Editorial urges cutting U N funding to curb unfair share
The piece argues the United States funds about 40 percent of UN budgets and calls for reducing payments to 25 percent. It notes Congress backing, Rooneys’ stance, and debtors like Russia and France. It warns of enforcing arrears and potential UN bankruptcy if others pay less.
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United Nations
United States
International Organization
Kurt Waldheim
Nixon
Caspar Weinberger
Congress
Rep
John Rooney
D-N.y
State Department
Rooney
House
New Left
Senate
Russia
France
General Assembly
United Nations Finance Committee
Vasily Safronchuk
U.S
Safronchuk
End of anti-Communist politics reshapes world order
The piece argues that anti-Communism no longer drives major parties in Australia New Zealand and West Germany as Brandts 1972 victory and other shifts erode Cold War alignments. It notes center-right realignments in the US Britain France Japan and Canada and the rise of domestic social issue emphasis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
KFS
Willy Brandt
New Zealand
Australia
Liberal and Country Party
CDU
Christian Democratic Union
Liberal-Country Party
Germany
America
Russia
Far East
China
U.S
Korea
Vietnam
Britain
South Pacific
Chan
Cellor Brandt
Ostpolitik
Nixon
Moscow
France
Japan
Canada
McGovern Democrats
Labour Party
New Democratic Party of Canada
Trudeau
Australasia
Mitteleuropa
Brandt
United States
der Alte
Konrad Adenauer
John Foster Dulles
Chosen
Khe Sanh
King Features Syndicate
Teens’ rape sentences in Hong Kong doubled on appeal
Two Hong Kong teenagers initially sentenced to three years for rape appealed claiming unfairness. The court increased the sentence to six years each, restoring stricter penalties and signaling a tougher approach amid liberal trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Why Women Powder Rooms Travel In Pairs
A humorous exchange at a table dissects why women tend to head to the powder room together while men wander individually. The chatter covers safety, social signaling, and playful jabs about differences in behavior and perception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry van Dyke
Fred
Mayva
Cora
Phil
Mary
Mark
Rona Barrett
Is the Red Bear housebroken or just hungry for grain
Paul Harvey discusses Soviet hunger and Western leverage over grain sales in 1972. He cites 1963 to 1964 leadership changes, crop failures, and food riots as risks to the Soviet regime while noting Nixon’s wheat deal as a strategic move to secure peace talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Haiphong Harbor
Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
George Mellean
The
Wall Street Journal
Nixon
Vietnam
Kremlin
Ivan Pavlov
Becoming Partners and the Commune Alternative
Carl Rogers reviews marriages and alternatives in Becom ing Partners. He surveys communes as experimental labs with mature professionals and varied sexual arrangements. While open emotions aid growth, he warns of jealousy and pain and notes group unions are harder to sustain than two-person marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Rogers
Delacorte Press
Rogers
Lois
Robin
The
Register and Tribune Syndicate
EPA official urges smaller cars to curb pollution push
The EPA proposes Detroit shift to smaller, low fuel use engines to meet the 1976 Clean Air Act. The piece cites high emissions as the chief US pollution source and notes catalysts add cost but keep prices down if cars are lighter with fewer luxuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Sansom
EPA
Sansom
Jane Fonda
Rolls Royce
Mercedes
Chrysler
John J. Riccardo
Vanderbilt
Constitution Preamble Summary Incomplete Text
The fragment presents the Preamble to the U S Constitution stating aims to form a union establish justice promote tranquility provide for defense foster general welfare and secure liberty for present and future generations. It begins with We the People and references amending the United States Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Amacea
Where To Write Your Legislators
Directory style notice listing U S lawmakers with room numbers and Washington D C addresses Sen R Vance Hartke Room 451 Old Senate Office Bldg Washington D C 20510 Sen Birch E Bayh Jr Room 304 Washington D C 20510 Rep David W Dennis Room 1729 Longworth Office Bldg Washington D C 20515 representing the 10th District including part of Madison and all of Delaware Hancock and Henry counties Rep Elwood H Hillis Room 1510 representing the Fifth District including part of Madison and Hamilton counties and all of Grant and Tipton counties
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen. R. Vance Hartke
Senate
Washington, D. C
Sen
Birch E. Bayh Jr
Washington, D.C
David W. Dennis
Longworth
Madison
Delaware, Hancock and
Henry Counties
Elwood H. Hillis
Hamilton
Grant and
Tipton
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Phillips Survey
Phillips
By Erma Bombeck
Anderson Herald
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Jackson Street
Anderson
Indiana
George D. Crittenberger
Harriet W. Toner
Robert E. Jackson
Monager
Jane Toner Scott
Charles W. Laughlin
Herald
Associated Press
Paul Harvey News
Harvey
Gen
Fea, Corp
Hayakawa
Capital
Detroit
Environmental Protection Agency
Barney Oldfield
Riccardo
Aix
Ghent
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