Opening Kremlin doors and the hope for Soviet reform
The essay argues that if the Soviet Union joins world commerce more fully it could become a responsible world member. It cites Andrei Sakharov urging openness, notes limited free speech in Russia, and suggests U.S. aid and diplomatic pressure could export freedoms without turning the USSR democratic. It calls for mutual trust, less internal repression, and a genuine thaw beyond deterrence.
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Soviet Union
United States
Andrei Sakharov
Moscow
Sakharov
Russia
U.S
Alexander Sozhenitsyn
Solzhenitsyn
America
Leonid Brezhnev
Auto makers pledge mile age stickers for new cars
The Environmental Protection Agency urged disclosure of gasoline mileage and most major makers including General Motors Ford and Chrysler promise to place miles per gallon stickers on upcoming models. Datsun Mazda Alfa Romeo Mercedes Saab Volvo Triumph Subaru also endorse while Volkswagen Honda are noncommittal and Peugeot rejects. Uniform methods for mileage estimates are sought to aid consumers and industry alike.
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Environmental Protection Agency
America
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Datsim
Mazda
Alfa- Romeo
Mercedes
Saab
Volvo
Triumph
Subaru
Rapid transit needs in Long Beach urged by writer
A Long Beach letters page urges rapid transit reforms amid air travel woes and costly, ineffective transit surveys. The author laments pollution and poor city leadership while defending Long Beach roots and criticizing council inaction on transit.
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Jong Reach
Queen Mary
United
Air West
Western
PSA
San Francisco
Los Angeles International
Long Beach
Jamestown
Bad Law and Reply Space Debate in Florida Editorial
Editorial argues a Florida statute requiring newspapers to give equal space for candidate replies levels responsibility to printed content. It contends the law unfairly expands press accountability for editorials and opinion pieces, potentially limiting editorial freedom. Huntington Beard RON LESOVSKY raises questions about the statute's impact on newspapers.
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Florida
Huntington Beard
Ron Lesovsky
Washingtons football TV gamble nets mixed public appeal
The piece argues Congress and the President rushed to approve home television of all pro football games, praising the popularity but warning of looming costs for fans. It notes high ticket and parking prices, potential seat emptiness, and a temporary shift in public interest from politics to football, with a review planned if games fail to sell out.
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Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
Redskins
Devender
Congress
General Motors
Metropolitan Opera
Henry Kissinger
Sonny Jurgenson
Russia
Cleveland
America
Watergate
Nixon
Agnew
Kennedy
Prison letters from Watergate Cubans reveal muted resolve
Washington reports on four Cuban prisoners from Watergate sharing letters from confinement. Bernard Barker Frank Sturgis and others express family warmth and guarded optimism while detailing alleged national security missions linked to Hunt and Howard. They note Senate hearings and warnings from insiders as they maintain hope for eventual vindication.
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Washington
Bernard Harker
Mada Elena
Barker
Sturgis
H. Howard Hunt
White House
Los Angeles
Daniel Ellsberg
Macha
Sen
Glenn campaign debts settled after 1970 primary fallout
Former astronaut John Glenn resolved campaign finances from his 1970 run and the 1974 bid. Funds from three accounts named Will Rogers Fund Mark Twain Fund and Glenn for Senate were closed after guardian William White explained they formed a comic misallocation. The reactivated John Glenn for Senate Committee settled the debts.
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Washington
John Glenn
Ohio Senate
Glenn
Cleveland
Howard Metzenbaum
Robert Taft
Metzenbaum
Friends of John Glenn Committee
Citizens For John Glenn Committee
Ohio Democrat
Old Glenn
Will Rogers
Mark Twain
Glennor Senate
William White
Columbus
White
Bartlett
Senate Committee
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Kremlin
Volkswagen
Honda
Peugent
Teachers Association of
Longhead
Professional Teachers’ Organization
Belmont Shore
Kenneth Koons
Supreme Court
Dames Heaton
OAK Times News Service
Ancient
China
Jack Anderson
Lowell Weicker
Senate Watergate Committee
GIA
Thei
Howard (Hunt
CIA
Ed Zuckerman
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