Middle East danger tests Israel's fragile position
The piece analyzes Israel under Premier Rabin facing internal economic strain and political unrest while Arab leadership shifts to Yasir Arafat. It notes Arafat's push for a secular Palestinian state, UN speech leverage, and Israel's view of the PLO as a terrorist threat. Oil, arms shipments, and U S diplomacy shape a precarious path to peace.
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Middle East
Israel
Yitzhak Rabin
Rabat
Morocco
Hussein
Jordan
West Bank
Jordan River
Yasir Arafat
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Arafat
United Nations General Assembly
PLO
Yosef Tekoah
United Nations
Munich
Maalot
Khartoum
Last Look At My Lai Ends Long Controversy
The army parolees Lt. William L. Calley Jr. the sole convicted participant in the My Lai massacre of 1968. The file closes with no further trials planned though the Army reveals disturbing details of abuses and a continuing cover up.
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My Lai
William L. Calley Jr
Howard W. Callaway
Army
Calley
America
Vietnam
Art Market Slump Dims Hopes of Quick Wealth
The art market cools as Sotheby Parke Bennet and others report weak bidding and stalled sales. Dealers warn that high risk and shifting tastes have cooled investor excitement, with many works failing to meet estimates while a few pieces surge in value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sotheby Parke Bennet
New York
Roger Ricklefs
Wall Street Journal
Matisse
Sotheby's
Christie's
Robert Wraight
Middle East
Satheby Parke Bennet
Berlitz
Edgewise PLO policy argues for Israel's destruction in diplomacy
A columnist contends that using refugee counts to define history inflates Palestinian numbers and critiques Arab states for keeping refugees in Gaza. It argues the PLO seeks Israel's destruction, disguising hard aims with talk of moderation, and warns Israel against trusting world opinion or Western negotiating tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Gaza
Idris
Libya
Nasser
PLO
Jordan
Moscow
Vietnam
America
United States
Finest Hour for The Paper Shufflers
Washington roundtable satire lampoons how red tape persists amid crisis. A tongue in cheek cable from Ambassador Hurwitch mocks representation vouchers over food for Dominican hostages, while Hunger and Hate column contrasts aid to the poor with American consumption and its global backlash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dominican Republic
Barbara Hutchinson
U.S. Information Office
U.S
Robert Hurwitch
Hurwitch
State Dept
Home Office
Dept
Balaguer
Editors Letter Attacks Abolition of Capital Punishment
A reader criticizes Baptists for backing capital punishment abolition and denounces interracial mixing as ungodly. The letter argues governments must execute murderers and promotes racial separation as the sole solution, condemning integration and Communist influence. It warns of dangers to Anglo-Saxon justice and Christian civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Communist Party
One World Brotherhood
Educa
North Carolina’s right turn on red law seen as costly mistake
The writer criticizes North Carolina for enacting a right turn on red policy during inflation, then installing signs forbidding it, and now seeking to repeal the rule. He calls the spending wasteful, warns of trouble from policy shifts, and intertwines anti segregationist rhetoric with religious references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Senator Ervin TV push angers reader in Winston-Salem
Mrs. Eula W. Johnson condemns Sen. Sam Ervin Jr for publicity and alleged bias. She contrasts his actions with Edward Kennedy, questions investigations, and criticizes leniency for hit-and-run offenders. She notes public shirts bearing Ervin’s image and calls for accountability.
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Sam. J. Ervin Jr
Nixon
Sen. Sam
Edward Kennedy
Kennedys
Sen
Sam
Eula W. Johnson
Winston-Salem
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Palestine Liberation Organization
Suimanit al Rabat
Palestine
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Jack Anderson
United Feature Syndicate
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Grafeite
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