Terrorism defies solution in Middle East clashes rise
A summary discusses a string of attacks and political reactions across London Beirut Jerusalem Tripoli and New York. It notes a booby trapped envelope killing an Israeli agricultural attache and Lebanon's villages mourning ruined homes after Israeli retaliation. Discussion centers on varied proposed fixes and the UN role. The piece highlights Khaddafy and Franjieh positions and the Palestinian refugee issue as core tensions with no clear path to peace.
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London
Lebanon
Munich
Beirut
Jerusalem
Tripoli
United Nations
New York
Libya
Suleiman Franjieh
Israel
Abba Eban
Palestine
Mideast
Kurt Waldheim
U.N
Editorials Making his own rules
Former FBI Los Angeles chief Wesley G Grapp retires at 54 after a career marked by strict law and order rhetoric and controversial actions. An FBI probe found Grapp owed over a quarter million dollars to several banks while engaging in stock trading. Gray noted Grapp did not answer forthrightly when questioned.
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FBI
Los Angeles
Wesley G. Grapp
America
Grapp
Senator McGovarn
PBI
L. Patrick Gray III
Gray
Washington
Compulsory voting plan prompts constitutional questions
The piece questions Ralph Nader's proposal to compel voting and asks what penalties would apply to delinquents or forgetful citizens. It raises concerns about fines or imprisonment, due process, and deterrence, and weighs alternatives such as hearings. It also considers ballots and potential Eighth Amendment issues.
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Ralph Nader
Nader
U S Pursues UN Test on World Communications Security
The United States plans a major UN push to curb terrorism and hijackings in global communications. Secretary Rogers seeks strict UN rules to deny arms and funding to skyjackers, urge extradition, and halt air traffic with noncooperative nations, amid pressure from the Nixon Brezhnev principles.
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Washington
United States
United Nations
World Organization
Nixon
Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Henry Kissinger
William Rogers
U.N
China
Britain
France
Kremlin
U.S.R
U.S.S.R
United Na
Moscow
Cuba
Algeria
Rogers
U.S.A
Vietnam
Middle East
Southeast Asia
Chow En-lai
Heath
Pompidou
Noted Yachtsman Sir Pauis Chichester Dies in Plymouth
Readers recall Sir Pauis Chichester famed for solo sails and the Gipsy Moth circumnavigation. His feats included a 7000 mile solo voyage Plymouth to Sidney and Cape Horn rounding through the Roaring Forties.
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Pauis Chichester
Plymouth
England
Atlantic
Sir Francis
Cape Horn
Sidney
Australia
Indian Ocean
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