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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1975
Page
6
The page presents the editorial policy statement and disclaimer for The Argus, noting that opinions in the column are ex pressed and that other editorial content may not reflect the paper's official position. It frames the section as the opinion column alongside standard page material.
The editorial argues that gas rationing proposed by some Congress members is impractical and unfair to low and middle income Americans. It criticizes naive and cynical motives, notes the burden on blue collar workers, and warns of a black market and enforcement challenges. It favors conservation measures linked to the Ford program and questions rationing's impact on Western lifestyles.
Former Senator Harris emerges as the third declared Democratic candidate for the presidency. The remark hints at a personal poll and mentions a claim from a Chinese news agency about urban truck farms enabling self sufficiency in vegetables on city outskirts.
James Kilpatrick writes from Rappahannock County about a family reading The Secret Life of Plants and discovering how plants react to care and fear. The piece notes Backster’s polygraph experiments and reports neighbors and household plants responding with emotion, humor, and political leaning.
Will Rogers remarks on a poor President facing a foreign Congress, debating federal taxes. He sees a looming argument over a federal sales tax and suggests current taxes blur who pays. He notes Rolls Royce style wealth and gasoline taxes in light humor, predicting congress will be entertaining if not instructive.
A humorous column riffs on Watergate era shifts in Congress and notes a Democratic congressman employing a sister in law as a $1,500 monthly aide who moonlights as a teacher. The piece juxtaposes political change with a Chicago mayor’s bid for family favoritism and questions ethics and humor in public life.
Gen Ira C Baker denounces Nova TV episode as pernicious pacifist propaganda masquerading as education. He argues it undermines Air Force efforts from World War I to Vietnam and urges PBS not to air the film saying it misrepresents air power outcomes and harms national security.
Barry Goldwater argues force in the Middle East could trigger a world war and prefers developing U S energy sources at home. He cites Alaska and offshore fields, coal reserves in Arizona, and advances in new energy, saying saber rattling should lead to no war. He commented after a TV interview with former Mayor John Lindsay and questioned Kissinger's force option remarks.
M Stanton Evans argues that the 94th Congress shows extreme liberalism as it abolishes the House Committee on Internal Security via backdoor rules. He notes Democrats mostly voted against reopening debate, warns of leftist manipulation, and mentions Rep. Ashbrook’s bid to revive the panel.
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