Editorials Urge Calm Over CIA Bacterial Weapons Debate
The editorial argues for a measured inquiry into Nixon and Ford era germ warfare actions. It notes CIA retention of small biological agents despite official orders to destroy stockpiles. Sen. Church leads a committee probe while urging restraint and avoiding distrust and hysteria. The piece cautions against overreaction and emphasizes continued research and verification.
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Frank Church
CIA
Nixon
Ford
Senate
Long Beach State to Pilot Elderly College Waiver
A two year pilot program may allow residents aged 60 and older to waive college registration fees at Long Beach State starting next spring if approved. While books and transport remain, savings of 67 to 95 dollars are possible. The plan emphasizes lifelong learning and mutual benefit to students, older learners, and professors.
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Iais
Long Beach State
Loing Beach State
Cecamatee
Carmelitos
Carrall
Long Beach
Incident in the park during President Ford visit
The Sacramento Bee noted the Friday Capitol Park stroll as a test of calm in an unsettled visit. Editors hoped the incident would not spoil Ford's pleasant California trip as the paper urged a tranquil respite from his burdens.
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Ford
Sacramento Bee
Sacramento
Capitol Park
Bee
California
Public philosophy clash over rights and nuisance housing
Letters decry Reston's view of factionalism while urging a new public philosophy to defend fundamental rights. A second letter laments Carmelitos housing deterioration, calls for modernization, and urges city council action. an EDGAR BLINSTON sign off links morality to contemporary social ills.
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James Reston
Reston
New York
Supreme Court
Fromme gun misfire fuels televised analysis
Norwalk reader Melvin Penrose notes astonishment at media coverage of the Ford assassination attempt. He criticizes broadcasters for detailing why Lynette Fromme's gun failed and for televised demonstrations on loading and operating a semi automatic pistol.
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Evitox
Ford
Lynette Fromme
Eyewitness News
Ms. Fromme
Melvin H. Penrose
Kissinger Gromyko Seek New Steps to Curb Arms Race
In Washington and New York Kissinger and Gromyko weigh a fresh strategic arms agreement and limits on arms shipments as Brezhnev nears a U.S. visit. Waldheim urges disarmament amid rising military budgets, while US Soviet weapons exports climb to about 20 billion annually. McNamara cites 900 million people under $73 a year as central to the global security debate.
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Washington
Kissinger
Andrei Gromyko
Soviet Union
New York
Leonid Brezhrev
United States
Gromyko
Kurt Waldheim
United Nations
Middle East
Gromyke
U.S
Iran
Pentagon
Defense Schlesinger
Teheran
Erich von Marboch
Schlesinger
U.S.S.R
National Security Council
Robert McNamara
World Bank
Hoffa theories swirl over union endorsed hits
A Washington based Senate Intelligence Committee report cites evidence of exotic assassination devices used by U S intelligence agencies and hints at a domestically trained team capable of killing with no clues. A private FBI mafia expert speculates Hoffa was murdered by rebel Teamsters loyalists rather than the Mafia, while officials stay silent.
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Washington
Senate Intelligence Committee
San
U.S
Prise
Assassi
United States
CIA
Hoffa
Michigan
Jimmy Hoffa
FBI
Mtory
Jimmy
Teamsters
Mafia
Senator Soaper Seeks Fundraiser Amid War Fault Debate
A congressional figure, Congressman Sludgepump, plans to hire a fundraiser with a dynamic personality and short memory. The quote questions when war ends and who bears responsibility, noting future historians will reinterpret the fault.
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Sludgepump
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Don Eraser
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