Silence, Fear, and Power Under India's Emergency Crackdown
Indian editors, judges, and lawyers face intensified controls as Indira Gandhi's emergency tightens. Censors, reassignment, and arrests cripple free speech, with journalists forced to publish under orders while editors yield to government dictates. Civil rights erode amid political money moves and a push to institutionalize the emergency.
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India
Indira Gandhi
New India
Supreme Court
Delhi
Assam
Gandhi
Sanjay
Indian Airlines
P. C. Lal
Lal
Congress
Nana
Mrs. Gandhi
Home Ministry
Mrs Gandhi
Jimmy Carter Country glimpses past in Southwest Georgia
Tom Tiede notes a disreputable past in Plains and Andersonville, where slave auctions once stood, with echoes of guns and whips. He suggests the region, swayed by Carter’s rise, has kept pace only selectively with national progress, embracing color TV and fast food while lagging in broader change.
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America
Patterson Case Shows Deep South Prejudice Still Alive
The narrative recounts Roy Patterson a Black sergeant in Albany Georgia who faced racial hostility during a family trip to Cordele. A confrontation with a white trooper escalates to violence with Patterson and the trooper both dying, a jury finding Patterson guilty and sentenced to life. The piece argues systemic racism persists shaping justice in the region during Jimmy Carter era.
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Carter's
Roy Patterson
Albany
Plains
Marine Corps
Sgt. Patterson
Patterson
Paterson
This Day In History June 14 1775 to 1976
Highlights include U S Army founding in 1775 with riflemen recruitment, 1777 flag adoption, 1846 California free Republic proclamation, Harding radio broadcast in 1922, Paris occupation in 1940, Roosevelt asset freezes in 1941, Saipan invasion in 1944, and Lyndon Johnson hydroelectric bill in 1964. notable births Burl Ives and Pierre Salinger.
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U. Army
Continental Congress
Sonoma
Calif
Baltimore
Francis Scott Key
Fort McHenry
Paris
Franklin
The Sharp Talker Closes His Ears by L M Boyd
A 1976 column by L M Boyd explores talkativeness, noting men often interrupt less and listen less. It includes Q and A exchanges about social behavior and humor, with reader mail addressed to L M Boyd in West.
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L.M. Boyd
Lobbying and the Public Interest Debate Panel
Sen. Lee Metcalf and Rep. Thomas Railsback clash over lobbying rules and disclosure. Metcalf warns against broad overreach while urging meaningful reporting for large national groups, and Railsback argues for mandatory logging and public access to records to curb disproportionate influence. The discussion covers gun control, minimum wage, and the balance between state and federal roles.
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Lee Metcalf
Dmont
Thomas Railsback
R-Ill
Washington, D.C
Kennedy Center
Sen
Washington
Sierra Club
Save the
Internal Revenue Service
John Mitchell
Senate
Congress
NRA
Montana
East
America
Rep
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South
By Tom Tiede
Berry's
Cordele
the Mountain Statesman
Grafton
Main Street
Publiss Rohinars
Ly Se
Rome
The
Mountain Statesman
Main St. Gratton
Jimmy Carter
Old South
New South
Jesus
J. Carter
Wauk
Kansas City
Roosevelt
United States
Saipan Island
Lyndon Johnson
Grand Coulee Dm
Columbia River
Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Burl Ives
Pierre Salinger
L. M. Boyd
Mobil Oil Corporation
Mobil
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