Governor Dalton Launches 19 Day Far East Trade Mission
Governor John Dalton sails for the Far East for 19 days to court Japan Hong Kong and mainland China for Virginia industry. Officials frame trip as business oriented though hedging and defense accompany the effort highlighting Virginia's longstanding industrial recruitment push and expanding foreign investment.
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John Dalton
Far East
Japan
Hong Kong
China
Old Dominion
U.S
Dalton
State Chamber of Commerce
New York City
Wall Street Journal
Dan’s Review
Business Week
Virginia
VDO Instruments
Winchester
Kaneer Co
Mitsui & Co. Ltd
Harrisonburg
Brussels
Gov. Dalton
Open letter denounces capital punishment and calls for mercy
Erik T. Johnson from Winchester urges readers to oppose executions of John Speakelink and Willie Darden Jr. He frames capital punishment as a brutal state act and argues for justice rooted in peace, forgiveness, and the value of all human life.
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the Star
State of
Florida
John Speakelink
Willie Darden Jr
Erik T. Johnson
Winchester
Federal crackdown on health spas draws ire of observer
Washington columnist James J. Kilpatrick argues the FTC purview over health spas is overblown. He notes the long rulemaking process, decades of regulation, and questions whether a federal cure is needed for a local problem caused by a minority of fraudulent operators.
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James J. Kilpatrick
Washington Star Syndicate, Inc
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Consumer Product Safety
Beware the SALT II treaty warned by Pavel Nitzekoff
In a Washington dispatch from 1979, Pavel Nitzekoff warns Brezhnev against signing SALT II. He cites U.S. advantages in missiles, submarines, air power, and bases, and notes Washington’s anti-Soviet mood and political foot-dragging. He urges caution, arguing the treaty would favor the United States and limit Soviet strategic options.
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Times News Service
Washington
Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Pavel Nitzekoff
United States
Tovarisch Brezhnev
Hermitage
National Gallery
Ussr
High Seas
America’s
Europe
U.S
China
Britain
France
Tovarisch
Gerard Smith
New Orleans
Louisiana
Ambassador Smith
Tovarishh
Senate
Unwanted Bedfellows in Rhodesia
Times News Service reports from South Africa that officials hailed the U S Senate resolution to lift Rhodesia sanctions, risking alliances with South Africa. The piece argues Muzorewa’s government and negotiations risk prolonging war, empowering insurgents, and harming anticolonial ideals and U S policy.
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Times News Service
New York
John F. Burns
The
New York Times
South Africa
Senate
Carter
Rhodesia
United States
Black Africa
Muzorewa
Ian Smith
Movernent
Smith
Burns
Nothg
Patriotic Front
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