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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...since hundreds of Japanese civilians leaped to their deaths off the cliffs of Saipan as American forces approached the Pacific island in World War II had there been a comparable act of collective self-destruction. The followers of the Rev. Jim Jones, 47, a once respected Indianaborn humanitarian who degenerated into egomania and paranoia, had first ambushed a party of visiting Americans, killing California Congressman Leo Ryan, 53, three newsmen and one defector from their heavily guarded colony at Jonestown. Then, exhorted by their leader, intimidated by armed guards and lulled with sedatives and painkillers, parents and nurses used syringes...
...September 1857, committed the Mountain Meadows Massacre. With the help of 300 Indians, the Mormons killed more than 120 men, women and children in the Fancher party that was passing through Utah on the way to California. It was, says Historian William Wise, "the logical and culminating act of a society whose leaders believed themselves superior to the rest of mankind and who maintained that their own ecclesiastical laws took precedence over the laws of their country...
Though no firm decisions have been taken on the precise programs to be reduced, there are some prime candidates. The Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, which places unemployed low-income people in public service jobs, will cost an estimated $11 billion in fiscal 1979. But the program is beset by inefficiency and corruption; CETA officials often hand out jobs on a patronage basis. This month Labor Secretary Marshall set up a new investigative unit to try to root out fraud in the program...
Syama-Kunda's parents decided to have him in order to celebrate and show dedication to Krishna. They have had no physical contact since. Indulgence in such a selfish act not related to the Lord is regarded as dishonorable...
...this country to tag charges on emissions with the hope of providing companies with financial incentives to install clean-up devices, has been awaiting comment by the Secretary of the Interior for the past year and a half, while he considers its potential ramificiations for the Clean Air Act...