Kalinski recalls Gulag ordeal and a web of Soviet secrets
Abraham Kalinski, 62, a former Polish army captain, endured 15 years in Soviet prisons from 1944 to 1959 after a trumped up espionage sentence. He recounts brutal captivity, a mistaken Austrian bride case, and a betrayed tip to an American embassy official. A State Department note confirms the informer’s existence but withholds the name. The interview links his forced silence to the postwar hunt for Jews and political rivals.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Abraham Kalinski
Soviet Union
Gulag
Israel
Kalinski
Stalin
Bolshevik
Communist Party
Leningrad
Nikolai Bukharin
Sytem
Jewish Telegraph Agency
Turner
London
Daily Herald
Vienna
Moscow
Poland
Metropole
Averell Harriman
Lubianka
State Department
U.S
Internal Revenue Service
Supreme Court
IRS
United States
Inflation in China Hits Foreign Visitors Hard
Editorial notes a trend labeled Chinese style inflation where prices for foreigners rise sharply while locals see little change. Foreign meals cost over six dollars, gas near three, and interpreter services up to three hundred fifty dollars monthly. The piece argues policy aims to maximize hard currency intake amid modernization costs, warning built-in costs for travelers could affect trade partners. It ends by suggesting Deng Xiaoping may offer insights on managing trade deficits during a Washington visit.
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Don Graff
Greece
Portugal
Atlantic City
China
Peking
Teng Hsiao-ping
Washington
Navy to rename ships to neutral pronouns
The Defense Department advances a campaign to remove gendered language from military usage. If adopted, ships may cease being referred to with feminine pronouns and be called neuter it. The piece warns against overhauling naval literature and cites a line about tearing down the ensign.
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Defense Department
Navy
Fiscal restraint now style for Capitol Hill
AP analysis notes the new fiscal fashion is restraint driven by tax revolts and limited state spending as President Carter proposes tighter budgets. Analysts warn state and local governments may cut services due to slower revenue growth and reduced federal aid, risking financial trouble for harder hit Northeast cities and spreading to Midwest and Southern cities.
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John Cunniff
New York
Carter
Washington
Wall Street
Merrill Lynch Economics, Inc
Merrill Lynch
True or False World Almanac quiz and authorities
The text presents a mixed set of trivia questions on American inventors and plays plus commentary on tax pressures and a historical note about the Great Pyramid. It references William D Coolidge Frank Woolworth Benjamin Franklin Eugene O Neill Julie Andrews and a discussion of fiscal restraint and pyramid dimensions.
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William D. Coolidge
Frank Woolworth
Benjamin Franklin
Eugene O’neill
Anna Christie
Julie Andrews
This Day in History Jan 26 1979 Highlights
Today is Friday Jan 26 1979 with events from 1942 er reaching Europe by American expeditionary force arriving in Northern Ireland to 1837 Michigan becomes state. Other items note 1962 moon landing test, 1971 Venus soft landing, 10 years ago spying hangings in Baghdad, 5 years ago a Bulgarian trawler seized, and a year ago radiation from a Soviet satellite reactor broke up over Canada.
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Associated Press
Europe
Ireland
Paris
Colombia
Michigan
Hong Kong
Louisiana
Union
United States
Soviet Union
Venus
Space
Israel
Iraq
Baghdad
U.S. Coast Guard
New Jersey
Canada
Northwest Territories
Conservative House Leader Attacks ACTION Aid to Middle Class
Washington dispatch notes Rep. Robert H. Michel challenges federal support for middle income communities as ACTION faces scrutiny. The report cites VISTA, ACORN, and offices in Arkansas to Florida, criticizing aid to non-poor groups and urging aid be restricted to the truly poor.
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NEA
GOP
House of Representatives
Robert H. Michel
Federal
John M. Ashbrook
Ohio
Philp M. Crane
Illinois
William F. Goodling
Pennsylvania
Michel
HOUSE
House Appropriations Committee
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VISTA
ACORN
Arkansas
Texas
Missouri
Tennessee
Louisiana
Florida
South Dakota
Little Rock
Ark
Sioux Falls
M.D
Cleveland
Worcester
Mass
Providence
R.I
Concord
N.H
Amherst
mid-Illinois
Peoria
Middle America
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