Letelier Briefcase Details Stir Controversy and Suspicions
The October 21 incident exposes a cargo of gifts and letters in the late Salvador Allende era diplomat Orlando Letelier’s briefcase. It reveals monthly Havana stipends, multiple correspondences with Cuban officials, and lines about funding, transfers, and a pro Communist strategy in the United States, with ties to the IPS and Transnational Institute.
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Orlando Letelier
Washington
Letelier
Salvador Allende
George McGovern
Washington Post
Institute For Policy Studies
IPS
Transnational Institute
Amsterdam
Havana
Beatrice
Tati
Anda
Ussr
Germany
Cuba
Telier
Chile
Juan Gabriel Valdes
Central Committee
Communist Party
Moscow
Oleg Ignatsiev
Pravda
Stephen Shalaev
Moscow Soviet
Threat to our liberty in energy policy
Paul L. Chase argues against a national energy commission urging deregulation to allow market forces to drive fuel shifts. He cites past transitions from wood to coal and coal to petroleum as proof, notes solar heating, and warns regulation harms liberty and inflates government costs.
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America
National Energy Planning Commission
Carter backs consumer watchdog plan despite red tape clash
President Carter endorses the Agency for Consumer Advocacy, a proposed federal unit to lobby and sue other agencies. Critics call it costly and unnecessary as watchful regulators crowd Washington. Califano ethics quip sparks Kastenmeier jab about a free lunch and cooks spoiling the broth.
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President Carter
Ralph Nader
Mr Carter
Washington
Agency For
Consumer Advocacy
HEW
Joseph Califano
Pennsylvania
Robert W Kastenmeier
Califano
Memorial reception honors Matilda Dunbar in Dayton
Middletonians visit Dayton for a reception at Edith Patterson’s home on Sawmill Road honoring Matilda Dunbar mother of Paul Laurence Dunbar. The article recalls Dunbar’s rise to fame, his Ohio roots, and his mother’s sacrifices as she kept the family home at 219 N Summit Street.
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Dayton
Edith McClure Patterson
Sawmill Road
Matilda Dunbar
Dunbar
America
William Dean Howells
Dayton Daily News
Paul
Matilda Dunbar Honored by Dayton Women At Memorial Reception
A Dayton Progressive Mothers Club event honors Matilda Dunbar wife of Paul Laurence Dunbar with a silver purse. Fundraising by Middletown black community supports preserving the Summit Street home and honoring the Ohio poet's mother and legacy. The Dunbar home became a state memorial at 219 Summit St Dayton and a plaque bears his verse.
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Matilda Dunbar
Dayton
Mother's Club
Dunbar
Summit Street
Middletown
Summit St
Dayton Public Library
Anger and Organization Urged to Fight Taxes
Letter argues taxpayers are victims of political fraud as state and local taxes rise. It calls for rapid organization, reduced taxes, and government control returned to producers, warning higher levies harm the economy and everyday prices. Signed by William Bresle? 1.0 Box 99 Monroe.
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News & World Report
William BR
Box
Monroe
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