Editorial on Russia’s criminal code and dissident case
The piece reviews a Moscow press conference by Pyotr Yakir and Viktor Krasin who confessed to anti Soviet activities by publishing an underground journal. It compares their sentences to Stalin era abuses and calls on Brezhnev to reconsider the Soviet criminal code and clemency.
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Pyotr Yakir
Viktor Krasin
Chronicle of Current Events
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Germany
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Yakir
Josef Stalin
Leonid Brezhnev
Smoke in crashes a deadly risk to survivors
Washington United Press International reports the airline industry faces a deadly danger from post crash smoke. Investigations show passengers can survive impact but die inhaling cyanide from burning cabin materials. Efforts by FAA and ACAP push for emergency rules and safer fabrics, with NASA testing flame resistant cabin materials after 1967 space fire research.
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Robert F. Bucksorn
United Press International
Washington
National Tran Sportation Safety Board
Chicago
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Ralph Nader-barked Aviation Consumer Action Project
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Air Line Pilots Association
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Houston, Tex., Space Center
Letters to the Editor on police rules and city planning
A reader supports stricter police discretion amid rising felonious crime and endorses the Long Beach Officers Association stance. The letter urges letting officers decide split second actions and calls for environmental review approval for Ocean Boulevard development with park expansion. A third note remarks praise for Bobby Riggs and cites the Lord's battle in a brief 1971 Long Beach context.
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Long Head
Planning Commission
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Redondo Avenue
31Th Place
Bobby Riggs
Fred B, Dunn
Life size presidency urged by Mondale on open government
Sen Walter Mondale of Minnesota proposes a national commission to hear how to make the presidency open and accountable to the people and Congress. He argues the office has grown beyond the law, and that Congress must assert budgetary controls and confirm key appointees to curb imperial power.
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Nixon
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Kenner
Eisenhower
Scranton
White House
Shem
GOP Down but ’76 Far Off in Political Forecast
Washington columnist argues the GOP faces deep troubles but cautions against assuming collapse. He notes low Republican identification, rising independents, and Watergate fatigue while spotting potential gains in 1974 state races and a still-open presidential race. He warns inflation and recession could reshape outcomes.
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Aly
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Nixon
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