Loyalty's Price and the Hmong Gas Attacks
The piece argues thousands of Hmong in Laos, allied with the CIA in the Indochina war, face extermination by Vietnamese and Laotian forces since 1976. It cites gas attacks supplied by the Soviet Union, notes Geneva Convention bans, calls the gas campaign a barbarous crime, and urges international pressure to stop it.
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CIA
State Department
Thailand
Hanoi
North
Yemen
Soviet Union
Fidel Castros Non-Aligned Chairmanship Stirs Debate
The piece critiques Fidel Castro as an unlikely non-aligned leader while noting his loyalty to Soviet policy. It argues his UN rhetoric pleases Third World delegates but fails to deliver economic progress, citing Cuba's reliance on Soviet aid and examples of market-based development.
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Fidel Castro
Non-Aligned Movement
Castro
Pere Tice
Mussolini
Hitler
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Kremlin
Algeria
Mozambique
Tanzania
Angola
Vietnam
North Korea
Taiwan
South Korea
Singapore
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Venezuela
Kenya
United Nations
Letter to the Editor on battered spouses issue
A Council on Domestic Violence group thanks the Star for the Oct 12 Country Roads feature. They state battered spouses are the community's most critical problem and reference nearly a year of work.
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the Star
Star
Council On Domestic Violence
Shelter program seeks building for abuse victims in Winchester
The Council on Domestic Violence requests community support and a dedicated shelter building. Patricia R. Roberts, secretary, invites organizations to contact the Winchester address for information on their speaker's bureau and plans to aid violent families.
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Patricia R. Roberts
Council On Domestic Violence
P.O
Dreaded Soviet SALT cop-out threatens NATO balance
Evans and Novak argue the Kremlin aims to kill SALT II ratification to secure European military dominance. Carter pressures fence-sitting senators as NATO braces for Dec. 13 modernization decision, while Ustinov and Brezhnev escalate rhetoric to sway the Senate.
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Field Enterprises Inc
Washington
Carter
Senate
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Europe
NATO
U.S. Senate
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Brussels
Western Alliance
Robert Byrd
SALT
U.S
Nebraska
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Byrd
Zorinsky
Averell Harriman
Zbigniew Brzezinski
White House
Sam Nunn
Kennedy ran, hid, and dodged trouble in early cases
A 1958 Albemarle County speeding stop ends with Edward M Kennedy hiding in his car and later being convicted of reckless driving. The column links this incident to a pattern of avoiding responsibility in Kennedy life, citing 1951 Harvard exam fraud and 1969 Malibu crash context.
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New York Times
Washington
T.M. Whitten
Albemarle County
U.S. 29
U.S. 250
Barracks
Edward M. Kennedy
University of Virginia
Kennedy
Student Legal Forum
Massachusetts
Chappaquiddick
Tom Southwick
Daily Progress
Charlottesville
Doug Kambholz
Kambholz
Whitten
Rose Kennedy
Magdelene Andrews Poff
Tecalis
Harvard
Ted Kennedy
Kissinger White House Years Seen As Major Insider Memoir
The review calls Kissinger's White House Years a remarkable insider memoir, self written with clear prose and discipline. It details his writing process, research team, and the intention to illuminate decision making, politics, personalities, and media dynamics during his time in the Nixon and Ford administrations.
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White House
Poe
Rissinger
Oere
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Watergate
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Robert Novak
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