Loyalty questioned as Andrew Young resigns from UN post
The U S ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young quits after a farewell speech critical of U S Middle East policy. He reportedly violated a presidential order by meeting the Palestinian Liberation Organization, triggering controversy and his resignation.
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Andrew Young
U.S
United Nations
Young
U.N. Security Council
Middle East
Andy Young
United States
Carter
Georgia
Congress
U.N
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Cutthroat
Racist Extremist Rally Erupts Across Nation
A reporter describes a Saturday night gathering where a 50 foot cross is torched by white robed figures and a school bus with kerosene soaked straw is set afire by youths amid cheering crowds. The piece notes a nationwide surge of racist groups from New York to California and a rally in Decatur Alabama.
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Washington
New York
California
Winston-Salem
N.C
Baton Rouge
Bill Wilkinson
Decatur
Wilkinson
Alabama
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Klan resurges amid national tensions and campus riots
A long investigation traces the Ku Klux Klan in 1960s America from Atlanta marches to campus talk shows. It links rising violence, cross burnings, and gun threats on ships and at rallies to a broadened base across cities like Decatur, Tupelo, Oxnard, and Baton Rouge with comments from officials and civil rights leaders.
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FBI
KKK
Navy
America
Decatur
Tupelo
Miss
Oxnard
Calif
San Diego
Colorado Springs
Colo
Selma
Ala
Flemington
N.J
Seabrook
N.H
Columbia
S.C
Ku Klux Klan
Montgomery
Real America Quest by Rimbeau Hookersmith
Washington columnist adopts incognito persona Rimbeau Hookersmith to critique President Carter by sampling “Real America” along the Potomac and the Gulf Coast rivers. He finds crowds on levees, a moonlit hospital view, and a Boulder music night, arguing Carter misreads public sentiment.
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Washington
UPI
America
Carter
Potomac
Rimbeau
Buttermilk Falls
Wis
Missus
Mississippi
Hebert Naval Hospital
Energy Department
Real America
Boulder
Colo
Mark
Dina Elder
Rocky Mountain
Rimbeau Hookersmith
Plain Talk on Young and the PLO Resignation Pressure
The piece argues Andrew Young resigned as U S ambassador to the United Nations due to his unauthorized meeting with a PLO official and not because of pro Palestinian sentiment among American Jews. It notes Byrd and White House aides pressured his departure and praises Young's past service.
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Los Angeles Times
Andrew Young
United Nations
Young
Alestine Liberation Organization
Israel
PLO
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
White House
Washington
Cyrus R. Vance
August Hawkins
Los Angeles
Roswell Leaders Outline Local Projects and Achievements
Gov Mechem delivers a short but strong Roswell speech at the Nickson Hotel. Roswell Senior High launches its first student band under James Ayres. Knights of Columbus sponsor Father Flanagan choir event October 1 at the Junior High Auditorium. 537 graduates at Colorado State College of Education summer session in Greeley. Artesia flood danger recedes as Eagle Draw remains high. Ruth Class of First Baptist meets at Mrs Were’s home 1207 Walnut for monthly business and coffee with co hostesses Bard and Milstead.
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Edwin Mechem
Roswell
Howard E. Wagner
E. Church St
Colorado State College of Education
Greeley
Artesia
Eagle Draw
Ruth
First Baptist Church
Victor
E. Walnut St
D.O. Bard
B.R. Milstead
Second term presidents a rarity in U.S. history
The piece argues only 10 of 38 presidents completed two terms since 1789, with three 20th century leaders finishing a second term. It notes wartime service often coincides with longer tenures, cites Carter’s domestic struggles, and suggests many presidents fail to win a second term.
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Landrieu
New Orleans
Carter
HUD
Joseph Canizaro
Landrieu Promply
Canizaro
Jimmy Carter
Bert Lance
Lance
Senate
Fdr
John F. Kennedy
White House
Wilson
Ike
Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson
Eisenhower
van Buren
Harrison
Tyler
Polk
Taylor
Fillmore
Pierce
Buchanan
Union
Lincoln
Jackson
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Richard Nixon
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