Word: freedom
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Your article about the Freedom Festival of the Christian-Patriots Defense League in Louisville, Ill. [Nov. 5], is interesting, but scary. It is ironic that people who profess to be aggressive, patriotic Christians are giving lessons in how to blow away their fellow...
Your feature on the Freedom Festival angers me-not because you ran the article, but because such groups as the Christian-Patriots Defense League exist at all and have the gall to use the name Christian. This league can only be Christian if Christ said, "Shoot those who hate you and tip over the desks of those who spitefully use you." I think they must know quite a bit more about their rifles than their Bibles...
...business community reacted favorably to the plan, even though many executives question whether the Government can keep a secret. Others fear that even if the Government can, competitors may be able to gain confidential marketing information from the department under the Freedom of Information...
...down-home diplomatic style did not produce quick results, he grew restless. Spurred on by White House Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan and Confidant Charles Kirbo, Carter again asked Strauss to take charge of his re-election effort. This tune the former Democratic Party chairman agreed, but demanded the freedom to run the campaign as he saw fit. Carter's reply, says Strauss, was "to sign over a power of attorney. He told me to go into business and just get him re-elected...
Once again the turmoil in Iran emphasizes American dependence upon what Jimmy Carter calls the "thin line of oil tankers stretching halfway around the earth to one of the most unstable regions in the world." The drive to gain some freedom from OPEC by developing domestic energy sources has never been more pressing. Last week the Senate easily adopted by a vote of 65 to 19 a $20 billion synthetic-fuel program that, among other things, would turn the nation's vast coal deposits into oil and gas. But of all the old and new sources of petroleum...