Editorials call for freer Soviet openness and trade links
The piece argues the United States should encourage the Soviet Union to adopt its stated ideals through economic aid and engagement. It cites Andrei Sakharov's warning about the need for transparency and free expression, notes Westerm broadcasting easing censorship, and urges broader trust to sustain detente and peaceful world order.
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Soviet Union
United States
Andrei Sakharov
Moscow
Sakharov
Solzhenitsyn
Russia
America
U.S
Leonid Brezhnev
Car makers pledge MPG stickers for new models this fall
The industry moves toward uniform miles per gallon labeling after an EPA request. General Motors Ford Chrysler join Datsun Mazda Alfa Romeo Mercedes Saab Volvo Triumph Subaru in promising stickers, with Volkswagen Honda undecided and Peugeot rejecting. Uniform method benefits both competition and consumers.
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Environmental Protection Agency
America
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Datsun
Mazda
Alfa Romeo
Mercedes
Saab
Volvo
Triumph
Subaru
Letters urge rapid transit for Long Beach city
The writer complains Long Beach lacks convenient air service and rapid transit. They cite doomed carriers, costly travel, and poor public transport urging the city council to act. A second letter from Kenneth Koons questions district openness and teacher rights, noting secretive administration and bargaining limits for teachers in Belmont Shore.
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Rapid Transit
Long Beach
Queen Mary
United
Air West
Western
PSA
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Jamestown Colony
Teachers Association of
Professional Teachers’ Organization
Belmont Shore
Desi Long Beach
Kenneth Koons
Bad law equals bad decision in your Florida reply rule
Editor letter argues that a Florida law forcing newspapers to give equal space for a political candidate’s reply would merely hold papers accountable for content they publish. The writer questions the policy as overreach and asks what is truly wrong with the approach. Huntington Beach Ron Lesovsky
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Florida
Huntington Beach
Ron Lesovsky
Washington's Football TV Decision Sparks Mixed Reactions
An editorial argues Congress and the President rush to televise home NFL games as a popular but risky change. It notes high ticket, parking, and concession prices in Washington, attendance debates, and the likelihood that next year may differ if seats go unsold. The piece calls for reviewing the plan after the trial.
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Waslington
Senate
House of Representatives
Washington
Redskins
Henry Kissinger
Sonny Jurgenson
Russia
Cleveland
America
Watergate
Nixon
Agnew
Kennedy
Congress
Prison letters from Watergate prisoners reveal mixed feelings
Four Cubans caught inside the Watergate complex sent letters from prison. Bernard Barker and Frank Sturgis offer personal notes to family, expressing pride and hope despite their roles in the break in and related events. They mention E. Howard Hunt, the CIA, and possible assistance from Senator Lowell Weicker.
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Washington
Bernard Barker
Maria Elena
Barker
Sturgis
E. Howard Hunt Viside
White House
Los Angeles
Daniel Ellsberg
CIA
Industsy
Howard (Hunt
Glenn campaign debt tale echoes 1970 fundraiser fiasco
Former astronaut John Glenn faces a lingering debt from his 1970 campaign as Ohio moves toward a 1974 Senate bid. Funds labeled Will Rogers and Mark Twain misattributions, plus the original John Glenn for Senate Committee, were used to cover debts. Guardian William White explains a comical fund-raising mix up that ballooned costs and confusion.
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Washington
John Glenn
Ohio
Glenn
Cleveland
Howard Metzenbaum
Robert Taft
Metzenbaum
Glenty
Friends of John Glenn
Sone
Citizens For John Glenn Committee
Ohio Democrat
Nemey
Will Rogins
Mark Twain
Senate
William White
Columbus
Rogers
White
Bartlett
Will Rogers
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Alexander Sozhenitsyn
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Peugeot
Metropolitan Opera
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James Reston
Imes News
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China
Pan
Anderson
Sen
Lowell Weicker
R-Conn
Senate Watergate Committee
Macho
Hunt
Howard
Ed Zuckerman
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