U S Policy In South Africa Questioned by Evans and Novak
Mondale’s call for one man one vote shocks white South Africa and strengthens hardline Afrikaner unity. Vorster and U S diplomats pivot, with Washington’s stance blamed for driving moderates away, while anti American sentiment grows in rural areas as South Africa braces for potential apartheid showdown. The piece probes whether U S policy pushes reform or fuels racial confrontation.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Mondale
John Vorster
Vienna
U.S
Carter
Verkrampte
Laager
Verkramptes
Vorster
Parliament
Washington
South West Africa
Namibia
Fritz Mondale
Progressive Reform Party
United
Dutch rescue ends hostage ordeal on train and school
The Netherlands faced a 53 hostage crisis as South Moluccan terrorists held people for nearly three weeks. After patient diplomacy failed, June 11 saw air power used as Marines storm the train and school, freeing 105 children unharmed while six terrorists died. The rescue drew comparisons to the Entebbe raid and drew praise for restraint and decisive action.
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Air Force
Holland
Indonesia
Entebbe
Uganda
War in the Patch Rappahannock County Style
In a humorous county diary a writer reports a gardening siege by moles groundhogs chipmunks and rabbits as barbed wire trenches a claimed Sherman tank and machine guns fail to deter vermin. He laments drought dying trees and a failing garden while noting wrens and barn swallows nesting amid the chaos. Summer looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rappahannock
Rappahannock County
Washington Metro
Moscow
Paris
Uptown
Downtown
Queens Express
Green Berets
Anton
Consumer Agency Faces Tough Fight in Congress
The proposal for a new federal consumer advocacy agency stalls as business opposition grows. Despite Carter support and grassroots pushes including a nickel campaign, House and Senate leadership show reluctance to bring the measure to a vote, risking no action this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Congress
Carter
Consumer Agency
Senate
House
Robert C. Byrd
W.va
White House
Washington, D.C
Consumer Federation of America
Carter Loses Water Vote on Bad Advice
President Carter faces House opposition as lawmakers restore funding for seventeen of eighteen water projects on his hit list. Critics blame bad advice from environmentalists and question cost benefit analyses while noting the projects' long term benefits in water, irrigation, and power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Bob Bauman
Maryland
Bevill
Army Corps of Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Norman Dicks
Washington State
United States
Oregon
Applegate Lake
South Dakota
James Abner
Abner
Oahe
Graduation Disruption Spurs Respect Call at James Wood
A letter to the editor condemns loud noisy behavior at James Wood graduation. Readers describe crowds moving from seats to the field during diploma awards blocking view and sound and even impeding a post ceremony processional. The writer urges greater respect for graduates, parents, and guests at the ceremony.
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the Star
James Wood
Local Carrier Mail Rates on Established Routes
The notice lists delivery charges by period for local carriers and mail rates. Rates shown include 22.50 per year or 12.00 for six months and 6.50 for three months on established routes, with mail rates 20.00 per year, 11.00 for six months, and 6.00 for three months.
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Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Field Newspaper Syndicate
Party
R. F
Pik) Botha
Nationalist Party
Andrew Young
Evans—Novak
Winchester Evening Star
By Barry M. Hager
Ford
Byrd
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
Dn.y
John B. Anderson
House Republican Conference
By Frank Vander Linden
United States Press, Inc
Bauman
Tom Bevill
Romania
Thomas J. Byrd
Roy E. Potts
Lil
Lewis H Ebert
Douglas B. O'Connell
Eugene P. Miller
Winchester Ve
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