Former antiwar protesters urge Vietnam to curb human rights abuses
About 90 former antiwar activists petitioned Vietnam’s Communist government via the U.N. observer in New York, urging action against alleged rights violations and the mass internment in reeducation centers reported after Saigon fell in 1975.
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U.S
Vietnam
United Nations
New York
Saigon
South Vietnam
Southeast Asia
United States
Communist Party
Hanoi
Rebellion in Hopeh Province tests Maoist Thought Control
Chinese troops move to quell an insurrection in Hopeh near Peking led by Chiang Ching and the Gang of Four. The piece surveys changing Maoist truth and shifting alliances, noting Cultural Revolution purges and re education as a method to enforce doctrine.
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Hopeh
Peking
Chinese Communist Party
Chiang Ching
Mao Tse-tung
Gang of Four
Mao
China
Soviet Union
West
United States
Madam Chiang
Hua Kuo-feng
Today in History December 31 1976 Highlights
The page lists events on this date from 1879 to 1776 including Edison’s first electric light demonstration in Menlo Park New Jersey and Henry Laurens’s release from the Tower of London. It notes West Virginia statehood 1862 Ellis Island opening 1890 Truman 1946 Marshall Plan expiry 1951 Nixon Foundation 1974 and Vietnam truce 1975. Birthdays include Nathan Milstein and Rex Allen. A thought for today is offered.
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Associated Press
Thomas Edison
Menio Park
N.jn
Henry Laurens
American Continental Congress
Tower of London
Charles Cornwallis
Abraham Lincoln
West Virginia
Ellis Island
New York Harbor
Harry Truman
Richard Nixon Foundation
Soviet Union
U.S
United States
Nathan Milstein
Rex Allen
George Washington
Robert Morris
Tumbleweed 4 H Club Reports Cookie Sale Benefit
The 4 H Club meeting at Hazel Eaton's home heard Meredith Wright describe the December 8 cookie sale to raise funds for projects and activities. Attending were Amelai Daugherty Martha Daugherty Cora Lynn Melton and Louise Van Eaton. A Booster Club meeting at Mrs M G Mc Cracken's home began with the Lord's Prayer and a theme song God Bless America with Mrs Alex Duniho accompanying.
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Hazel Eaton
Meredith Wright
Amelai Daugherty
Martha Daugherty
Cora
Booster Club
M.G. McCracken
America
Alex Duniho
Incumbents Withdraw From New Mexico School Board Races
Incumbents across New Mexico opt not to run amid litigation recall threats and labor issues. Frank Ready notes an unusual drop-off in re election bids with many non incumbents entering races in Albuquerque Alamogordo Santa Fe Roswell and Las Cruces.
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Santa FE
Frank Ready
New Mexico
Ready
New Mexico School Boards Association
Albuquerque
Dan McKinnon III
Joseph M. Zanetti Jr
Alamogordo
Lee Peterson
Theodore Holly
Mary Foster
Holly and
Hobbson
Ralph Littleton
Foster
Joe Hernandez
Roswell
Norman Patterson
Silver City
Ben Ormand
Las Cruces
George Hackler
Grady
Melrose
Oast
Baloney
Bob Jungblut
King
John Brown
Oil Conservation Commission
Traae
Jungblut
Brown
King Air
Queen Air
CIA probes Alaska pipeline security and civilian vulnerabilities
Jack Anderson with Les Whitten report CIA agents inspected the Alaska pipeline amid fears of sabotage by foreign powers and planted agents among workers. Senate Internal Security subcommittee findings warn of gaps in federal and state safeguards and the need for tighter security at key facilities.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Soviet Union
Interior Department
Prudhoe
Valdez
Cook Inlet
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Alyeska
Yukon
United States
Federal Energy Administration
Pentagon
New Mexico Politicians Weigh New Year Resolutions
A humorous roundup imagines how figures like Gov. Jerry Apodaca Lt. Gov. Robert Ferguson Atty. Gen. Toney Anaya and Sen. Pete Domenici might frame New Year pledges. It riffs on ambitions from office shifts to staying in current roles and open government.
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Washington
Jerry Apodaca
Robert Ferguson
Toney Anaya
Bruce King
U.S
Pete Domenici
Harrison
Jack’’ Schmitt
Joseph M Montoya
Harold Runnels
Senate
New Mexico
Rep
Manuel Lujan Jr
Joe Skeen
Apodaca
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