Do We Need LEIU Hearings on Police Surveillance Practices
Congress plans summer hearings on bills to make certain police information misuse a federal crime. The debate centers on LEIU a private national police intelligence network criticized for potential privacy abuses. LEIU expands across 230 agencies with a $1.3 million SOCI data bank backed by LEAA funds.
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SEIU
Houston Police Department
Houston
Associated Press
LEIU
Ray Henry
Long Beach
California
Police Department
San Francisco
United States
Canada
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
LEAA
Connally Weighs 1976 Path As Populist Republican
John Connally keeps his options open for the 1976 GOP race or a third force, meeting with Ronald Reagan and signaling a blend of populist economic views with a conservative defense stance. He rejects a strict libertarian label, promoting reform against perceived Establishment bias while touting a moderate conservative stance.
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KFL
John Connally
Connally
Texas
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Federal Reserve
Arthur Burns
Gerald Ford
George Wallace
North Korea
Grand Jury
FBI
Internal Revenue Service
Schlesinger Doctrine and NATO Nuclear Strategy
The Schlesinger Doctrine warns that NATO may rely on U S battlefield nuclear weapons to deter a Warsaw Pact invasion. Defense Secretary James Schlesinger told congressional committees that the United States would respond to a Soviet move with tactical nuclear weapons to force negotiations. The article notes NATO partners depend on U S commitment and cites Colin Grey analysis on Europe facing a six day war and NATO first use of theater forces.
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NATO
Congress
Defense
James Schlesinger
Schlesinger
House
Senate Armed Services Committees
Senate Foreign Relations
House International Relations
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Ford Administration
Nixon
Hanoi
Moscow
U.S
Soviet Union
Pentagon
New York Times
Western
Europe
United States
Colin
Grey
Military Institute
Warsaw Pact
California coast faces public access clash with private beaches
Private beach owners push back as California Coastal Commission presses a public access plan. Lawsuits mount as the plan moves from local meetings toward state adoption, with 61 percent of coastline privately owned and strong public access mandates looming.
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California
Pacific
Itate
Coastal Commission
Sacramento
Malibu
Reform Lobbying Act Faces Broad Overreach Risk
Senator Abraham Ribicoff leads a group pressing lobby reform to tighten the 1946 act but critics warn the definition is too broad. The plan could cover half of DC and many non lobbyists, creating massive reporting that defeats public access goals.
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Abraham Ribicoff
Senate Government Operations Committee
Congress
Washington
Ribicoff
District of Columbia
President Reasserted Authority in Foreign Policy Debate
The piece argues Gerald Ford faces a weakened stance at home, complicating his Europe trip reception. It says Vietnam and Watergate shifted power away from the presidency, prompting Congress to curb executive actions and hindering U S diplomacy abroad.
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Washington
Gerald Ford
Europe
Ford
United States
Congress
Vietnam
Cambodia
Soviet Union
Cyprus
Is Gold Merely Something by Alice Widener
The piece questions whether U S gold reserves stored in Fort Knox are treated as real property by the Treasury announcing a June 30 sale of 500000 ounces. It critiques official value framing and calls out monetary policy, global leadership, and wealth redistribution arguments surrounding gold as backing currency.
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Alice Widener
New York City
U.S. Treasury
Fort Knox
Treasury
Jack F. Bennett
Paris
U.S
London
Treasury Department
United States
Monroe News-Star staff and affiliations 1929 1972
The Monroe News-Star lists publishers through 1972 including John D. Ewing Jr and Robert Ewing Brown as chairman. It notes a broad board of directors, operating address on North 4th and Olive Streets in Monroe Louisiana, and staff roles such as general manager Edmund G. Brown and editor William C. Hardin.
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Wilson Ewing
Robert Ewing Jr
William H. Bronson
Ee Otis
News-Star— World Publishing Corporation
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Olive Streets
Monroe
Robert Ewing Brown
Mildred Hunt Ewing
Edmund Graves Brown Jri
Robert Ewing Ill
Patricia Ewing Hendrick
Esther Ewing Jensen
Kenneth C. Barranger
Tommin Hunter Brown
John D. Ewing Jr
Paula Wray Ewing
Helen Clay Hall
John A. Hendrick
Robert Ewng Brown
Jack S. Campbell
Edmund G. Brown
Jack . Gates
William C. Hardin
Oland Silk
Associated Press
Branham-Moloney Company
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Miami
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