Editorial twists on FBI probes implicate three Democrats
An unsigned editorial alleges that Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson used FBI power for political ends. It claims wiretaps and dossiers targeted aides, critics, journalists, and others, arguing the practices rival Nixon era abuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Franklin D. Hoosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
FBI
Martin Luther King
New York Times
Newsweek
Executive Branch
Congressional
Lyndon Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Dr. King
Who Said It The Credit of the Nation and Spiro Agnew Backlash
The piece cites Franklin Roosevelt in 1932 deploring Hoover’s debt rise beyond 83 billion, arguing national credit rests on living within income. It critiques FBI criticism and political blame shifts, highlighting Watergate era framing and fiscal risks leading toward bankruptcy.
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Spiro Agnew
Anna Chennault
Democrat National Committee
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
John Kennedy
Kennedy Center
Kennedy Space Center
Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Life after death debated by scientist Kubler-Ross
The piece cites Dr Elisabeth Kubler-Ross arguing there is life after death, presenting case histories of patients deemed dead who revived, and noting the clash between medicine and law on defining death. It highlights her conference reception and claim that dying patients experience peace, with some resenting return to their bodies.
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Sri Lanka
Robert Williams
Miami
Jolene Kennedy
Winston-Salem
N.C
William Winogrand
Milwaukee
American Medical Assn
American Bar Assh
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Dr. Kubler-Ross
Detroit
Follesgues
Kubler-Ross
Ross
Dr. Ross
Spinola cites NATO failure on Angola policy in Lisbon interview
In a Lisbon interview dated Sept 29 1972 Portuguese Gen Antonio de Spinola condemns NATO planning for Africa saying detente with the Soviet bloc harms Angola and decolonization policy. He cites Ridgeway Knight and notes NATO’s 1975 Brussels meeting as evidence of inaction and Soviet advantage. Spinola argues Angola’s strategic value includes shipping routes and regional guerrilla dynamics, with US backing South Africa.
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Jeffrey ST. John Washington
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Africa
Antonio de Spinola
Lisbon
America
Spinola
Henry Kissinger
Moscow
Angola
U.S
Portugal
Ridgeway Knight
NATO
Angols
Brussels
Kissinger
NAO
United Nations
United States
Middle East
Europe
South Africa
Rhodesia
Otlo J. Scott
James
Copley News Service
Washington chilling effect on judges and prosecutors
In a Los Angeles Times analysis, three years of federal pressure on Washington judges is examined as prosecutors sought to oust a dissenting jurist. The piece argues that punishing a judge’s rulings via career threats creates a chilling effect, undermining fair decision making and tainting the judicial fitness process.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Charles W. Halleck
United States Attorney's Office
Senate
Missouri
Thomas Eagleton
Ford
Halleck
Judicial Fitness Commission
White House
Commission
Walleck
Ariti d
Where To Write Your Legislators
Addresses listed for U S Senators and House members in Washington D C Readers are directed to send correspondence to Sen K R Vaner in Russell Senate Office Building Room 314 and Sen Bireh E Bayh in Room 363 both in Washington D C 20510 2051 House representatives Elwood H Mah Room 1510 Longworth Office Building Washington D C 20515 and Rep Philip R B Sharn Room 1234 Laneworth Building Washington D C 20815 representing their districts
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Washington
Sen. KR. Vaner
Russell Office
Sen. Bireh E. Bayh
Russell Office Building
Washington, D.C
Elwood
Longworth
Ath
Philip
Sharn Room
Laneworth
Huilding
Theath Distriery
Restoration in Russia and three dissidents in Leningrad
Hedrick Stith of the New York Times notes a choked exile movement in the Soviet Union aided by the ruling class. The piece tours Leningrad’s Pater and Paul Fortress with prison memories, Soviet science’s misfired genius, and a consuming zeal for restoring czarist splendor while warning of the haunting persistence of the past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Leningrad
Hedrick Stith
New York Times
Soviet Union
Solzhenitsyn
Sakharov
Medvedev
Pater and Paul
Peter the Great
Lenin
Maxim Gorky
Siberia
Nicholas
Alexandra
Catherine
St Petersburg
New York
the Bowery
National Endowment On the Humanities
Thwarting anti growth voices in modern economies
The piece argues against anti growth theories led by Prof E J Mishan and New Society Magazine. It links productivity to quality medical care housing and transportation and warns bureaucratic social services and welfare spending impede capital formation. It cites Worley Brown of Rock City Packaging noting a 400 million daily capital shortfall and compares investment shares across nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Worley Brown
Rock City Packaging Co
Georgia Business and Industry Assn
Mir. Brown
America
USA
Canada
West Germany
France
Japan
New Society Magazine
Stamp Hike Risks USPS Autonomy Amid USC Congress Eyes Control
Federal Diary reports a 3-cent stamp increase aimed at curbing $7 million daily losses for the USPS could raise costs for the average citizen and provoke renewed congressional oversight. Lawmakers who favored a businesslike USPS fear rising prices and poorer service, with some suggesting reasserting federal control during this bicentennial year.
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Washington
Postal Service
Mail-Moving Corporation
USPS
Congress
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