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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...only wish that other groups of young people or adults would start such patrols to discourage the crime that is rampant everywhere. North Little Rock has started patrols by concerned citizens, so all is not lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 28, 1979 | 5/28/1979 | See Source »

Republican Don Young, the state's lone Congressman, called the bill "illegal and immoral" and "a terrible thing for the people of Alaska." Udall sharply disagreed, noting that the federal lands left untouched by the bill are "twice the size of California and can be used as they please by the 400,000 people of Alaska." Referring to the region covered by the bill, Udall added: "The 220 million people of America are entitled to the preservation of the last great areas of wild beauty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Backlash Against Big Oil | 5/28/1979 | See Source »

...week trial, the manner of Silkwood's death was not an issue. The case centered on how she had become so poisoned by plutonium that she was, in the words of one expert witness, "married to lung cancer." Lawyers for both Silkwood and the corporation agreed that the young woman's apartment had been contaminated by plutonium from the plant, which has since been closed. The company contended that she had carried the metal out of the plant in small quantities and had, either intentionally or accidentally, poisoned herself. Why? "Maybe she was simply trying to create...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Nuclear Setback | 5/28/1979 | See Source »

...retain control over the police, the army, the judiciary and the civil service for at least ten years. Last month's elections, though far from perfect, were successful to the extent that they produced a black Prime Minister and an estimated 64% turnout of eligible voters. Andrew Young, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, has denounced the elections as fraudulent because candidates loyal to the Patriotic Front leaders were excluded. In answer, critics of Young argue that it is most unlikely that the guerrilla organizations would allow any free elections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RHODESIA: The Zimbabwe Dilemma | 5/28/1979 | See Source »

...been 23 years since Fidel Castro, then a beardless young rebel of 30, set sail with a revolutionary band of 81 guerrillas from the Mexican port of Tuxpan for Cuba's Oriente province. Last week the hirsute Cuban leader returned to the land from which he had launched his successful revolt against the government of Fulgencio Batista. At the invitation of President José López Portillo, Castro made a 32-hour visit to the resort island of Cozumel, with a brief stop on the mainland. Between meetings with López Portillo, who effusively welcomed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LATIN AMERICA: Fidel Returns | 5/28/1979 | See Source »

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