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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 26, 1977
Farm County of 7,600 Loses Millions to Wind and Blizzard |
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In a great rush of wind and earth, the dust storm came brutally from the north. It gathered the sand and soil from Steven Anderson's neighbors and dumped it in his cornfield in long drifts that recontoured his irrigated fields. And it stripped the soil from Anderson's own winter wheat, carrying off the green shoots and leaving brown roots behind.The sandy gusts buried his farm equipment and scoured the paint off his tractor and disker. Drainage ditches nearby were...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 15, 1977
Preserving the Future Of Russia's Modern Art |
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For years, George Costakis' remarkable private collection of the best of early 20th-century Russian art had hung from the walls and rafters of his Moscow apartment. Visitors from all over the world passed through - ambassadors and barons, top Communists and Teddy Kennedy - marveling at works that might have disappeared if not for Costakis, victims of the longstanding Soviet contempt for avant-garde painting.Costakis knew it could not last forever. He is nearing 65 and scheduled...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 10, 1977
Demonstrating Arab students in Ramallah in the Is |
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Demonstrating Arab students in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank battled Israeli troops and 17 Arabs were hospitalized, Israeli and Arab spokesman said. ...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 9, 1977
Otmar Emminger, vice-president of the West German |
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Otmar Emminger, vice-president of the West German central bank, probably will succeed Karl Klasen as the bank's president, government sources said in Bonn yesterday.Klasen, who will be 68 years old next month, is understood to wish to retire before his term of office expires at the end of this year. ...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - January 18, 1977
Beirut Censors Alter Stories, Change Meaning |
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Under normal journalistic standards, the arrest of Abu Daoud in Paris on charges of masterminding the 1972 Palestinian terrorist attack on the Israeli Olympic team in Munich should have been front-page news in every paper in Beirut.Abu Daoud is well-known in Beirut. He lives there, and during most of Lebanon's 19-month civil war he commanded Palestinian forces in a large segment of the city.Yet because of the strict Lebanese censorship of any news of Palestinian...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - January 17, 1977
Tongsun Park in Middle of Tanker Dispute |
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South Korean businessman Tongsun Park, who is under federal investigation for lavishing money and gifts on U.S. congressmen, has become a central figure in a billion-dollar struggle between giant multinational corporations for lucrative contracts for the shipping of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Japan.In an effort to influence a crucial, pending decision by U.S. Commerce Secretary Elliot Richardson on a huge U.S. loan guarantee needed by one of the competing LNG shippers, each side of the...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - January 2, 1977
IBEX: Deadly Symbol of U.S. Arms Sales Problems |
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On Aug. 28, 1976, three American employees of Rockwell International Corp. were shot to death in Tehran, the capital of Iran.Richard M. Helms, who was then the American ambassador to Iran and who formerly was director of the Central Intelligence Agency, described the killings in a private conversation with another American three days later: "A red VW pulled into the front of the car (carrying the Rockwell employees) and a minibus rammed from the rear. Three or four men came...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 29, 1977
Arthur Burns |
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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Arthur F. Burns made no secret of it. Although 73 and with 11 years of government service behind him, he very much wanted to be reappointed to his command post at the U.S. central bank.He would be gratified, he told friends, if the President gave him another four-year term as chairman. At the same time, he recognized that the odds were against him, and he said that he would greet the resolution of the uncertainty with some relief.It was also no secret...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 17, 1977
'Caribbean Week' in the Administration |
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Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley, a key figure in the Carter administration's efforts to put a new priority on U.S.-Caribbean relations, met with President Carter at the White House yesterday.Manley's visit capped what State Department sources dubbed "Washington's Caribbean week" - one that also saw 30 nations and 15 international agencies meet here to discuss how to coordinate Caribbean economic cooperation.These...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - November 15, 1977
LIFTING CONTROLS |
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Most foreign exchange controls will be lifted in El Salvador today after 11 years in force, the central bank announced yesterday.Citizens will be able to obtain foreign currency without authorization from the Exchange Control Office for purposes such as import payments, travel expenses, family assistance and student support, the bank said. ...
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