Detente and Dissent in the Soviet Union
Ray Cromley argues that while detente is desirable, it must not strengthen the Kremlin’s control over Soviet citizens. He cites alleged KGB psychiatric abuse, including drugging and confinement, urging confirmation of these claims and urging protections for personal rights alongside pursuit of detente.
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Ray Cromley
Washington
Japan
Ussr
Henry M. Jackson
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Ken Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Gulag Archipelago
Norman B. Hirt
American Psychiatric Association
Western Canada
KGB Psychiatric
Hirt
KGB
Tiede Column challenges arms control fraud by ACDA
Washington columnist TOM TIEDE critiques the ACDA budget and efficacy since 1963. He highlights billions in weapons trade, rising proliferation, and limited disarmament progress, arguing ACDA is seen rather than effective while Fred Ikle urges urgency to avert a global arms crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Tiede
Washington
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Congress
H.R. Gross
Gross
ACDA
China
India
Israel
United States
Pentagon
Defense
Melvin Laird
U.S
Richard Nixon
Jerry Ford
Fred Ikle
Eclay
Ikle
Chicago
H.R
Daily paper notices for Sunday issues and holidays
The notice lists standard publication practices for prepaid subscriptions and postages with references to imprint and postmark details. It notes that the paper prints on Sundays and on legal holidays, with postage paid at James 9 Percy.
Local notes and business items from Homer City area
Yesterdate March 25 1925 reports Brody's trip to New York for dresses coats and millinery. A move to curb street beggar nuisance is noted. 1950 a $5822.01 grant from J S Mack Foundation cancels indebtedness for the Community Memorial Association of Homer City. 1960 a Sharon pilot lands a single engine plane in near whiteout conditions. Post Office bids called for Homer City building. A petition seeks incorporation of Indiana County Community Action Program. Greater Indiana Toastmasters adds new officers William Mallory president and Leland Short vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Brody
Brody's
New York City
Community Memorial Association of
Homer City
J.S. Mack Foundation
Indiana
Sharon
W.J. Stimson
Postmaster General
Post Office Department
Indiana County Prothonotary
Indiana County
Greater Indiana Toastmasters Club
Rustic Lodge
William Mallory
Leland Short
Mark 48 Torpedo Lost in Bahamas Test Deep Ocean Bottom
Washington story recalls the 1971 loss of a $1 million Mark 48 torpedo during sea trials off the Bahamas. Soviet spy ships hunted the weapon, but salvage proved impossible as the torpedo sank about 6,000 feet and imploded under pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Bahamas
Navy
Pacific
Central Intelligence Agency
U.S
Pentagon
CIA
Ques
Puerto Rico
Continental
United States
Drug Enforcement Agency
House Coast Guard
John Murphy
D.N.Y
Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
Colombia
Labor Chief Drive Sparks Inside Congress Protest
Victor Riesel reports AFL CIO leaders plan an April 26 march on Washington inside J F Kennedy Stadium with a special congressional section. The event targets President Ford and Secretary Simon, seeks Burns’ firing, and pushes job programs amid mass demonstrations and potential public-sector strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Riesel
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
America
J. F. Kennedy
Ford
Treasury
William
Afl-Cio
Abel
IOD
George Meany
White House
Labor rally to push for billions in jobs program
Labor leaders plan a major Washington mobilization to press Congress for state and local matching funds, $19 billion for construction, and extended unemployment insurance. Ford faces pressure as AFL CIO events and demonstrations target the Hill and White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Concord
N.H
Building and Construction Trades Department
Afl-Cio
Washington
Ed Carlough
CIA
Mafia
Nelson Rockefeller
Kissinger in Moses Egypt parable tweaks history
A lighthearted Passover satire imagines Kissinger negotiating with Moses and the Pharoah. The envoy proposes settlements, Bricks from Egypt, and shifting plagues as bargaining chips, while Moses and Pharaoh clash over whether release or compromise is possible. The punchline hints at a drawn out Sinai stay and a cheeky tease about Nancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Buchwald
Washington
Moses
Egypt
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Desert
Pharoah
Henry
Sinai
Endecott Introduces Apple Seed and Early Colony Crops
John Endecott, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, brought the first apple seed from England. He later purchased 200 acres, paying with 500 apple trees. The article notes long lived land snails and a desert snail in Egypt that seemed dead before reviving years later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Endecott
Massachusetts Bay Colony
England
Hemisphere
Endecott
Egypt
British Museum
Readers defend daylight saving time in opinion letter
A reader replies to Hood-Lines arguing daylight saving time offers practical evening daylight for work commuters families and activities. The letter praises extended daylight for meals sports dog care and safe cycling while noting morning darkness and preferring two hours of fast time in summer as used in WWII.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Hood
Hood-Lines
13Th Street
Oakland Avenue
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Cromley
Serbsky Institute
Tiede
Indiana Printing & Publishing Company
Indiana, Pa
Mel
William B. Hastings
Frank 5
Hood
Associated Press
AP News
Aean
Arnmstrong
Cambria
Carl Jefferson
West‘sad
Gay Indiana
Hive Scheining
Ames
Percy
Isla Caja de Muertas
Coffin Island
Murphy Repor
Murphy
San Juan
Oms Nea
Nancy
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