Human Rights and U S Duty in Global Crises
A reflective piece on President Carter and global human rights, weighing how far the United States should go to defend liberty without harming national interests. It cites Uganda, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, Ethiopia, and South Korea, noting US responses, policy balances, and the case of Idi Amin.
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Carter
Kurt Waldheim
The
United Nations
United States
Paraguay
Human Rights Commission
Cyrus Vance
Argentina
Uruguay
Ethiopia
South Korea
Vance
Idi Armin
Seat Delays Prompt Air Piracy Charge
Texan traveler arrested in Miami after a London to New York flight incident in which he allegedly swatted and slapped two stewardesses. U.S. jurisdiction could bring a possible 20 year jail term and a $16,000 fine for assaulting or threatening crew members to interfere with duties.
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Los Angeles Times
Miami
Aler
London
U.S
Go Get Tagged Texts Warn Tax Collectors on Tags
Texas motorist sticker deadlines loom as many have not yet picked up 1977 motor vehicle registration tags. R W Townsley of the State Highway Department says collectors are ready to push hard to enforce compliance by April 1. If tags are not displayed by midnight, drivers risk tickets and fines.
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Tax Assessor-Collectors Association of Texas
Saya R.W. Townsley
Mothor Vehicle Division
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Townsley
Rhodesia and Namibia shift threaten Southern Africa’s stability
The piece argues U.S. policy from Rhodesia to South Africa faces rising left pressures as Ian Smith’s regime falters. It explores Namibia’s possible federal future, Cuban and Angolan entanglements, and proposals from Rostow on an American mandate. It notes South Africa’s complex multiethnic balance and possible partition or cantonal reforms as options.
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State Department
Africa
Andy Young
Georgia
Rhodesia
South West Africa
South Africa
London
U.S
Ian Smith
Smith
Namibia
William P. Yarborough
Heritage Foundation
South West Africa People’s Organization
SWAPO
Angola
Jonas Savimbi
Casrelle
League of Nations
Soviet Borrowing by Banks Raises International Risk
Henry J. Taylor reports U S and European banks hold about 26.8 billion to 40 billion in Soviet loans as of the late 1970s with growth expected by year end. Bank Basel estimates spread across roughly 50 major U S lenders while risk and legal limits loom. Trade with the Soviet Union is criticized for potential corporate peril.
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Bank of International Settlements
BIS
Basel
America
Checkerboard World of International Finance
U.S
Soviet economic leverage through ruble manipulation described
The passage notes West Germany’s export volume to the Soviet Union in 1070 era and the financial strain on Krupp. It claims the USSR milks satellite economies via overhauling ruble values and setting exchange rules among satellites. It cites Poland’s coal and cotton transactions as examples of varying ruble rates.
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West Germany
Soviet Union
Krupp
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U.S.S.R
Cleal
John Chamberlain
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Klaus Fyieherr
Teibe
Chamberlain
Henry J. Taylor
Europe
Kremlin
Cyrus R. Vance
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Poland
Romania
Yugoslavia
Taylor
Small Society
Russia
Brickman
Miter
Ine
Maes
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