View from Afghanistan and world stance amid Soviet push
Editorial contrasts Moscow's push into Afghanistan with Western opposition from Washington and others while warning against premature optimism. The piece notes Afghanistan may become Moscow's Vietnam and highlights regional instability and UN involvement as potential responses. It also briefly shifts to unrelated notes on aspen as a disaster tree and a squash origin anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hindu Kush
Afghanistan
Khyber Pass
Bengal Lancers
Central Asia
Khyber
Washington
Peking
Bucharest
United Nations
Moscow
East Germany
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Kabul
Vietnam
Economic action proves costly in global trade battles
AP reports economic warfare risks, with grain and high tech embargo effects on the Soviet and Iranian fronts and potential domestic price shifts. Bergland warns possible $300 million impact, higher interest rates, and gasohol use. Trade frictions may spark retaliation and lose markets while US tech licensing spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cunniff
NEW York
Soviet Union
Afghanistan
Bob Bergland
Merchants of power eyed in Afghan invasion analysis
Washington analysts warn the Kremlin will press into oil regions if U S policy falters and Carter’s choices foster power vacuums. Brezhnev’s team reportedly believes in raw power, not truth, and Moscow moves unseen into Yemen and Afghanistan while U S hesitates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Washington
Afghanistan
White House
Carter
Persian Gulf
Kremlin
Leonid Brezhnev
United States
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Ethiopia
Red Sea
Saudi
Soviet Union
Addis Ababa
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
South Yemen
Arabian
North Yemen
Moscow
Syria
Iraq
Yemen
Constellation
Singapore
Brezhnev
Muscovy
U.S
Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Angola
Africa
Pecos Scout Troop Faces the Past in 1919 Camp Tale
In a two part feature, Pecos recalls a 1919 Madera Canyon camping trip. The troop’s uniforms were army leggings and hats. Rev. Spears led as scoutmaster. The piece traces names from Gordon Stine to Bill Dean, noting futures in gas, Lockheed, journalism, and medicine.
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Pecos
Madera Canyon
Spears
Charlie Fitzgerald
Gordon Stine
Gordon
Wichita Falls
Stine
Alfred Stevens
Alfred
Lockheed Aircraft
California
Howell Johnson
Pee Wee
Howell
J.E. Couch
J.F
Texas Tech
Reeves County
Morris Collie
M.W. Collie
Morris
Texas A&m
Texas Highway Department
Army Air Corps
Alaska
Air Force
Midland
Tyler
Texas
Collie
Ray Thurston
Ray
Jack Camp
John Camp
Jack
Highway Department
Department
Paul Morrison
Paul
Keith Camp
Old Leader Grocery and Hardware
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London
Fleet
Bergland
Control Data Corp
Europe
Japan
America
Floyd Norris
Union Pacific
Missouri Pacific
James H. Evans
West Coast
Chicago
Gulf of Mexico
Burlington Northern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wall Street
ICC
Frisco Line
Seaboard Coast Lines
Chessie
Thailand
Musin
By Alton Hughes
Georgia
Scout Number Nine
Babe’’ Adams
George Morrison
George
Johns Hopkins
Roswell
New Mexico
India
Morrison
Pakistan
San Francisco
Charlie Hudson
Charlie
Bill Dean
Bob Dean
Bill
San Angelo
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