New War on Crime Promises Nationwide Crackdown
President Nixon declares war on organized crime using "all the weapons at our disposal" to attack racketeers corrupting youth, bribing officials, and perverting unions. Mitchell vows no effort spared, with wiretaps and expanded federal strike forces to uproot Cosa Nostra and related rackets across industries and regions.
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United States
Washington
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Cosa Nostra
Paul J. Curran
New York State Commission of Investigation
Curran
New York
Mafia
New York City
Bay Area
Alameda County
U.S
Congress
FBI
Justice Department
IRS
Labor Department
Customs Service
Johnson
Curran Committee
Achon
Countdown to a wiser policy? Annenberg to remove eagle statue
Walter Annenberg, newly named ambassador to England, plans to remove the American Eagle statue over Grosvenor Square to signal a softer stance on military use of science. The piece critiques modern abuses and invokes the Golden Rule amid calls for restraint.
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Walter Annenberg
England
Grosvenor Square
Inflation the Villain in Housing Squeeze
Henry J. Taylor argues housing costs are driven by inflation not population growth. He cites slow population gains, shifting birth rates, rising wage and construction costs, and union wage disputes as key factors. The piece critiques inflated housing prices masking a sicker housing industry and notes divergent trends in dollarette versus physical volume of starts.
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United States
Daylor
Ohio
Michigan
Northwestern
Keys To Good Writing The Permanent Truths
Paul Harvey argues that good writing starts with critical reading of masterworks. A professor’s method of weekly four sentence critiques of great essays trains analysis, fosters moral imagination, and anchors style in the permanent truths of literature.
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Arizona State University
Plato
Aristotle
Longinus
Coleridge
Haalitt
Sainte-Beuve
Don Maclean On Freezing One's Assets
Washington column examines freeze technology and Social Security. A reader asks if frozen bodies would retain benefits and a government official says payments could continue if the person is deemed alive, with questions about whether the state of animation would be suspended or terminated.
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Socrates
Philosphers
Washington
Robert P. Griffin
Mich
Sen. Griffin
Arthur E. Hess
Hess
Social Security Administration
200 Million Americans Get A Break
Washington reports on Attorney General John Mitchell and Deputy Richard Kleindienst driving a proactive, expansionist Justice Department. The piece portrays a shift to aggressive prosecution, ties to Nixon, and focus on campus and street subversion. It notes staffing, meetings, and the need for new laws and funding for a prolonged crackdown.
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Washington
John Mitchell
Richard Kleindiens
Justice Department
Montgomery
Patton
Monty
Mitchell Kleindienst
Reagan
FBI
On This Day in History UPI Highlights Key Events
1892 Wall Whitman died in Camden at 73. 1942 Quezon met MacArthur in Australia after leaving Corregidor. 1953 Salk announced polio vaccine. 1965 LBJ ordered action against the Ku Klux Klan after arrests tied to Viola Liuzzo murder. Thought by Robert Frost on facing hardship.
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Wall Whitman
Camden
N.d
Jonas Salk
Lyndon Johnson
Klu Klux Klan
Viola Luizzo
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