Day of reckoning for New York City and its finances
Opinion asserts New York City faces a $1.5 to $2 billion debt service shortfall after years of liberal welfare and high taxes, with no federal rescue. It argues misaligned public spending mirrors national deficits and warns uncontrolled spending leads to ruin for cities and the nation.
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Abe Beame
New York City
Washington
Hut
Gerald Ford
Treasury
William E. Simon
White House
America
Uncle Sam
New York
Fun City
OM City
Beame
United States
Congress
Joe Doakes
United States of America
Torture testimonies emerge from global oppression
Smuggled documents from Chile Bolivia and Brazil reveal torture and disappearances of priests teachers and workers. Families report brutal beatings and arrests with many activists detained without charges as diplomats deny atrocity claims and await official responses.
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Washington
Chile
Augusto Pinochet
Bolivia
Hugo Banzer
Moody Banzer
la Paz
Santa Cruz
Banzer
Alanir
Brazil
Go slow on any Castro deal
Since 1962 the Cuban embargo has shaped an economy near subsistence. Castro seeks U S access as leverage, offering a gesture by freeing nine prisoners and $2 million in ransom. Six possible quid pro quo points include property rights, free movement, personal freedoms, base denial, noninterference guarantees, and Guantanamo naval base rights. We should proceed slowly and carefully.
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U.S
Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Cuba
Castro
George McGovern
Organization of American States
OAS
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
Washington focus Ford violation and era of policy
Washington focus discusses whether Ford violated the War Powers Act and notes he followed law in Mayaguez rescue. It also surveys Democratic stance on inflation and a looming veto conflict. A lot of space covers school violence in public schools, rising crime, and the political question of a Rockefeller challenge to Ford in 1976.
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Ford
U.S
Congress
House
District of Columbia
Asault
Spiro Agnew
Thomas Eagleton
Senate CIA probe shows discretion amid White House tension
The Senate select committee led by Frank Church pursues a cautious inquiry into CIA actions. A June row over Colby’s confidential report faded after Church recalled a firm letter, signaling a cooperative path. Authors’ names may be blanked if cited, and executive-privilege threats receded, aiming for a reasoned, noninflammatory review.
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Washington
White House
Senate
CIA
Ford
Frank Church
Idaho
Select Committee
William Colby
Central Intelligence Agency
Church
Colby
John Tower
Texas
House Select Committee
Frank
CLA
I Church
Tower
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
National Intelligence Department
Jorge Espinoza
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A.C. Findnatt, Planer
Fred Morris
Alanir Cardosa
Cardosa
John Moss
D-Calif
Nixon
Detroit
Chrysler
General Motors
Henry Ruth
Moss
House Commerce Investigations
Ruth
Henry Ford
Transportation Department
Edior and Petlicher Teereta
Sundavaesavaiaereay
Cimotes
Ccsgustnissi
Arthur D. Hedreit
Arnold Miller
Charles J. Hostetter
Jack E. Weaver
Sun
Ronald Reagan
Mmey Fupecine
Roscoe Drummond
Rockefeller
Mr. Ford
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Gary Hart
Colorado
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