Editorial on Kudirka case ends Coast Guard careers
The piece argues the Kudirka defection incident led to retirement of two Coast Guard officers after Secretary Volpe chose early retirement over court martials. It faults State Department caution and calls for consistent application of US principles by both diplomats and military officials in crisis decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Coast Guard
Secretary of Transportation
John Volpe
State Department
Kudirka
William B. Ellis
Transportation
Volpe
White House
Poland’s Gomulka resigns amid unrest and illness
The Polish News Agency reports Communist leader Gomulka resigned due to a serious illness described as a circulatory disturbance. The upheaval followed consumer price protests seen as sparking a fragile, brief surge of democratic sentiment under a regime that cannot allow a smooth successor. Edward Gierek succeeds with reform promises but faces Moscow pressure and potential internal revolt, and prognosis for Poland remains poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Communist Party
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Gierek
Gomulka
Poland
Editors Call for Stricter Financial Disclosure by Congress
A New York Bar Association committee urges Congress to require senators representatives and all high earning staff to disclose creditors income sources gifts and real or personal property above set thresholds with sealed reports kept confidential by investigators. The editors argue full disclosure would boost public trust and allow informed judgment of lawmakers integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of the Bar of the City of
New York
Congress
Congress defies free enterprise with rail wage decree
The piece critiques a midnight law ordering a 5 percent rail wage increase plus 92 cents an hour, arguing no prior Congress had fixed wages for an industry. It warns the move threatens broader national industry, free bargaining, and essential services like steel, trucking, airlines, and utilities. It cites Nixon’s 1970 emergency measures and warns of socialism risks. It notes senators Allott Saxbe and Murphy voicing alarms and calls for broader defense and national economy considerations.
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Washington
Eliot
Nixon
Senate
Griffin
Michigan
House
Gerald Ford
Congress
Baseball II magnet heats plasma for fusion tests at Livermore
A 13 ton superconducting magnet named Baseball II passed initial tests at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. It aims to trap hot gases to reach one second fusion conditions, advancing research toward controlled thermonuclear energy. Scientists expect it to help form a magnetic bottle to sustain plasma briefly while reaching temperatures up to 300 million degrees.
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Livermore
UPI
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
Atomic Energy Commission
University of California
Carl Henning
Charles Damm
Richard Post
Letters to Editor address heroes and leadership for all students
A Lakewood High School teacher argues that all children need heroes and constructive leadership from black and white figures alike. She notes younger students are color blind and seek concern, respect, and to improve the world, challenging the idea that only Black figures should lead. A Long Beach reader discusses inflation, wage and price controls as a remedy to the economy. Another Long Beach correspondent asks for clarification that Sidney Levy of Silver's Liquor Store is not the same person quoted in a separate column and notes how personal opinions clash with customer views in retail business.
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I.”gard
Lakewood High School
Colo
Harris Watters
Sidney Levy
Sidney 13
Levy
Silver
Siquor
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William B. Macomber Jr
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Macomber
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Ziegler
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Edward Gierek
Warsaw
Moscow
St. Louis
Post-Disputch
Puiblic
Ils
Emergency Board
Colorado
Gordon Allott
Ohio
William, Saxbe
California
George Murphy
James Kilpatrick
Duston Survey
Tomamak
Roger Hart
Putnam
Charles T
Cromwell
Milton
Defoe
Pepys
Bandit Belle
Carl W. Breihan
Charles A. Rosamond
Superion
Myra Belle Shirley
Southwest
Henry Starr
Belle
Parker
George Maledon
Claire Necker
Barnes
Boswell
Darwin
Pat
Stet
Long Beach
Glenn L. Hankins
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