Rhodesia Faces Radical Split as Nkomo Builds Armed Network
In Rhodesia’s crisis, Joshua Nkomo has mobilized Russian-supplied fighters, with about 3,000 in Zambia and 300 infiltrators in Rhodesia, threatening a shift to black majority rule. Analysts warn free elections may fail, risking civil war and regional power struggles. Bishop Muzorewa has no armed force.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
Joshua Nkomo
Moscow
Zambia
Nkomo
Ian Smith
Africa
Angola
A. T. Muzorewa
Robert Mugabe
ZANU
Mozambique
Mugabe
Muzorewa
Smith
Mephistopheles
Vasily
Solodovnikov
ZAPU
Europe
Kremlin
Peking
Jameson Street
Southern
Central Collection Unit flops as private firms outperform
Virginia's Central Collection Unit has yielded just 1.4 percent returns on debts parceled from the University of Virginia Hospital, while a private local agency returns 21 percent. Critics urge shifting small accounts to private firms, keeping only large bad debts for the attorney general. Senate Finance Committee demands a first year performance report by July 1 amid talk of halting funding if improvement falters.
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Virginia
General Assembly
Attorney General
State Senate Finance Committee
Charlottesville
Charlottesville-Albemarle County
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Edward E. Willey
Senate Finance Committee
Maurice B. Rowe
Attorney General's Office
Finance Committee
Sen. Willey
University Hospital
Should Sealed Bidding Be Kept For U S Timber Sales
Congress considers reversing the 1976 reform requiring sealed bids for national forest timber sales. Western timber interests push for repeal favoring oral bidding. Carter administration open to letting regulations work. Three committees aim to finish by late June on repeal bills plus an 18 month study of federal timber sales.
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U.S. Forest Service
Congress
House
Senate
Forest Service
Carter
West
House Agriculture Committee
Stillwater Massacre News Reaches Washington Week Late
Washington covers a Stillwater Oklahoma massacre that occurred on a Saturday, June 18, as word travels eastward slowly from Indian Territory. The report notes the event was a splendid occasion, and the delay in news reaching Washington is emphasized.
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Washington
Bella Abzug
Oklahoma
Houston
Stillwater
Ford
Congress
Carter
Ford Commission
Abzug
Anne Bowker
Tulsa
Diane Edmondson
Broken Arrow
Oklahoma Libbers
Bureaucrats Arrogance Triggers New Busing Curbs
A 1977 editorial argues HEW and Justice Department overreach spurs Senate action to enforce Byrd amendment banning federal funds leverage for cross district busing. It cites Tom Eagleton Joe Biden and notes Kansas City Chicago and Philadelphia as targets, warns of white flight and civil rights backlash.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Justice Department
Congress
Drew S. Davis
Senate
Missouri
Joe Biden
Delaware
HEW
Eagleton
Carter
Kansas City
Chicago
Philadelphia
Suries
Supreme Court
Detroit
Dayton
Ohio
Sen. Biden
Winchester Evening Star Establishment Details and Rates
The Winchester Evening Star lists establishment date July 4 1896 with staff T J Byrd as General Manager Roy E Potts as Managing Editor Lewis H Ebert as Advertising Director and Eugene P Miller as Wire Editor. Subscriptions include local carrier delivery and motor delivery with annual and semiannual rates. Readers are reminded to subscribe with varying prices by route.
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Winchester Evening Star
Thomas J. Byrd
Roy E. Potts
Lewis H. Ebert
Eugene P. Miller
Winchester Vo
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Robert Novak
Zimbabwe
Evans—Novak
Congressional Quarterly
Midwest
Northwest
Washington Star Syndicate, Inc
By Frank Vander Linden
United States Press, Inc
West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd
Liberal Democrats
Tom Eagleton
Davis
Little Rock
Arkansas
Guymon
Boise City
Texhoma
Panhandle
Altus
Lawton
Durant
Broken Bow
Ms. Abzug
Oregon
John Krebs
Calif
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