Editorials defend gun owners and warn against inflation blame
The piece argues gun owners form a true cross section of America led by the NRA and Gen. Maxwell E. Rich. It decries anti gun sentiment, cites deficits and inflation blamed on government policy, and urges Americans to live within their means.
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National Rifle Association
U.S
Maxwell E. Rich
America
Federal Reserve Board
Railroads push ahead as legislation looms for surface transport
An official from the Association of American Railroads reports solid progress in 1971’s fourth quarter despite strikes. Railroads improved schedules, reduced transit times, and added through trains aided by new facilities and information systems to meet growing energy demands and shipper needs.
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U.S
Association of Rican Railroads
Rails
Rail Association
Cheaper Dollars and Higher European Travel Costs
Time magazine notes that after the dollar’s devaluation travel to Europe will cost Americans up to 20 percent more this year than last. About three million Americans visited Europe last year. more are expected in 1972. Travelers are advised to use traveler's checks, convert money at banks, and pay abroad promptly to minimize losses.
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Time Magazine
Europe
U.S
Catch the Falling Flag and Nixon’s Inner Circle
Review of Richard Walen’s Catch the Falling Flag on his 1967–1969 dealings with Richard Nixon. The critique notes Walen’s portrayal of Nixon as a political functionary and the book’s personal rather than ideological focus, with emphasis on the author’s experiences at the Nixon camp and a final memorandum to RN.
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Walen
Nixon
Emmet John Hughes
Eisenhower
Richard Walen
Whalen
Richard Nixon
Fortune
National Review
San Diego
Hubert Humphrey
Harvard
Armour Propre
Yeasayers
Humphrey
Churchill
Tanaka speaks to lift vocational education worldwide
Alice Widener argues that Kakuei Tanaka’s rise shows the value of vocational and technical schooling. She urges the U S to boost vocational funding and challenge the notion that only academic paths lead to success, citing personal growth through hands on work and self improvement.
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New York City
Kakuei Tanaka
Japan
State University of Arkansas At
Jonesboro
Strict construction cry in modern liberal rhetoric
The Indianapolis News argues that liberals now demand strict construction for war declarations yet routinely ignore it on gun control punishment and property rights. It questions consistency, noting past conservatives like Taft and Bricker and praising a states rights reading of the 10th Amendment.
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Vietnam
Sens. Fulbright
Congress
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ser
John W. Bricker
Fulbright
United States
Indianapolis News
Frustrations Of A Letter Writer Kirk
Readers letters to Kirk reveal the burdens of responding to inquiries without return addresses, unsigned notes, or grand demands for lengthy replies. Some writers seek publication, others threaten polemics, while many share personal stories from rest homes or critique academia.
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Kirk
Auld Lang Syne
Jack
Harry
Didlero
Smithers IV
Common Cause Morality in a Washington Fiasco
The column alleges Common Cause sought to influence Rep. Seymour Halpern by offering to pay his fare to Stockholm for a vote on an End The War Amendment. It claims the group attempted to use an intermediary, denies direct bribery, and asserts ethics questions about paying travel to sway votes.
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Common Cause
Seymour
Sy) Halpern
R-N.y
Halpern
Stockholm
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Alexander
John Gardner
Cause
White House
Washington
R. T. Benson
Harrisonburg
Curtis
Charlie Michelson
Democratic National Committee
Michelson
William Safire
Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Yellow Journalism
Washington Post
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
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Charles W. Laughlin
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