Why Chile and the Allende overthrow in world view
A prose survey traces Chile's 1973 coup, Soviet and Western reactions, and the Pinochet regime. It notes inflation declines from 1000 percent to 70, a rise in reserves from four million to 762 million, and contrasts Western denunciation with Chilean economic gains. The piece mentions George McGovern, Salvador Allende, Leonid Brezhnev, and U.S. letters and protests.
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Allende
Pinocheto
Santiago
Leonid Brezhnev
Pinochet
Latin America
Pinochet Ugarte
Thomas Jefferson
Chile
Korean case stirs public debate on bribery of U S lawmakers
The first public testimony alleges South Korea sought to buy influence in Congress via Tongsun Park, with $200 000 earmarked for 15 to 20 lawmakers. The piece questions future action by House ethics and Justice Department, noting slow responses and possible partisan dynamics. It ends reflecting on human fallibility and a biblical quote.
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Congress
Kim Hyung Wook
House Subcommittee On International Relations
Tongsun Park
Washington
Park
Subcommittee On International Relations
House Committee of Standards
Justice Department
Justice
Fraser
House Ethics Committee
Reassuring to know about Middletown Hospital storm response
To The Editor recounts a June storm that triggered a Code 3 alert at Middletown Hospital. Nurses and aides from the Central 1 area kept patients safe, calm, and attended to needs, particularly aiding bed ridden and elderly patients amid fears of hysteria.
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Middletown
Central 1
Kind Word From Market Stranger Moves Longtime Couple
Lester and Jean May of 5934 Jacksonburg Road Trenton praise a kind store stranger who compliments their 45 year marriage during a shopping trip. They request the woman to stop and introduce herself if seen again, hoping to meet such a thoughtful person.
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Lester and
Jean May
Jacksonburg Road
Trenton
Ruling on Nixon tapes stirs debate over privacy and law
The Supreme Court split over Congress this 1974 law forcing Nixon to surrender subpoenaed tapes and papers. Dissenting Justice Rehnquist faults the decision as infringing executive privilege and privacy while upholding a statute that singles out a former president. The piece blasts the majority for eroding separation of powers and notes broader implications for presidential documents.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
Supreme Court
Warren Burger
William Rehnquist
Congress
Nixon
Harry Truman
Rehnquist
Burger
White House
John Paul Stephens
U.S. District Court
Civil rights unit pushes mental health rights case forward
The Justice Department civil rights division, a persistent federal force, has dragged into mental health cases since 1974. It challenged state commitments as violations of due process, seeking authority to sue states when non medical testimony alone led to institutionalization. The effort spans Nixon to Carter, a steady course despite political winds.
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Justice Department
Grindstone
South
Atty
Stanley Pottinger
Pottinger
Department
Maryland
Montana
Congress
Nixon
Ford
Carter
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Elwood Richardson Business Manager
Donald Fraser
S. Montague
Middletown Hospital
Dennis the Menace
George F. Will
Benjamin Shore
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