Amin and Shaka: a brutal echo across the third world
The piece compares Idi Amin to 19th century Zulu ruler Shaka, arguing Amin's extermination campaigns place him among global heavy hitters. It laments Western sentimental views of the Third World while warning civilization is retreating amid barbarism and dictatorship.
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Stalin
Hitler
Mao
Tamerlane
G Khan
Nigeria
Sudan
Angola
Mozambique
Bangladesh
Indonesia
Shaka
Donald Morris
Uganda
Somme
Labor aims sweeping reform of federal labor laws at Carter era
At a Miami convention AFL-CIO leaders pledged a calculated risk for a broad push to federal labor law changes. They cite strong union support and political clout, hoping to reshape compulsory membership, secondary boycotts, and bargaining rules while facing possible presidential veto.
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Miami
Afl-Cio
Carter
Congress
Labor
Capitol Hill
al Barkan
Afl-Cio Committee On Political Education
Barkan
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Texas
Missouri
Ohio
Organized Labor
House
Senate
U.S
Lical
United States
Britain
Who’s Running Foreign Policy in Carter Era
Washington observers see Cyrus Vance not assertive enough as secretary of state while Andrew Young’s public remarks on Africa and U S troops risk destabilizing policy. The piece argues Young may hold Carter and Vance hostage, risking a quagmire unless a clear working relationship and cautious diplomacy emerge.
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Washington
Cyrus Vance
Arter
Andrew Young
Feld
Angola
United States
South Africa
U.S
Rhodesia
Africa
Lou Harris
Pat Caddell
Jimmy Carter
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Vance
Young
Carter
White House
Yitzhak Rabin
Israel
Saccharin Busts and conspiracies stir a future city
A fictional column sketches a wave of saccharin related raids and deaths. Middletown police and federal agents raid a TOPS meeting arresting thirty four women over 17 eight ounce bottles of saccharin. A man dies from saccharin overdose amid vast Tab stockpiles. A 79 year old man is jailed after a woods raid uncovering a diet drink operation. An FDA insider and eight researchers are arrested amid a Cuba plot claim with bulk saccharin seizures and a sugar price surge.
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Gratis
Herman Tumblejug
Tumblejug
Tab
Darktown
Here
Don Hokum
Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
FBI
CIA
Fidel Castro
Cuba
U.S
Letter writers urge government concern and fair taxes
A reader calls for caution on banning saccharin and for fair tax reform benefiting older women, urging protections for diabetics and warning about fuel costs. The letter also includes endorsements of Moonies and a tribute to former Lemon Monroe High principal D W Jacot, noting his strong leadership.
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Young
United Nations
Georgia
Maybelle Wilhoit
Fairmount Ave
Davis
W.E. Davis
Lemon-Monroe
D. W. Jacot
Lemon-Monroe High
Subscription Rates and Contact Details for Middletown Journal
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