Pay delay halts October pay hike for House members
In a 237 to 135 vote, House members defeated a plan to consider a pay raise in October. The move delays the $12,500 boost from the current $42,500 salary, pushing the decision to 1974 when more voters face polls. Nixon’s next pay proposal awaits an independent pay commission study.
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Washington
House
Wold
Senate
Congress
Judiciary
Executive Department
Nixon
Organic food syndrome debate fuels health concerns
A nutritionist warns that an “organic food syndrome” reflects fears about pesticide use and processing. The debate notes natural toxins in foods, risks of home canning botulism, and questions whether organic choices truly improve nutrition compared to processed supermarket products.
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Theodore Labuza
University of Minnesota
Addi
Labuza
Silent Watergate Tapes Broadcast Idea Sparks Debate
The author argues Nixon should release the Watergate tapes unedited on national radio and television to deflate critics. He warns viewers would tire of tedious, opaque White House shorthand and questions the public interest in listening to private conversations.
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Nixon
White House
Vision
Extraterrestrial life search draws Sagan critique
Dr. Carl Sagan argues that vast numbers of galaxies could host planetary systems like Earths. He notes the Soviet Union is pursuing radioastronomical signals from other worlds while US defense budgets fund bombers. He says astro projects could advance science more than military spending.
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Carl Sagan
Laboratory For Planetaryies
Cornell University
Sagan
Soviet Union
Ironies of UNRWA funding in Middle East crisis
The piece notes United States funding for UNRWA remains high though Arabs denounce U.S. support for Israel. It cites UNRWA’s 60 million budget with a 4.3 million deficit, oil-wealth states increasing pledges, Libya Kuwait Saudi Arabia Iraq and U.S. contributions, and calls for oil-rich nations to share relief costs.
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Middle East
United States
Israel
United Nations
United Nations Relief and Works Agency
UNRWA
Libya
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
U.S
Wall Street Journal
Turn Back the Clock Highlights From County News
A 30 year old communique mentions Lt Richard Schumacher Austin credited with bombing barges along the New Guinea coast. Local awards note John Moe for vegetables and Mrs Harry Wahl for flowers at LeRoy Flower and Vegetable Show. Ten years ago Republicans focused on southern county areas while Mrs Carol Opsahl returned as county home agent at the Mower County Fair.
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Richard Schumacher
Austin
South Pacific
New Guinea
John Moe
Harry Wahl
Austin Junior College
Claude Spicer
Brownsdale
Will Phillips
Dexter
Jacob Freese
Maud West
Mower County
Mower County Fair
Carol Opsahl
White House fights to head off big labor strike over prices
Washington reports top White House economic aides Shultz and Dunlop work to curb inflation ahead of Aug 31 meat packer contracts. They discuss boosting imports and expanding food and timber supplies to prevent price spikes and strikes across labor fronts in 1974.
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White House
Washington
Watergate
Dick Nixon
Sam Ervin
Herb Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Shultz
Jack Dunlop
Mr. Nixon
Cruzeiro
Shultz - Dunlop
Today in History: War and Navy depts. created
August 7, 1973 marks events including the creation of the U.S. War and Navy departments in 1789 and naval actions in 1804. Other noted items include Roosevelt’s 1912 nomination, Soviet bombing of Berlin in 1941, and Chinese invasions in 1959.
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Associated Press
U.S. War and Navy Departments
Mediterranean
Tripoli
Progressive Party
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Berlin
India
Labor Dilemmas Loom As 1974 Contract Expirations Rise
A detailed forecast outlines potential strikes and wage pressures across 1974 as UAW ag-imp talks, communications and metal sectors, longshoremen, airlines and construction trades face contract expirations. It notes Woodcock Beirne Gleason Bowers and broader GOP and Wall era tensions shaping labor bargaining patterns.
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Auto Workers
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
UAW
Auto
Bright Auto Union
Pat Greathouse
Woodcock
Communications Workers of America
Afl-Cio
Joe Beirne
Gung Ho
Dick Nixon
Beirne
Sen. McGovern
East
Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
Teddy Gleason
Johnny Bowers
United
TWA
Eastern
Northwest
National
Braniff
Continental
Allegheny
International Assn
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Ohio
Boston
Philadelphia
Messrs. Nixon, Shultz
Dunlop, Et al
Mower County Fair Opens Wide With Big Attractions
The 91st annual Mower County Fair in Austin runs through Sunday with both old and new attractions. The festival promises entertainment for all ages and emphasizes value for families visiting the fairgrounds.
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Austin
Mower County
Isolationist Washington hurts ties with friends abroad
Ray Cromley argues the Nixon administration damages U S credibility with allies by handling policy in public, delaying talks, and mismanaging actions like the soybean export ban. He cites Japan Latin America and Panama to illustrate how formalism and poor diplomacy alienate allies and hinder US interests.
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Washington
NEA
Nixon
Japan
United States
Soviet Union
China
White House
Latin America
Panama
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