Aid to Soviets Exports Curbs Clamp Down in Congress
The piece argues a bipartisan shift toward restricting agricultural and technological exports to the Soviet Union in response to harsh dissident sentences. It says liberals join conservatives, viewing curbs as punishment, deterring Soviet expansion and pressuring the Kremlin toward reform. Brezhnev is seen as unreliably conciliatory. dissidents Charansky, Ginzburg, and Pyatkus receive long sentences, highlighting human rights abuses.
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Congress
Soviet Union
Capitol Hill
United States
U.S
Moscow
Kremlin
Leonid Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Europe
Atlantic
Anatoly Shcharansky
Alexander Ginzburg
Viktoras Pyatkus
Attorney General probes Grants service stations for unfair practices
Complaints filed in Valencia County District Court allege two puncture schemes and a hydraulic fluid trick to sell replacements. The action follows an undercover probe with the AAA. The AG emphasizes the cases are allegations and stresses trust between motorists and stations while noting many operators provide fair service.
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Toney Anaya
Grants
Valencia County
American Automobile Association
AAA
Turkey
Thurmond flips on child ads amid lobbyist pressure
The 75 year old senator Strom Thurmond reversed his stance on FTC proposed restrictions on TV ads aimed at children, backing away after lobbying from candy and cereal interests. The episode mirrors concerns over a $600 million annual ad market tainting policy decisions and ends with Thurmond opposing restrictions.
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Washington
Stern
Strom Thurmond
Rs.c
Capitol Hill
Thurmond
Federal Trade Commission
Michael Pertschuk
Commission
Ralph Yarborough
Texas
Capitol
Reorganization Risks at New Mexico Highways Agency
Sources say about 27 accounting staffers may be shifted as the state Highway Department adopts a new accounting system leading to potential job reclassifications. Promotions will require applications, while morale remains low amid the upheaval and broader personnel-system scrutiny.
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Santa FE
State Personnel Office
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Merry Round House
Legislative Finance Committee
Sen
Eddie Lopez
LFC
New Mexico
State Commerce and Industry Department
Anapra
U.S
Port of Entry
Public forum urges Roswell fireworks display revival
Readers urge Roswell to host a community fireworks show this year citing local venues Wool Bowl and Longhorn Mfg Co and three veterans groups. They propose a July 3rd event with entertainment and a safety plan, suggesting annual celebrations similar to the Fair parade.
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KBIM
Artesia
Roswell
Wool Bowl
Longhorn Mfg. Co
Protests Planned Over City Project At 750000 Hearing
A hearing on protests to the 750000 city project titled Annex A Provisional Lad 1 is set for 7 30 tonight at City Hall. In a separate case two candidates for county clerk mark six months since Bill Rives filed suit against Dorothy Herring on January 14. The case will reach the state Supreme Court this month. Lincoln Town readies for Day in Old Lincoln by the Lincoln County Historical Society.
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Mihailovitch
Congress
Foreign Ministry
U.S
Lawrence Eagleburger
Eagleburger
Clement Zablocki
D-Wis
State Department
DuPont
National Institute
Robert DuPont
Karst Bestman
Capitol Hill
Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental
City
Bill Rives
Dorothy Herring
State Supreme Court
Bastille Day and France's Revolutionary Rise Explored
A history overview links Bastille Day to France's political shifts from royal tyranny to democracy. It traces the Bastille's role from fortress to prison, the revolution's spread, and France as an enduring ally to the United States, noting leaders like Louis XVI, Lafayette, Rochambeau, and Napoleon.
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France
Paris
Bastille
Marquis de Launay
Bernard Jordan
Launay
Charles
Cardinal de Richelieu
Jean Sanson
Sanson
Balkans
Eastern
Europe
Count de Rochambeau
Marquis de Lafayette
Lafayette
Austria
Olmutz
Picpus
Virginia
Napoleon
Talleyrand
Soviet Union
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Federal Communications Commission
Richard Wiley
Wiley
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Draza Mihailovitch
Ernie Mills
Aubrey Dunn
Otero County
Rep. Lopez
Feds
New York City
Frank McGuire
Division of Social Services
Human Services Department
Herman Grace
Munity Affairs Bureau
HSD
Community Affairs
Small Society
Henry J. Taylor
Versailles
Louis
Louis XVI
Georges Jacques Danton
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