting criticism from chair C Goler Beam who earns over 190000 as a corporate executive. Police chief J C Sanford defends the men while noting potential salary increases and broader financial pressures on workers amid rising taxes and prices. The piece links the case to growing talk of police unions and larger cost of living demands.
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Gaston County
C. Goler Beam
Cherryville
Gaston County Board of Commissioners
Beam
Carolina Freight Carriers Corp
J.C. Sanford
Sanford
Bear
North Carolina
Police
Gaston Board of Commissioners
Swiss identity crisis after referendum defeats
Swiss voters rejected a proposal to let employees participate in business management in 24 of 25 cantons, with just 27 percent turnout. Analysts note a fragile political foundation across multilingual Switzerland dating from 1848, amid recession pressures, cautious spending, and rising arms exports that challenge neutrality. Intellectuals debate Switzerland's role in Europe and its inner preparedness for broader engagement.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Europe
Victor Hugo
James Schwartzenvach
Thurmond Legion of Merit controversy in Pentagon history
The piece chronicles Senator Strom Thurmond and a second Legion of Merit awarded long after his meritorious service, amid political pressure and alleged coverups. Westmoreland, Froehike, and Resor appear in a tale of delayed action, congressional heat, and Pentagon maneuvering over Thurmond’s noncombat award.
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Washington
Strom Thurmond
S.D
Army Awards Board
William Westmoreland
Army
Pentagon
Thurmond
Legion of Merit
Defense
Robert McNamara
McNamara
Nixon
Westmoreland
Stanley Resor
Robert Froehike
White House
Froehike
Thur
Charleston Harbor
Fort Sumter
Strom
Congress
Reserve Officers Association
ROA
J. Milner Roberts
Roberts
R. G. Gard
Col
Warren Abernathy
Thurmonds
Froekine
Kissinger’s Africa policy clash with U S intervention ideals
A critique of Henry Kissinger’s stance toward African regimes calls out the inconsistency between opposing the Jackson Amendment linking MFN trade to emigration in the Soviet Union and urging multi racial democracy in Rhodesia and South Africa. The piece weighs U S intervention in Latin America Europe and Eastern Europe, noting mixed signals and moral complexity from Kissinger and aides.
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Henry Kissinger
Afriea
Kissinger
Soviet Union
Politburo
Africa
Rhodesia
Idi Amin
Republic of
South Africa
London Economist
Nick
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Castro
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Edward Kennedy
Sol Linowitz
Organization of American States
Congress
Linowitz
Saturday Review
CTA
Chile
U. S
United States
Latin America
Europe
Helmut Sonnenfeldt
Thei U.S.S.R.1
The Dog Won't Eat Alps on Today Show
Washington columnist parodies NBC upon Barbara Walters leaving Today. A running joke about who feeds Alpo to the dog Alps spirals into a surreal negotiation with the William Morris Agency over a million dollar demand and plans for the dog to anchor the evening news with John Chancellor.
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NBC
Barbara Walters
ABC
Alps
Gene Shalit
Jim Hartz
Barbara
Alpa
Betty Furness
Betty
William Morris Agency
John Chanceltor
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