Senate shames on human rights pledges exposed
In Washington NEA commentary notes the Senate balked at ratifying a Genocide Treaty and multiple human rights resolutions, blaming fear of worldism and sovereignty concerns. Proxmire argues the treaty offers moral, not legal, protection and urges ratification with reservations to avoid clashing with U.S. law. The piece urges the United States to join Britain and the Soviet Union in condemning mass slaughter and racial hatred.
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Senate
United States
House Subcommittee On International Organizations
U.S. Senate
William Proxmire
U.S
Barry Goldwater
Proxmire
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
Soviet Union
EXPO'75 Okinawa fair aims to chart oceans and whaling
Editorial notes EXPO'75, the International Ocean Exposition in Okinawa from July 20, 1975 to January 18, 1976, expecting two million visitors. It highlights oceans’ bounty and problems, while criticizing Japan and Russia for whale hunting, urging conservation and responsible use of sea resources.
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Okinawa
Ryukyus
Bureau of International Exhibitions
Paris
Japan Trade Council
Japan
Soviet Union
Japan Trade Center
Economic planning falls by the wayside
AP analyzes how urgent long term economic planning is amid current crises. Critics note planning links to discipline and stability, with Leontief likening the economy to an engine needing tuning. The piece argues for a national planning system to smooth policy conflicts and avoid housing and money-flow cycles.
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John Cunniff
New York
United States
Congress
Wassily Leontief
May 20 historic events and notable birthdays
On May 20 1862 Lincoln signed the Homestead Act granting free land to western settlers. Other items note Columbus death in 1506 NC secession in 1861 Lafayette death in 1834 Lindbergh first solo crossing in 1927 China treaty abolition 1943 coal nationalization 1946 Vietnam leaflets 1965 McCormack retirement 1970 Sirica orders Nixon tapes 1974 birthdays James Stewart Stan Mikita Ken Boyer and a Lincoln thought for today urging repeal of bad laws through enforcement.
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Abraham Lincoln
American West
Christopher Columbus
Spain
North Carolina
Marquis de Lafayette
Charles Lindberg
Paris
U.S
Britain
China
House of Commons
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
House
John McCormack
Congress
John Sirica
White House
Nixon
James Stewart
Stan Mikita
Ken Boyer
Soviet Tass on Saigon fall and Soviet bloc regimes
In a pious note Tass remarks that South Vietnam proves a regime built on foreign bayonets cannot endure. The piece also claims Hungary Czechoslovakia and other Eastern bloc states rest on foreign forces since 1956 or earlier. Page 10.
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Saigon
Tass
South Vietnam
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Poland
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
House Advances Key Bills Amid Global Turmoil
Congressman Richard C. White outlines recent House actions on surface mining controls, prohibiting variable rate mortgages, emergency livestock credit expansion, and school lunch amendments. He notes over 30 measures passed, aimed at domestic relief despite international events, with emphasis on local enforcement and affordability.
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Southeast Asia
South Vietnam
Saigon
House
Savings and Loan Associations
Congress
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Tne
FBI overhaul urged by ex-agent to curb abuses
Former FBI agent Arthur Murtagh argues for a 90 day restructuring to create an agency that polices itself with whistleblower protections. He recounts refusing to participate in wiretaps and calls for laws to shield honest reporting, predicting broader reform across bureaus to curb corruption.
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Washington
NEA
Senate Subcommittee On Intelligence
FBI
CIA
Senate
Arthur Murtagh
Murtagh
Upstate New York
Hoover
U.S
Bureau
Martin Luther King
Congress
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